> <snip> I own a 1978 Spitfire that sadly has an
> unreparable engine. I am hoping to replace the engine and
> transmission with something more reliable and enjoyable to
> drive. My main objective with the project is to install a
> more reliable engine (however a few more horses would be
> nice!) <snip>
If you rebuild the engine or install a rebuilt one,
it will be reliable for a good long time. Part of the
notion of unreliability comes from the fact that all
these engines are old and most never rebuilt.
Another option is to just buy a used engine somewhere
and go with it. A lot simpler to install and use than
to engineer a custom solution with some other engine.
The engine is so much of the character of these
cars.
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Trevor Boicey
Ottawa, Canada
tboicey@brit.ca
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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