I am about to rebuild the engine in my 77 MG Midget with a Triumph 1500cc engine. That is the reason for posting to both lists. The engine in question was a low compression smogged engine. It will h
Bill: Sounds pretty comprehensive. The only thing I can think of is talking with the machine shop about truing the head and block, and lightening the flywheel. --David C.
Flat top pistons will give you a theoretical 9:1 compression ratio. I have heard that you can go up to 9.75:1 and still use pump gas. CR will change a little bit depending on how much your head is mi
That's cutting it fine... I have close to 10:1 compression in my Twin Cam engine, and that was supposed to be fine for pump gas. It is not. Now do keep in mind here in CA the best pump gas is 91 octa
Take the reciprocating and rotating internals to a machine shop (preferably one that does racing work) and have them balanced. (Yes, even the brand-new pistons.) You'll be amazed at the difference in
What dizzy are you running? With alll the performance upgrades, you'll want to get a dizzy that has an advance curve more suited to your new state of tune. In other words, you'll want to get rid of
brand-new rev-ability. I knew that there was something missing. I agree with Chris that this makes an amazing difference in the way these engines run. I wouldn't do an engine without it. Annice & Bob
Bill, Sounds good, I meant to cc my first reply to you to the list. I'm going to send this one. Maybe we could get some of the other NJ and maybe Pa listers involved. Maybe drag it out to somewhere i