- 1. the twink (score: 1)
- Author: William Zehring <zehrinwa@UMDNJ.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 08:08:33 -0400
- Dear all: With the recent availability of a lotus twincam engine and tranny, I'm wondering about the prospect of a transplant to me 4/4. Has anyone done this, or seen it done, that they can comment o
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00000.html (7,647 bytes)
- 2. RE: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "Blair, John" <JBlair@scn.spawar.navy.mil>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 08:46:11 -0400
- I'm pretty sure it is a bolt in, especially if it came from a Lotus Cortina. But my understanding of that Lotus eng. Is that it is a dual over head cam modification to the basic Kent eng. Dave Bean
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00001.html (8,780 bytes)
- 3. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: FPS3@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 10:23:05 EDT
- The fastest old Morgan here in the SE.. (I would bet in the country..) is a 4/4 with a twin-cam. Belongs to "Super Dave" Bondon. It is a real Porsche Killer. Dave used to race the Morgan SLR- sold it
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00002.html (7,486 bytes)
- 4. RE: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "Willburn, Gerry" <Gerry.Willburn@trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 07:43:33 -0700
- Is it as fast as John Sheally's ex Chas Smith BDA 4/4? Gerry
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00003.html (8,276 bytes)
- 5. RE: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "Blair, John" <JBlair@scn.spawar.navy.mil>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 11:25:56 -0400
- I think Sheally's Cogsworth (sp) is probably the hottest 4/4 around. I think it puts out About 285 hp!!!! John Fred, Is it as fast as John Sheally's ex Chas Smith BDA 4/4? Gerry 4/4 butt
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00004.html (8,830 bytes)
- 6. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "David E. Terry" <nitro@busprod.com>
- Date: Thu, 03 Sep 98 13:04:47 PDT
- I will cover all bets as to the fastest Morgan in the Country. My money= is on my father's (Malcolm Terry) 1959 +4 (6). It is equiped with a 274= c.i. Chevrolet V-6 which makes 327 h.p. at 6000 rpm.
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00009.html (8,385 bytes)
- 7. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "Stuart J. Ross" <stuross@tempest.nac.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 14:40:53 -0400
- It ain't a Morgan anymore with that engine installed. it is a hybrid hotrod! The fastest Morgan must be 100% Morgan. Stu Ross (63 +4) --Original Message-- From: David E. Terry <nitro@busprod.com> To:
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00010.html (8,738 bytes)
- 8. Fw: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Karp" <kkarp@baristr.reno.nv.us>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 13:06:29 -0700
- How can it be a morgan with a chevrolet engine?. Kevin in Reno 2 weeks away from having my '59 +4 running after 4 years of work... I will cover all bets as to the fastest Morgan in the Country. My mo
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00011.html (8,879 bytes)
- 9. RE: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "Vandergraaf, Chuck" <vandergraaft@aecl.ca>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 16:16:46 -0400
- More to the point, how can it be a +4 with a V6? I would imagine that, if Peter Morgan wanted to shoehorn a Chevvy V6 into a Morgan, he would call it a +6, just to be consistent. Still, based on the
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00012.html (10,239 bytes)
- 10. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: Colin Cobb <cobmeister@zianet.com>
- Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 14:14:56 -0600
- Hey Will, Regarding the Lotus 4/4, I did see a really nice one while in Olde Blighty a few years ago. It looked really slick but did have a SS type scoop added to the bonnet. The owner and his wifie
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00013.html (8,066 bytes)
- 11. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "William C.W. Lamb" <chip@wmsbrg.com>
- Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 16:55:42 -0400
- I dare say John Sheally's +8 out here in VA would eat either car for lunch. is on my father's (Malcolm Terry) 1959 +4 (6). It is equiped with a 274 c.i. Chevrolet V-6 which makes 327 h.p. at 6000 rpm
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00014.html (9,421 bytes)
- 12. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Moore <steve.moore@cnetns.tcp.csiro.au>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 08:03:37 +1000
- We had a guy here with a letter from Peter Morgan saying the factory ran twin cam cars in competition. This allowed the guy to enter his twin cam Morgan as a factory standard car in race events. When
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00015.html (10,940 bytes)
- 13. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: FPS3@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 18:32:47 EDT
- David- Your Dad's is one of the fastest I am sure- but there are other firebreathing Mog-rods around. I wouldn't "cover all bets" if I were you. There is some surprising stuff under some of the bonne
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00016.html (8,412 bytes)
- 14. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: Oddcarnut@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 20:22:25 EDT
- Having had a chance to put a few (way too few) miles on Malcolm +6 while he was visiting BIll Phillips, I'd have to agree with David. Malcolm has a serious rocket.....and thats before the secondaries
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00017.html (8,163 bytes)
- 15. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "Graeme Sutherland" <graeme@pixelfusion.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 08:53:46 +0100
- + It ain't a Morgan anymore with that engine installed. it is a hybrid + The fastest Morgan must be 100% Morgan. OK, in that case the fastest Morgan in this (England) country is "Big Blue", the GT ra
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00019.html (8,697 bytes)
- 16. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "Stuart J. Ross" <stuross@tempest.nac.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:57:22 -0400
- My friend Scott Willoughby added aftermarket fuel injection to his early 70s +8 and it really flew. He has a Corvette engine sitting in a hot rod shop awaiting installation in the Morgan. I don't kno
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00021.html (10,052 bytes)
- 17. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: Chasfloew@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:04:01 EDT
- << With the recent availability of a lotus twincam engine and tranny, I'm wondering about the prospect of a transplant to me 4/4. Has anyone done this, or seen it done, that they can comment on the f
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00023.html (9,091 bytes)
- 18. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "David P. Crandall" <davidc@netwrk.org>
- Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 14:19:06 -0400
- OK, at the risk of provoking another protracted discussion, let's join w/ the larger question - What makes a Morgan a Morgan? In my admittedly faulty memory, the last time this issue almost led to bl
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00024.html (9,811 bytes)
- 19. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: Jeremy Edwards <jeremy@jmemee.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 15:39:46 +0100
- The factory built a few twin-cams andf several have been built unofficially. The two I have seen both had a side scoop for webers, one had a specially made GRP bonnet (hood?) the other was mindful of
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00031.html (8,602 bytes)
- 20. Re: the twink (score: 1)
- Author: "Vern Dale-Johnson" <vern_dj@email.msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 18:49:38 -0400
- Jeremy is correct. One of the GoMoG members in Ottawa has a Lotus twin cam in what was one of the last cars brought into Windsor (Metro Motors). It was brought in sans engine and the twim cam install
- /html/morgans/1998-09/msg00038.html (9,463 bytes)
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