Hi Jeff,
I am pretty impressed with your times. I hope Puddles does as good.
When I was in High school, and the Sprites were new, I guess my age is
showing. I remember my 67 with the 1098 engine was a pretty peppy car.
Sounds to me like big Healeys/MGB's have some notion that the
Sprite/midgets were slow. I have owned most of these cars, and I like
the Sprites best out of most of them. The leg room is greater, I can
wear my Boots, the top sits better, I don't bump my head, even the top
seals better, I don't get wet.
Sprites for-ever, Midgets 2.
Rick
52 MGTD, 74 B, XJ12C (Wife's), & Puddles (60 Frogeye)
http://www.softcom.net/users/walters
Then again I have no taste at all.
Jeff Boatright wrote:
>
> A while back, someone ran a listing of 0-60 mph times for MGAs and Bs.
> Someone else made a crack about Spridget speeds (someting like "And we're
> still waiting on that guy in the Midget to come in.") There was even a
> serious comment that typical Spridgets times are over 20 seconds!
>
> I thought that surely mine could do better and decided to run some time
> trials. I have a 1965 Austin-Healey MkIII Sprite that has a 1275 cc engine.
> The car is otherwise stock. I conducted 4 runs (2 each way) down a deserted
> stretch of uncompleted road that is fairly level and very straight. I
> checked my speed against a friend's Z-car whom we know is acurate through
> GPS navigation. I did nothing to lighten the car (trunk contained the
> spare, about 20 lbs of tools and fluids, and some jackets and caps). I even
> ate lunch before the trials. Tire pressure is 29 lbs all around. Engine is
> in need of a tune (runs rich and points need adjusting).
>
> Results: uphill:15 & 13; downhill: 11 &10 seconds
>
> Average: 12.25 seconds 0 to 60 mph
>
> HA!
>
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