jarrid_gross(at)juno.com wrote:
> I didnt reccognize the bore and stroke specs, which lead me to believe,
> that it was in fact a french power plant. The avenger had a british unit
> very similar to the 1725 engine did it not?
> Does the avenger engine possibly bolt up to an alpine bellhousing?
>
> I'd love to see any new info like specs and the like for the Paykan
> Hunter.
> Also, I would still very much like to see some technical info for the
> Avenger.
> I know it may sound sordid, but I am considering racing a Plymouth
> Cricket
> along with my alpine.
I just had a dig around in my library and came up with the following
specs on
the ohv 1600 Avenger motor:
bore: 87.3mm
stroke: 66.7mm
displacing 1598cc
bhp: 69
This matches the specs for the Paykan pick up.
I doubt this version of the motor was ever available in Crickets though.
It
first appeared in the UK in 1976. I think the Cricket had disappeared by
then.
There is an Avenger website at
http://homepage.eurobell.co.uk/colinmc/avenger.html although it doesn't
give
a lot of technical info.
Probably the most interesting Avenger variant was the twin cam developed
by
BRM (the formula 1 team). It was a rally homologation special, but it
wasn't
particularly successful I believe. It was soon replaced by the Sunbeam
Lotus.
> >BTW last time I looked, Iran was in the northern hemisphere.
>
> Now, I have been catching a lot of flack on this one,
> Yes, I know that Iran is North of the equator, but if you all re-read my
> message,
> I was saying that Australia, and Argentina in thier dimentia, seem not to
> want to
> let the old ford falcons die off.
I thought afterwards that might be what you meant. (I meant to use a
smiley
after that remark too)
In defence of the Australian Falcon though (and I can't believe I'm
defending
them - I'm always "jabbing" at friends with Falcons or GM Holden
Commodores)
the current one bears little relationship to the '60s original. At the
end of
the seventies it had an affair with Europe's Ford Granada Mk II. The
current
car uses a shell distantly descended from the modified Granada body. It
wouldn't surprise me though if the running gear can be traced back to
the
sixties Falcon. The Argentinian Falcon is a completely different car.
The reason the Falcon still exists is because Australians like
Taurus-sized
cars, but with rear wheel drive. The yanks and most of the Europeans
don't
seem to make those anymore. There has been talk that the Falcon will be
exported to Europe to replace their Scorpio model as the top of the line
Ford. That would make it a BMW competitor. Yeah, right.
-- Russ Maddockhttp://www.petrie.starway.net.au/~sunbeam Sunbeam Imp Sport Sunbeam Alpine SIII GT Talbot Alpine GLS Peugeot 505 STi
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