It's got an aluminum head and dual Strombergs. The
car was basically assembled from parts about 20 years
ago, although I was told they were all Alpine parts.
Robert
Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, CA) wrote:
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> Does the engine have (1600) cast just above the starter?
> The engine's vintage would suggest it is a 1600 3 main.
>
> Does your engine have an aluminum head?
> If it does, then what you have is a Minx block with alpine
> internals.
> 3 main minx's have iron heads, special intake/exhuast/cam,
> different pistons ECT, but the block is suitible for building an
> alpine spec engine, with the correct alpine parts.
> All minx induction components (which differentiate the minx and alpine
> engines) are incompatible with the alluminum alpine/rapier head.
>
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