19-10-2018, 11:42 PM
(19-10-2018, 08:05 PM)Bob Culver Wrote: Hi Oxford Jack
When I was running my slightly modified RP as everyday transport I often joked that a higher 3rd was desirable. !st is very low and the car would climb and start where firms CA Bedfords and others struggled.
But, at least in a hilly city, the standard car would have been insufferable with a higher 3rd as often could not reach 30 mph on modest grades with just the original 13 bhp..
Bob,
I should add for clarity then, high compression head, 1" SU, slightly modified cam followers, otherwise standard engine, will happily cruise at 45 to 50 as shown on sat nav, achieves 40 mpg all this over about 25,000 miles, however the top end has been rebuilt twice, the bottom end Phoenix crank and rods, Accuspark dizzy, Dynamo Conversions rewound Dynamo and solid state regulator.
Jack