29-12-2019, 02:25 AM
(28-12-2019, 09:30 PM)steve anderson Wrote: Well the Bantam with Austin 7 engine is still doing fine , ran at Bonneville Salt Flats with 82 MPH . Still won't pull 3rd and 4th gear yet , so working on new cam profile with 112 / 114 lobe split to be built . Going to alcohol next year so will step up injectors to 55# .. There some other updates in the works , oil line reroute , maybe water entering head first , it goes in at 2 spots on head plus front and back of block on port side .. Head gasket is now solid copper , seals better and reusable , block to crankcase gasket steel and reusable . There are 2 studs from bottom of block to top of crankcase on cam side to help secure they stay together STEVE
Two Austin 7 sports models were offered in January 1924, the Sports and the Brooklands Super-sports. The Brooklands Super-sports was a replica of Gordon England's record-breaker. Each car was sold with a Brooklands certificate proving a speed of 80 miles (128.75 km) per hour.
In 1931 the supercharged Austin 7 Works Streamlined Special reached 102 mph at Brooklands.
Still a way to go !