02-03-2021, 02:36 PM
(01-03-2021, 08:29 PM)Steve Jones Wrote: The Chassis Register entry for JF 322 makes interesting reading.
Steve
(02-03-2021, 12:54 PM)Tony Betts Wrote: dave, i never could get my head around not useing sports engines for fear of damaging them.As a good friend once discovered, motoring along gently in his original-engined Nippy, that a blowup can result not just in minor damage but a road scattered with unrepairable, smashed-into small-pieces mechanical marmalade. Now if, you have the cash to create an exact replica engine....what's 6000 r.p.m between friends ..... and your bank account.
a standard engine is no different to a sports. it could cost £5k for a rebuild if you blow a standard engine up. but nobody is scared of useing them.