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Rick

Hi all,

Just re-visiting the tuning company corner of the main site, got me thinking about the old tuning co's that were once around, but are no longer. Did you ever avail yourself of tuning goodies for your car(s) in years past, and were they successful?

RJ
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Various 1920s-1960s - Austin, Morris, Commer, Dodge etc.

lowdrag · Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1162 Location: Le Mans

Alexander Tuning. Stage 2 Mini Cooper engine bored to 1293 plus an Alextractor exhaust. Noisy and fruity that.

47Jag · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:59 pm Post subject:

In 1966 I did something similar with an Austin 1800 using Downton parts. Bored +80 thou. Twin 1 3/4” carbs, head ported and polished with a ‘bunch of bananas’ exhaust manifold. Balanced and compression upped to about 12:1. The only let down was the low diff. gearing but nothing could beat it for the first 50 yds.

Art

47Jag · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:08 pm Post subject:

In 1966 I did something similar with an Austin 1800 using Downton parts. Bored +80 thou. Twin 1 3/4” carbs, head ported and polished with a ‘bunch of bananas’ exhaust manifold. Balanced and compression upped to about 12:1. The only let down was the low diff. gearing but nothing could beat it for the first 50 yds.

Art

Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3943 Location: Lancashire

Hi Art
We heard you the first time 2 and a half hours earlier Very Happy

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Penguin45 · Joined: 28 Jul 2014 Posts: 314 Location: LBA

Ah. The only way was to claim the diff from a 1.7 Ambassador automatic. The scrap yards must be littered with them by now. Oh, wait a minute...

P45.
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