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I would've doubted 300 hp from the Healey six as well, but they are claiming 284 on this site with room for improvement: https://www.healey.se/news.html Very impressive!
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DerekJ
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Yes, that is Anders Schildt's car, sponsored by AH Performance Spares. He came second to Jeremy Healey in the 2009 John Gott Memorial race that had a grid of 33 Big Healeys.
He is very fast and great to watch. Watch this video.
https://www.healey.se/HealeyMovieIndex.html
He is very fast and great to watch. Watch this video.
https://www.healey.se/HealeyMovieIndex.html
bob hughes
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DerekJ said:
Yup it would
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No one ever responded after my last post. I really do want to know. At what point, that is, at what RPM does someone get 300 HP from a Healey 6 cylinder engine? And, what kind of torque does it make, over what RPM range? Does anyone out there have this kind of information they can share with us?
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I spoke to Anders a couple weeks back, as he and I are both preparing for the upcoming race season. He's currently using this cam, https://www.ahspares.co.uk/products/productdetail.aspx?GUID=7023c039-7311-403f-8798-84b4ace9df62 . He has a steel crank, and all the high rev goodies to support the hp his motor produces. Bottom line.......there's some pretty big differences between the guidelines for vintage race car preparation here in the US and in Europe.
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I don't know the exact torque figures but I was talking to Rinus Sinke at Silverstone on saturday. His yellow Healey is one of the fastest in Europe along with Jeremy Welch and Anders. They voluntarily restrict Rinus's car to 7500 revs but it has been to 8000.
I find the rules are a bit mixed up depending on the series. Some things are strict some there is more flexibility. For instance, steel cranks and alloy heads are accepted, aluminium radiators aren't. Alternators are, electronic ignition isn't. Alloy body panels are fine, although Rinus doesn't have them.
Torsion bars are not allowed but the car is running on Minilites which are not allowed at FIA events such as Spa and LeMans.
This year Rinus' car hasn't been accepted at the Le Mans Classic because it doesn't have any 'history'. A shame because it has been fastest Healey at the last two Le Mans!
I don't know the exact torque figures but I was talking to Rinus Sinke at Silverstone on saturday. His yellow Healey is one of the fastest in Europe along with Jeremy Welch and Anders. They voluntarily restrict Rinus's car to 7500 revs but it has been to 8000.
I find the rules are a bit mixed up depending on the series. Some things are strict some there is more flexibility. For instance, steel cranks and alloy heads are accepted, aluminium radiators aren't. Alternators are, electronic ignition isn't. Alloy body panels are fine, although Rinus doesn't have them.
Torsion bars are not allowed but the car is running on Minilites which are not allowed at FIA events such as Spa and LeMans.
This year Rinus' car hasn't been accepted at the Le Mans Classic because it doesn't have any 'history'. A shame because it has been fastest Healey at the last two Le Mans!
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...sorry, I shouldn't really have used the word 'fastest'. Let's not forget that the driver also makes a huge difference. However, Rinus' car is now driven by his son Jaap and he is FAST. He qualified 8th and fastest Healey against a whole raft of E-Types, Cobras, Mustangs etc with much bigger engines. Unfortunately Big Healeys are generally in classes where they have no chance of winning.