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What not to do at 6800 RPM in 3rd gear...
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Jack, I was responding to Chris who destroyed his head.
But Jack I do have a complete 948 engine that turns freely as well.
Chris, something else to keep in mind is there are alot of SCCA F-production Midget 1275 guys out there that are doing the switch to Limited prep and moving to H-production, so that means there will be good ported heads, HS4 carb set-ups, Carrillo rods, pistons, and cams on the market from the guys making the switich. www.coloradoscca.org/prodcar/ would be a good place to look or post in classifieds wanted section.
But Jack I do have a complete 948 engine that turns freely as well.
Chris, something else to keep in mind is there are alot of SCCA F-production Midget 1275 guys out there that are doing the switch to Limited prep and moving to H-production, so that means there will be good ported heads, HS4 carb set-ups, Carrillo rods, pistons, and cams on the market from the guys making the switich. www.coloradoscca.org/prodcar/ would be a good place to look or post in classifieds wanted section.
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Hap,
If you know anyone who wants to get rid of a "full blast" 1622 head.....Let me know!
I have a block & crank......Still looking for a danged head.
If you know anyone who wants to get rid of a "full blast" 1622 head.....Let me know!
I have a block & crank......Still looking for a danged head.
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Hap,
If you know anyone who wants to get rid of a "full blast" 1622 head.....Let me know!
I have a block & crank......Still looking for a danged head.
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Will do, I never know what might cross my path.
Hap,
If you know anyone who wants to get rid of a "full blast" 1622 head.....Let me know!
I have a block & crank......Still looking for a danged head.
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Will do, I never know what might cross my path.
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Chris, something else to keep in mind is there are alot of SCCA F-production Midget 1275 guys out there that are doing the switch to Limited prep and moving to H-production, so that means there will be good ported heads, HS4 carb set-ups, Carrillo rods, pistons, and cams on the market from the guys making the switich.
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Hap,
Thanks, I've been looking in the For Sale section but I may post in the wanted section. Can you tell me what the reasons for the switch are briefly?
Chris, something else to keep in mind is there are alot of SCCA F-production Midget 1275 guys out there that are doing the switch to Limited prep and moving to H-production, so that means there will be good ported heads, HS4 carb set-ups, Carrillo rods, pistons, and cams on the market from the guys making the switich.
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Hap,
Thanks, I've been looking in the For Sale section but I may post in the wanted section. Can you tell me what the reasons for the switch are briefly?
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Yes, by all means you can put something in the classified wanted, I can even tell you, if you email me, depending on who's selling what, how good thier stuff is, I know most of them and what they run. A few years ago, the only place a 1275 could run in production SCCA racing was in F-production which whas what we refer to as a full prep motor, meaning ported cylinder heads, unlimited compression, Carrillo rods, billet cranks (although most 1275 guys don't run billet cranks) and dry sump oiling systems, roller rockers, etc. Many FP 1275 Spridget drivers now feel with the addtion to FP of the MGB, Lotus 7s and Miata they are not as competitive as they were. A new classification was made at the beginning of last year, that we call the Hybrid LP 1275 HP Spridget, meaning if you already have a coil over car, you can convert to LP engine specs, stock rods and cranks (can be lightened, polished and balanced) non ported cylinder heads (except for 1" gasket porting) stock HS2 carbs, wet sump oiling system, stock rocker arms and you are limited to 11.0 to 1 compression ratio and .450" valve lift, you do all this and you can go down to H-Production and the car seems to be more competitive there, so it's been a popular choice, in it's first year at the runoffs, there were a dozen "Hybrids" in the field at the runoffs and more people making the conversion every day, it's a cheaper motor, it doesn't rev as high and it last longer. So with all that said, heads, cams, HS4 carbs, Carrillo rods and dry sump stuff is surfacing for sale, while you may not be interested in all of that stuff, it would be a way to get a ported race head. The unported head on the LP engine is basically a ristrictor plate if you will to keep ii in check with the rest of the cars in the class. You can gian as much as 10cfm per port with a race port job on a 1275 head over a stock head, 10cfm per port is huge gain on these engine, when paired with a good cam, this is a good 20+ hp right there.
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A little progress today. I picked the block up from the machine shop yesterday. The block was 0.040" over and surprisingly enough there wasn't too much cylinder wall damage so we took it to 0.060" over. I had an extra set of pistons for just such an occasion so the block and bottom end went together today. The head will get done this week or so.
