Building a Reliable Spitfire Engine
for High Performance  v1.45
    Title Page | Table of Contents | I-Forward  | II-The  Golden  Rule |  III-Use Which engine?
    IV-The Cylinder Head | V-The Induction System | VI-The Ignition System | VII-The Engine Block
    VIII-Appendix of  Interest | IX-My Engine | X-Bibliography

 

My 1536cc Engine (Calum's)

       Here is the current spec of my 1500 engine: 110 Bhp @ the flywheel (before the Webers!)
110 Mph max. (before I chickened out, but probably the max. anyway)
0-60 in about 7.8 seconds (partially also due to drastic car diet scheme which shaved off 60 Kg )

    Head:

bulletFully gas flowed
bulletStainless valves, bigger inlets with standard size exhaust valves
Bronze valve guides
bulletStiffer valve springs
bulletAlloy valve caps
bulletSerdi machined triple angle valve seats
bulletStainless 4-2-1 Exhaust system
bulletTwin Weber 40DCOE carburettors (about to fit them so haven't got the new power figures)
bulletK&N air filter
bulletCool air filter box (will have soon anyway)

     Ignition, Oil & Water systems:

bulletElectronic ignition
bulletSilicone cored leads
bullet13 row thermostatic oil cooler
bulletFull width radiator
bulletElectric fan
bulletViscous coupling & fan removed

    Short Block:

bulletAE Hepolite +40 thou pistons
bulletPolished, lightened & shot peened rods with Cosworth bolts
bulletTuftrided crankshaft
bulletLead copper bearings
bulletUprated main bearing cap bolts
bulletBottom tapped main bearing cap bolt holes, top 2 threads removed
bulletCentre main oilway drilled out to 5/16"
bulletFully dynamically balanced
bulletPistons & rods balanced
bulletLightened flywheel with ARP bolts
bulletFast road 83 camshaft
bulletLightened & tufrided cam followers
bulletDuplex vernier timing chain

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