3.0 litre Twin Plug Engines

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We have just shipped 3 x £.0 litre Twin Plug Engines from the USA and thought some of you may like to see the results'

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Three! - lend us one then :P
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what are they going in?
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Sorry - all spoken for and will be installed in a bunch of Post Historic Rally cars complete with fancy gearboxes in the very near future.

Hope to order 3 more in the next few weeks though and would be happy to add to the order as the volume does help shipping costs and basic pricing.

The first car should be out on the Astra Historic Stages with a bit of luck.
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Hi Chris - very impressive !!

Superb attention to detail from Henry as always.
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blue plug leads and black shroud, must be the work of Supertec, beautiful.

Love the yellow jump starter in the first pic, surely you have to put it in the car before you crank it up!
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Post by Cortina »

Were hydraulic tensioners available in 1974 ? (if not .... as I guess is the case ..... they should not be fitted to these engines for them to be "legal")

I like the look of the manifolds !
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twin plug distributor - are those original or repro's? and are they conventional points?
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Eligibility is always interesting.

I suppose in theory that 3.0 litre SC engines weren't available 'in period' and are different crankcases to the 3.0 Carrera RS as is the crankshaft.

Also PMO carbs weren't available in '74.

We have checked the engine spec with our scrutineers and as these mods have been previously used by others we were given an OK.

Most of the 2 litre engines being used have things like Turbo oil pumps fitted and some even have Nikasil barrels, forged pistons and other goodies.

Most of the BDA's being run use new blocks and heads being cast by KAD and all of the engines being run with 'Holbay' are Warriors, which have significantly different head castings to the original homologated Holbay and didn't appear until significantly later than 1974.

If you look at any competitive Historic car you will find tweeks such as S 300M half shafts and the like.

The 240Z's tend to use 280 Z CV joints as the standard UJ's fail for a pastime.

Lotus Cortina's use Bilstein front shockers, 701M blocks, Mexico gear sticks etc, etc.
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Post by JonnyG »

Look very nice. Does Steve Smith drive one of the rally cars ?
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Post by MdR »

They are just too pretty to fit to a car. I'd love one to drive with & one to sit & look at.
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JohnnyG,

Possibly!
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Right, I knew he was getting a engines in the US.
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Thats just.... :drunken:
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Post by james911rs »

Why has no-one asked how much they are?
Is it too frightening?
How long do they take to do?
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