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MinorMatt wrote:andypdq wrote:Hi Matt, I very much doubt whether BL would have invested money in tooling up to offset the crank, small ends, maybe
Why would they not invest in tooling when the 1275 was a completely new block and would have been tooled pretty much from scratch anyway?
Anyway Andy... how are you getting on with your build? Any results yet?
andypdq wrote:MinorMatt wrote:andypdq wrote:Hi Matt, I very much doubt whether BL would have invested money in tooling up to offset the crank, small ends, maybe
Why would they not invest in tooling when the 1275 was a completely new block and would have been tooled pretty much from scratch anyway?
Anyway Andy... how are you getting on with your build? Any results yet?
The A+ was engineered and first produced in 1980 I believe, the 1275 was first produced in 1964, was the crank offset tor those 16 years? Was it offset after 1980. I'll happily eat my words if it was. Evidence please.
andypdq wrote:I might add, my experience of the A series in my student days was a 1098 Minor, a tower of power relative to a gutless worn out 1969 850 Mini van which I owned for a short time, purchased for the princely sum of £40, they kept going with a bit of cajoling, despite knocking big ends on start up and almost no compression, a very resilient engine. Fords of the day wouldn't start on a damp winter morning... If the battery was knackered in your Minor, you hit it with the starting handle, they started really easily. The A series was a champ.
andypdq wrote:V184 what's your problem? In in reasonable order they were great engines, even when knackered they would still start and run and get you there, despite reduced power, huge clearances etc. A good engine, you can't get round to fixing it because you're using it, a bad engine you can't use it because it needs fixing. The A series was the former.
Perhaps a few less and and a little more elaboration of your thoughts would help.
andypdq wrote:Another point, the A series was always very economical even when worn out, performance would drop but fuel economy remained about the same, IF they had the Skinner Union carburettor. My mum had an Austin A40 with a fixed jet zenith carb and the 950 engine, always used more fuel than the 1098 Minor with the SU. My Dad fitted an inlet manifold and SU carb to the A40 and instant noticeable increase in economy, with no noticeable decrease in performance.
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