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<blockquote data-quote="th4neuk" data-source="post: 6495" data-attributes="member: 1405"><p>Thanks for all the replies guys.</p><p> </p><p>The reason why I'm asking is that I have a 1951 formula 3 racing car. You may recall the coopers as the well known name from this time.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway mine is a JP racing car from scotland and it originally had a grey flash engine. The chassis and engine were separated in the late 50's early 60's and the engine is now in a VOC members comet.</p><p> </p><p>As I'm unlikely to ever find a grey flash engine I was looking at maybe using a comet 500cc engine to retain the Vincent heritage of the car.</p><p> </p><p>It originally ran with an Abion TT gearbox but I'm likely to use a norton box as the spares are more available.</p><p> </p><p>I was asking about power as it will be running against JAP and Manx Norton engined machines and I was wondering how close I can get to them.</p><p> </p><p>Obviously being a race car I have to stick to certain tuning guidelines to stay in the regs but I'll look into those in more detail.</p><p> </p><p>Once again cheers for the help.</p><p> </p><p>Alan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="th4neuk, post: 6495, member: 1405"] Thanks for all the replies guys. The reason why I'm asking is that I have a 1951 formula 3 racing car. You may recall the coopers as the well known name from this time. Anyway mine is a JP racing car from scotland and it originally had a grey flash engine. The chassis and engine were separated in the late 50's early 60's and the engine is now in a VOC members comet. As I'm unlikely to ever find a grey flash engine I was looking at maybe using a comet 500cc engine to retain the Vincent heritage of the car. It originally ran with an Abion TT gearbox but I'm likely to use a norton box as the spares are more available. I was asking about power as it will be running against JAP and Manx Norton engined machines and I was wondering how close I can get to them. Obviously being a race car I have to stick to certain tuning guidelines to stay in the regs but I'll look into those in more detail. Once again cheers for the help. Alan [/QUOTE]
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