In article .com,
Andre Jute wrote:
The 60 can't stand for cubic inches; that's only one litre. So what
does it stand for? Horsepower. Actually, before the war 60 real horses
pretty the sturdiest of the British engines, the 3 litre Austin
Princess engine as fitted to Austin Healeys, didn't cross the 100bhp
barrier (except advertising puffery) until you breathed on it.
The Healey 100/4 used basically a pre-war Austin engine which struggled
to make 100 bhp, but 6 cylinder models had post war C Series units all of
which were good for over 100 bhp. Although not by much in standard trim.
The last version with the Weslake head and separate ports *could* be made
to produce a fair amount. But was a desperately heavy lump.
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*Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one? *
Dave Plowman
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