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    4 SU's

    Hi John...I am trying to exactly the same thing with my straight eight...can we establish some communication so I can see what you did (or were going to do?) I didn't see anything on the Great Race...
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    Well, I'd like to be able to buy one...

    Well, I'd like to be able to buy one someday...good luck..:hurray:
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    Well, I am missing a few of the finer points, but...

    Well, I am missing a few of the finer points, but just wanted to let you know there are people watching this with interest, so, don't feel you are by yourself as someone said. Keep it up..it's a...
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    Thanks Paul...all great leads and advice....I;ll...

    Thanks Paul...all great leads and advice....I;ll throw this all on the mulch pile here for a while and be back with more questions no doubt. Thanks for the replies...
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    Thanks guys...I guess I should check the archives...

    Thanks guys...I guess I should check the archives over a little more carefully...And thanks Paul for braving the elements...Where the h---are you anyway? Hate to tell you it is 70 and sunny where I...
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    Okay..thanks to pmuller9 for the spacing...

    Okay..thanks to pmuller9 for the spacing info..were working on it...I'll push my luck a little further, if this is something you have handy..what is the spacing on the 320..or even 248 I...
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    Piston spacing and 320ID

    I think this has been discussed or posted but I can't find it. Is there any easy way to tell a 320 by just looking at pictures? I have some numbers on a candidate

    1343404 at the bottom of the...
  8. Dual carb manifold proper/alternative carbs

    Can anyone tell me what carbs were used on the dual carb manifolds? Has anyone adapted anything and if so what results? Suggestions?

    Am also considering 4 SU's..any advice pro or con on that or...
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    Lovely car and a great job...Thanks!

    Lovely car and a great job...Thanks!
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    Yeah, agree on form and function...but I also...

    Yeah, agree on form and function...but I also like to play around...and I am always dealing with other people's throwaways and bits and pieces...it started with an XK engine I had in a Delahaye...
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    Wow, those pre war SU's look great! Have an...

    Wow, those pre war SU's look great! Have an address for them? I am basically an artist more than an engineer, and get as much fun out of making things appear more than they are as I do having the...
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    A look at my project

    I was going to post a picture of my straight eight project ..lessee if this works..Anyway, it is a 263 in a 1934 Alvis frame and has a T-5 transmission out of an S-10 truck adapted to the original...
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    Has anyone made any pronouncement as to how much...

    Has anyone made any pronouncement as to how much this improves a 263? (The stock dual carb system) and whether it is worth the effort? What carbs are used? I just saw one with two volvo turbo...
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    So I wonder what a "pilot project" would get you?...

    So I wonder what a "pilot project" would get you? Just drawings or would they make you a prototype? And, I wonder who owns the information at the end of the pilot? If you could figure out a way to...
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    Interesting web site for sure...It's interesting...

    Interesting web site for sure...It's interesting that Miller and Bugatti, father and son, the most celebrated automotive engineers of all time were really more artists than engineers. Miller...
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    Wow...we are really dreamin' now...If we are...

    Wow...we are really dreamin' now...If we are going to do that, why not let's start from scratch and built an absolutely beautiful, high tech obsolete engine!!!Check out some of the Harry Miller...
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    Well, it's fun to think of ways to convert it to...

    Well, it's fun to think of ways to convert it to a twin cam, although I don't have the expertise to even really consider it, ..Yeah, it would be heavy, but, all gussied up with enough acron nuts and...
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    Mating a 263 to a Chevy Truck transmission/Twin cam Buick

    Just a note to thank the contributors here for all the information, and to let them know that there are lurkers and newbies out here soaking it all up.

    My project is a sort of hot rod, but likely...
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    Transmission for a straight eight

    Hi..Newbie here. Pardon me if this has been covered somewhere...I couldn't find anything, so, maybe someone can point me, or, has an idea.

    I am using a 248 to power a sort of vintage English...
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