Over the years I have been asked many times if there is any good reason why a 100/6 (3.125” bore) should not be overbored to 3000 specifications (3.281”). Back, before I knew better, I believed that there was no good reason not to do so and in fact we successfully rebuilt more than one 100/6 [...]
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Targa is over for another year. It takes a while to come back to earth after the event and this year was no exception. 2008 was my 5th year of Targa competition and certainly one of the better ones. With AHX12 now in its 4th year in the event I believe we have sorted out [...]
There are many definitions of “handicapping” but Wikipedia states: Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning. I’m sure with the best of intentions the organizers of The Targa Newfoundland have, for the last 7 years, [...]
Classic Rallying, Healey Stuff, Rants
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I hesitate to say this, but I think the time has come where I have to admit that I have more projects than I’m ever going to finish and more cars than I’m ever going to drive. I always dreamed of having a decent sized shop at home where I would be able to work [...]
For those who aren’t members of The Austin Healey Club U.S.A. and therefore don’t get the Austin Healey Magazine I have posted this article that I wrote at the request of Gary Anderson the editor. Targa Newfoundland is a highly addictive event. Billed as “The Ultimate Motorsports Adventure“ the event is rapidly gaining a reputation [...]
Thanks to the very welcome advice of Jim Hockert, Mike Gladwin, Bob Haskell, Richard Ewald, Dallas Congleton and Ken Freese, all of whom made very worthwhile suggestions, I think we have the problem solved. My idea of the tab washers became a non starter when I realized that I would be unable to get a [...]
Classic Rallying, Healey Stuff
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As noted in my previous post one of the problems we had with AHX12 in the 2007 Targa Newfoundland was caused by the stretching of BSF bolts which hold the crownwheel to the differential carrier. These 50 year old bolts, made at a time when the quality of fasteners available in Britain was not that [...]
Classic Rallying, Healey Stuff
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The Targa Newfoundland 2007 is over and it proved to be a very revealing test of my revisions to AHX12’s rear suspension. By reading my previous posts on the subject you will get an appreciation of why I decided to make this fairly radical change to the suspension and how I did it. All in [...]
Classic Rallying, Healey Stuff
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At last we are ready to leave for the 2007 Targa Newfoundland. With Michael Oritt as my co-driver we have been lucky enough to join a “marque” team called “Brick and Brute Racing” The other team members are cars #301, a 1963 Mini Cooper “S” crewed by Dyrk Bolger and Terry Milnes and #307 the [...]
Judy and I are up in N’Zed ( Kiwis believe that south should be on the top of the globe) for our annual winter get away. While I’m here I’m managing to take in a couple of events of the Southern Festival of Speed which has been held here for the last few years. The [...]
Classic Rallying, New Zealand
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