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Originally Posted by Slippy Diff
Engine, only the Block is original! (this is even relevieved in places),
92+mm Forged Pistons, Crower Rods, Billet Crank, Full race cam, Roller rockers 1.7, Special Followers, Alloy TR Head (only one racing in UK - we kept with it and got it to work where other gave up - special offset valves) - so much work on this - took years to get right). 212 - 218bhp @ wheels, approx 240 at flywheel, on twin Webber 50's >100 bhp/litre from a 50+ year old pushrod engine! One off exhaust and induction manifolds.
It's not really a 50+ year old engine is it.
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This got me thinking. So much pain to get 100bhp/litre when a Civic Type R road car has it out of the box. Is trying to recreate the past, with objects from the past what modsports in 2008 should be ?
Back in the day, modsports were mainly current model or recent model sports cars that had been modified - MG Midgets, TRs, Healeys. Access to parts and modification was relatively easy back then. Why aren't we trying to do that now ? There are tons of MX5s, MR2s, Nissan SXs around, all dirt cheap with masses of off the shelf tuning kit available. They'll be faster, handle better and make more sense to the younger audience of today.