aeronca65t
aeronca65t Reader
12/16/08 7:38 p.m.

OK, this is just for fun.....

Here's the 948 cc 'A" series engine that was in my ~Austin A-35~

Dusty, but all there. It's identical to a Bugeye engine/trans except the carb setup.

35 British Horsepower! (hence the name).

Teeny, tiny British Zenith carb, road draft tube, mech. fuel pump, smooth-case trans, mechanical clutch linkage, hand-crank hub on front pully, etc.

It turns nicely and apparently ran nice 8 years ago when the car was stored. It will get replaced by a "cooking" "A" series 1275 and rib-case trans from a '73 Spridget. My target for the 1275 is about 80 HP.....plenty for this thing!

I think I have a home for this 948 eventually.

aeronca65t
aeronca65t Reader
12/16/08 10:20 p.m.

Be careful with those English parts!

They'll turn your hand blue......

Oops! Too late!

ddavidv
ddavidv SuperDork
12/17/08 6:16 a.m.

Ahhh, progress. The 848 in my Mini churns out 37 bhp. That 948 must be strangled to death by that carb.

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