On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:03:09 -0500, clare at snyder.on.ca wrote:

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:31:28 +0000, Andy Dingley
wrote:

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:17:57 -0600, spaco
wrote:

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Difference was not so much SAE vs DIN as gross vs Net.

All American (sae) rated automotive engines today are NET rated - and
they are still turning out higher REAL numbers than engines of the
same displacement turned out gross in the sixties.

And there is FAST, and there is QUICK.
A friend's modified MGA TwinCam (1800cc MGB block grafted to the
twincam A head) used to routinely wipe the smile off the face of Boss
Mustang and Z28 Camaro drivers on the twisties, while having trouble
with a good slant six on the straights ----
More fun per pound in the MG fer sure.

And then there was the friend of my former b-i-l who shoehorned a high
compression 283 into a Sprite. It was a farmboy job, no firewall,
solid rear end, but it would scoot. From the outside, the only
noticeable mod was the cut out wheel wells and larger rear tires.

Pete Keillor