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Solved - NEH 2881: Olds-Healey by Tom Schnerk
« on: August 07, 2013, 07:53:48 AM »
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Re: NEH 2881
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2013, 04:50:05 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2881
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2013, 02:06:03 PM »
Austin-Healey re-engined with a V8 possibly Chevrolet?
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Re: NEH 2881
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2013, 02:23:10 PM »
Quote from: D-type on August 14, 2013, 02:06:03 PM
Austin-Healey re-engined with a V8 possibly Chevrolet?

Correct, apart from the make of engine..
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Re: NEH 2881
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2013, 03:21:04 PM »
If it isn't a chevy is it a Ford?
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Re: NEH 2881
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2013, 04:29:26 AM »
Quote from: D-type on August 14, 2013, 03:21:04 PM
If it isn't a chevy is it a Ford?

Not a Ford engine..
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Re: NEH 2881
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2013, 07:54:41 AM »
It's really beautifully proportioned and has just the right amount of Austin-Healey to the rear and AC Cobra to the front to make it look butch but sensitive. Like a nicely muscled bloke with no tattoos and cradling a baby. ;D

No I'm not.  ::)

I just (have to) listen to my wife a lot (now that I'm retired) and have picked up what's 'hot' to the ladies and what's not. :o Grandkids are cute though, especially when they're asleep and making no noise. And when they are taken back home - having them round is like being under a car you're fixing and dropping the jack on purpose because it feels so good when you jack the car up again.

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Re: NEH 2881
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2013, 08:13:35 PM »
Its a 1954 Austin Healey 100/4 powered by a 1959 Big Block 418 cu in Oldsmobile Engine.

Built by a fellow called Tom Schnerk.
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Re: NEH 2881
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2013, 04:18:47 AM »
Quote from: WayneB on August 15, 2013, 08:13:35 PM
Its a 1954 Austin Healey 100/4 powered by a 1959 Big Block 418 cu in Oldsmobile Engine.

Built by a fellow called Tom Schnerk.

Yes!  And what does he call his creation?
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Re: NEH 2881
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2013, 11:20:28 AM »
He calls it an " Olds-Healey" in the two articles I read.
Great car, must be a hoot to drive. 8)
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Re: NEH 2881
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2013, 11:39:48 AM »
Quote from: WayneB on August 16, 2013, 11:20:28 AM
He calls it an " Olds-Healey" in the two articles I read.
Great car, must be a hoot to drive. 8)

That's it!
Probably a bit front-heavy though..  Or maybe it's a lighter engine than the original 4-banger, I don't know!
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Re: Solved - NEH 2881: Olds-Healey by Tom Schnerk
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2013, 12:30:33 PM »
From what I've read, Schnerk claims the weight distribution is pretty well equalized due to the fact that he moved the V8 back about a foot and a half relative to the original 4 cyl.
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Re: Solved - NEH 2881: Olds-Healey by Tom Schnerk
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2013, 04:50:19 AM »
The claimed weight gain is not the great...

"My advice is to get the biggest engine available and mount it back as far as possible. A stock 1954 Healey has a curb weight of 2300# with 50/50 front-to-rear weight distribution. My car, with its big-block Olds engine has a curb weight of 2486#, with 47/53 front-to-rear weight distribution. The engine setback is 23.3 percent. (In other words, the engine's number 1 spark plug is 21" back along the car's 90" wheelbase.)"

In the end, with a name like his, we shouldn't be surprised that he like putting putting into places for which they were not nominally designed. ;)
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