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[Vamps]

Nice car - as to performance - interesting cams make it faster.

I personally like the 2.2 hatch version - now that was quick!

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Double what.....

[Martin_1962]

Nice car - as to performance - interesting cams make it faster.

I personally like the 2.2 hatch version - now that was quick!

What?

[Pete Elite]

Brings back memories for me as well as my Brother had a k Reg. 1250 Super which was the 1st car i ever drove and a mate of mine i worked at Slough GPO with had a Hunter Holbay which was PDQ.

[The Barge Captain]

Nice car - as to performance - interesting cams make it faster.

I personally like the 2.2 hatch version - now that was quick!

What?

That is one ugly car!

[Martin_1962]

Nice car - as to performance - interesting cams make it faster.

I personally like the 2.2 hatch version - now that was quick!

What?

That is one ugly car!

I had a 1600 and I thought it looked nice.

However that one is probably the best hot hatch ever.

0-60 in 6.5 seconds in 1980, in gear performance better than a Porsche with the same number as that Avenger based hatches engine (911).

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Bloody fantastic performance in it's day though, from a 1500.

37 years old, I bet the Impreza wont grow that old.

Indeed Skruntie, and it has made me consider what a difference the fitting of an injection system, in place of the carburetor, would have made to the excelleration figure? :-/ :-/

Has anyone converted an old car from carburetor to injection and measured the difference it has made to the performance figures?? :-? :-?

[Martin_1962]

Brings back memories for me as well as my Brother had a k Reg. 1250 Super which was the 1st car i ever drove and a mate of mine i worked at Slough GPO with had a Hunter Holbay which was PDQ.

My mum had an estate - 1300 but the engine blew up, I found a 1600 in a scrap yard (GLS - so 1.75" carb and 80bhp) it went well afterwards, as both an XR3i and a 2.0 Capri would be able to testify

[Martin_1962]

Bloody fantastic performance in it's day though, from a 1500.

37 years old, I bet the Impreza wont grow that old.

Indeed Skruntie, and it has made me consider what a difference the fitting of an injection system, in place of the carburetor, would have made to the excelleration figure? :-/ :-/

Has anyone converted an old car from carburetor to injection and measured the difference it has made to the performance figures?? :-? :-?

I would have done my Sunbeam but rot got to it.

Not too much I expect as one carb option was 2 x Weber 40DCOEs so powre not much difference but emmisions - room for big improvements

[Martin_1962]

I have also seen the factory built Avenger 2.2 16v estate - a real sleeper

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Bloody fantastic performance in it's day though, from a 1500.

37 years old, I bet the Impreza wont grow that old.

Indeed Skruntie, and it has made me consider what a difference the fitting of an injection system, in place of the carburetor, would have made to the excelleration figure? :-/ :-/

Has anyone converted an old car from carburetor to injection and measured the difference it has made to the performance figures?? :-? :-?

I would have done my Sunbeam but rot got to it.

Not too much I expect as one carb option was 2 x Weber 40DCOEs so powre not much difference but emmisions - room for big improvements

Thanks Martin

[amigov6]

Who said the Lotus Sunbeam is ugly? A pox on you heathen of no taste or culture. You should bow your head in shame. In 1972 the Tigers 0-60 was pretty quick, remember a manual 3.0 Mig does'nt do it alot quicker, 7.5 / 8 secs.?
   Reminds me of my 1500DL Avenger or Scavengers as we called 'em. I was only 18, it was blue, had the long speedo & a tiny steering wheel. It's reg was XTA something K. I was banned at the time so won't elaborate but spent some of my "formative years" in that car & it never let me down. Nostalgia! 8-)

[gstylebaby]

I love the look of the tiger and its not like you see anything like it now so it will turn heads....Nice clean classic.

[amigov6]

I love the look of the tiger and its not like you see anything like it now so it will turn heads....Nice clean classic.

100% Agreed matey!!!

[amigov6]

Same mate who had  the tiger had a couple of other interesting cars one of which was a 1750 holbay Hunter, that was a really nice motor

Was'nt it 1725? Sorry to be pedantic.

[Grumpy]

This talk of the 1725 Rootes engine brings back memories.

In that era we owned a 1725cc Singer Vogue in a deep
midnight blue. It wasn't a particularly fast car to drive,
but at that time the 'Car de Jour' was a MK2 Cortina
in Blue Mink. 
So we felt like we were driving around in a mini-palace
in comparison. We took that car touring everywhere,
the only faults we ever got was a failed alternator diode
pack and a disbonded engine mount that gave us axle
tramp due to the live rear axle set-up.

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Oh happy days! 

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