He has had a few air cooled 911s, and some Mercedes, has a racing license and has done some competitive motorsport in Europe. He is not into automatic boxes, and just sees the Jensen as a completely different type of vehicle. He isn't going to be flooring the throttle in it Steve, you are correct.Steve Payne wrote:Philip Lochner wrote:
Exactly, depending on what else he drives the torque of a correctly tuned engine with a gearbox in good condition will probably impress him. Even something as simple as a worn convertor can make a car feel sluggish.
Steve
However Philip, the heads were not looking brilliant at first sight, core plugs gone, and valve work here, anything more than a tin of Chemico, will cost more than a pair of stealth heads. It does sound as though the Stealth heads will give a compression increase and hopefully be more economical than the stock heads as well, so I am not sure it would pay to spend more on the stock heads.