Hello John,
Thanks for the fast reply and the information.
It's nice to meet frienly people who share the same interest.
Thanks,
Willy
--- In amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com, "John Friese" <jfriese@m...>
wrote:
> Hello Willy,
>
> What you have in that photo is an Amphi and a Triumph Spitfire
engine
> in it. There are many things on it that are Triumph and not
Amphicar.
> The carb. itself, the air cleaner doesn't connect to the cool air
> side of the radiator, the distributor cap and the water pump
housing
> are all parts that were used on Spitfires and not Amphicars. I'm
also
> sure that you have a different exhaust manifold and J pipe to make
the
> connection to the muffler. The good news is that you might have a
> 1300 or 1500 engine in the car. There were more of those big
engine
> Spitfires built than the 1147 version. You can tell what it is by
the
> serial number stamped onto the top of the block.
>
> All of the Triumph Spitfire engines used a similar block and can
> easily be put into Amphicars. When I do it, I prefer to make it
look
> and function more like an original Amphicar installation but with
the
> power of the larger engines. You can see a photo of an
installation in
> one of my cars at:
>
>
http://www.members.cox.net/jfriese/amphiwebercombo21.jpg
>
> I also switch the cars to negative ground and install Lucas
> alternators though it's not necessary to do that when you switch
> engines.
>
> John Friese
>
> 67 White
> 67 Red
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com, "arctic432003"
> <willy-linda@p...> wrote:
> > Does enyone now that they made an Amphicar with a SU
carburettor ?
> > I have put a picture under the files.
> > Thanks,
> > Willy