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Ruairidh Dunford
My friend Roy Warburton writes:
the bike was built by bob collier west midlands he built many race bikes a lot for sammy miller you may share this, the 2 heads were built of bullet alloy and the austin 7 block had fins around which were set screwed on wilt BA bolts to air cool it the flywheel was only half size so would rev really fast it had a norton gearbox frame AJS /MATCHLAS silver hawk,
the bike was built by bob collier west midlands he built many race bikes a lot for sammy miller you may share this, the 2 heads were built of bullet alloy and the austin 7 block had fins around which were set screwed on wilt BA bolts to air cool it the flywheel was only half size so would rev really fast it had a norton gearbox frame AJS /MATCHLAS silver hawk,
What is "bullet alloy" please Ruairidh? I understand it's ali but which kind?
I reckon it took b...cks to use those air cooled heads!
Also I don't understand how the heat moves from the sleeves to the fins on the block without any water?
Sorry for the silly questions!
And, yes, I do love it!
Location: Brittany
