John , Paul Hewitt would love to hear updates about the car and engine .Feathers wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:01 pm Hello All
Bought this in Nova Scotia, trailered her back to NY.
The only modification I did was getting the motor half polished. I’ll let you know how much faster she is after I get the other half polished.
This was the motor info I received from the guy who built the car, in his words:
Matching number motor, 12.4 to 1 with an 8500RPM red line, bored, new pistons, rings, & bearings, connecting rods are stock. The cam is Daimler but has had a regrind, it was done in California The Engine Builder was Paul Hewitt in Brockville Ontario. The lifters were all replaced, the engine also has all new valves and springs the heads were ported and polished. The headers were built by Ian Gibson the aluminum Flywheel by Ian Gibson. The starter was set up by Ian Gibson , and I believe he said it was from a ford V6 Capri , the water pump is stock , the engine has an external oil pump , it puts out about 80 lbs. of oil pressure at idle .There is an extra oil rail inside the engine to pour oil over the lifters and cam shaft , this work was done by Paul Hewitt, there is an external oil filter , the filter is from a standard Ford V8 . the Distributor is a stock one but has a Malory Cap. Hilborn mechanical fuel njection System, Paul Hewitt did the machining of the castings and Hilborn installed the components. In 1960 Hilborn cast 14 units and these were the only ones they got running. There are 2 fuel pumps, 1 electric, installed by Ian Gibson and one on the fan belt installed by Paul. There is a fuel reservoir in the engine bay built by Paul.
She does hall ass!
King Regards
John
Hewitt Automotive Machine
2407 Lyn Rd.
Brockville ON K6V 5T3
(613) 342 - 3783
hewitt45@yahoo.com