In high school, I had a 1960 Austin Healy "BugEye"
Sprite and bored and stroked the motor to a 1375CC monster. Now a 1.4 motor may not seem huge to a 4.8 292, but with racing pistons, dual webers, and a hot cam, and a 2200lb weight this car would smoke new Mustangs, Fairlaine GT's, and 340 Dusters like nothing else! Not to mention out handle them. I had a gearhead friend who was heavily into road racing and autocrossing and he helped me "Tweak" this car to it's full potential. Then I bought a 1962 Austin Healy 3000 MKII with the Omlogato engine(3-carb).This was a fast and fantastic handling car! I couldn't keep a muffler on it and who cared?
Long live the Import inlines! They have a distinct advantage over the long stroke US motors.
Watchout for the GM Ecotech 4 banger. These motors scream. I also have some inside info that a prominent car builder in the MidWest is building a SaltFlat racer with a late 60's Cuda body and an incredible inline motor that plans to go 275+MPH! It's one half of a 426" Hemi that's Turbocharged! They are predicting 500+HP from this 213 CI motor! I've seen it too....very interesting motor.
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1940 ChoppedChevyCoupe
