Engine salvage

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
I've heard the Mercury engine was a better lump than the Ford, although the 8BA is a better engine than what comes in our wusty old twuks...

5 more horses with the 8BA - I had one in a F60L for years without trouble, easier access to the distributor, but I'd rather have the good old original engine as there are complications with the throttle linkage on the 8BA in a CMP, and I just prefer to have the real thing anyway.