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Title: Grey engine with 6 carby
Post by: Laszlo on April 29, 2021, 09:17:27 AM
Hi everyone  !

A few years ( maybe 10+ ...) ago I read an article in a magazine about 6 carby on the grey. I lost the magazine, and I can't find anything  on the net about this. If I remember they get more then 200 horsepower with this set up.
Anyone has this info ?

Thanks : Laszlo


Title: Re: Grey engine with 6 carby
Post by: mcl1959 on April 29, 2021, 09:27:27 AM
I would think you would need a lot more work than adding 6 carbies to get 200 hp.
I don’t recall the article at all, but I would presume it was done more for show than go.

Ken


Title: Re: Grey engine with 6 carby
Post by: Harv on April 29, 2021, 10:14:23 AM
200 ponies would mean either a crossflow (Repco) or rotary (Dunstan) head. The six carbs sounds like the six inlets on a Dunstan, rather than the two inlets on a Repco.

Cheers,
Harv


Title: Re: Grey engine with 6 carby
Post by: ardiesse on April 29, 2021, 10:28:15 AM
I'd be inclined to say a twin-cam Waggott head.  There was a lot of other magic including a seven-main-bearing saddle plate and stroker crank.

Rob


Title: Re: Grey engine with 6 carby
Post by: Harv on April 29, 2021, 10:41:05 AM
Could be a Waggot. They ran just on 200bhp. Lot rarer though.

Cheers,
Harv


Title: Re: Grey engine with 6 carby
Post by: ipg on April 29, 2021, 11:29:41 AM
Hey Laszlo,
Have a look here and let us know if you find the one you are thinking of:

http://www.thegreymotor.com/ ($2)





Title: Re: Grey engine with 6 carby
Post by: Laszlo on May 05, 2021, 08:43:12 PM
Thanks guys  !
Ipg good collection  !  :( but none of them )


Title: Re: Grey engine with 6 carby
Post by: Laszlo on May 10, 2021, 07:49:01 AM
I found  the magazin with the article. Was more than 10 years ago :) 33 years ago !!!
Rob and Harv was right: Waggott set up.
210 horsepower (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210509/8225f821f6242a1386bf3c3289588fae.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210509/1a83afa823c07346e806dd63144dfb77.jpg)

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Title: Re: Grey engine with 6 carby
Post by: Laszlo on May 10, 2021, 08:42:52 AM
210 horsepower (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210509/979bf1d5afcdab5ebeb1145dae4cd8c5.jpg)

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