Rod Penrose Racing Blog

James from Sydney decided to freshen up the 2.0l engine in his 1978 dual cab and he ended up with a 2702cc engine that uses a 78mm forged crank, 105mm JE pistons, SCAT C35 camshaft and a set of highly modified and ported AMC square port heads with 42 x 37.5 stainless valves.This engine uses a set of RPR 44mm carbs, a brand new pair of stock heater boxes and a 1 1/2 EMPI header.This engine produced 152.5 hp @ the rear wheels or 191 hp @ the engine with over 230 ft/lb's of torque.

Morgan from Sydney needed a new engine for his '74 dual cab that has been in the family since new.He decided on a brand new 2276cc engine equipped with a 4340 race crank, lightened flywheel, W110 cam and 1.25 rockers, dual RPR 40mm IDF carbs and a pair of our Heavy Duty Heater boxes and 1 3/8" ceramic Quiet Pac exhaust system.The Los Panchito heads have CNC chambers and with a compression ratio of 8.7 will be very reliable and stay cool.This engine has been dyno tuned with almost 114 hp @ the wheel or 142hp @ the engine with almost 200 ft/lb's of torque.  

BGA (Buggy Girl Australia) from Melbourne wanted a good reliable 1916cc engine for her Manx buggy.This brand new engine has a forged 69mm 8 dowelled crank, lightened flywheel, a set of Los Panchito heads that have been flycut for compression, Engle W110 cam and 1.25 rockers and with 40mm IDF carbs and a ceramic coated TriMil Bobcat system.This engine produced 106hp @ the wheels or 132hp @ the engine and 157 ft/lb's of torque.