Contemporary Crossflow builders

[Tel 911S]

Quite a bit of nostalgia here , so a bit of history .

Hollesley Bay , a small coastal village had a garage which started building racing engines . It was called HOLBAY Racing Engines .
Very successful in Formula ford , and most other things which used Ford engines .They also did the H120 engines for Rootes , [ as it was then ].
In about the 60s they moved to a unit on an industrial estate on the old Martlesham Heath airbase where they stayed for a long time until the death of John Read in [ I think ] the 90s when the company split up .

Very close to Holbay on Martlesham was a company called Scholar racing engines . They started of in an old School building , [ hence the name ].
They are still going but now work out of Mendlesham .

Both long time experts in building competition engines , especially Ford types .

[Robin Marriott]

I had no idea that either of those names were for those reasons, thanks for the info.

[Robin Marriott]

Found a couple more. I'm not sure if the Westfield one is old or new, there's quite a few modern ones out there but the font looks different so I think this might be a period item.

The Piper one is interesting as it's different to the other Piper one I posted and appears to be specific to the Piper GT car.

That makes a total of 56 different types I've found so far, excluding the ones which are definitely modern.

[Robin Marriott]

These are the modern ones I keep mentioning. They all appear to be cast by the same company who used to offer them to the public with various different words on.

I've seen the basic letter only ones with 'Cortina', 'Escort', 'Fiesta' on but can't find pictures. Either way, they're not period items.

The IKE and HPE ones seem to be a variation with a bit more style than just upper case lettering and they look quite good for it in my opinion.

[Gerard C]

Et voila, Mike. Sorry, I mean thank you, of course. Nowadays, you can have a bespoke writing on a rocker cover but as you say Robin, those are obviously modern ones.

[Gerard C]

https://www.bspeed.co.nz/ https://customcycleengineering.net/rocker-covers/ http://stcp2024-96.ashop.com.au/p/46...-polished.html and so on. Choice is yours. Why some are said super high? Probably to let room to rocker rollers or extra long adjusting screws. Avalaible for V6 Essex engines for instance (I have 2 pairs of those).

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by Tel 911S

Quite a bit of nostalgia here , so a bit of history.
Very close to Holbay on Martlesham was a company called Scholar racing engines . They started of in an old School building , [ hence the name ].
They are still going but now work out of Mendlesham .Both long time experts in building competition engines , especially Ford types .

Thanks you, Tel, good to read. I do remember Mike Bell having some engines refurbished/prep'd by Scholar Racing. (OT: just charged Idiocracy, great!).

[Tel 911S]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Thanks you, Tel, good to read. I do remember Mike Bell having some engines refurbished/prep'd by Scholar Racing. (OT: just charged Idiocracy, great!).

I had some work done by Scholar in the past .So had to look up their story .
https://www.scholarengines.com/
I remember Doug Wardropper was the one who started it in 1968 , and his son Alan carried on the business .


PS , glad you liked IDIOCRACY . I always thought it must just be my sense of humour to enjoy things like that .

[Gerard C]

PS: Its called Planet Stupid here (at least through Apple TV) we can select the language and subtitles too. Very good because Ma Dame is a foreigner too…

[Tel 911S]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

PS: Its called Planet Stupid here (at least through Apple TV) we can select the language and subtitles too. Very good because Ma Dame is a foreigner too…

Apologies to Robin for going OT on his thread , so have sent Gerard C a PM .

[Robin Marriott]

Found an Allard one now! They just keep coming.

[Robin Marriott]

Just stumbled upon this pre-crossflow in a DeTomaso Formula Junior.

[GORDON STREETER]

Of course Joe had these made for his engines

[Robin Marriott]

Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

Of course Joe had these made for his engines
Attachment 77965

Sadly they appear to no longer be trading, the same as 105speed, which I've just found while searching for something else.

[Robin Marriott]

I've found another variation of the De Tomaso one and one from Budd Power in South Africa. This has become a bit of an obsession now, I find myself looking through motorsport/classic car ads and seeking out engine builders most evenings while I'm sat in front of my TV. I can't believe I keep finding them.

[Robin Marriott]

No info on this engine and that’s the only picture I can find. Rocker cover is interesting though in that it looks like it’s just a thin lid on top of a machined piece.

[Tel 911S]

Originally Posted by Robin Marriott

No info on this engine and that’s the only picture I can find. Rocker cover is interesting though in that it looks like it’s just a thin lid on top of a machined piece.

This seems to be a link to that engine .http://jacob-jos.blogspot.co.za/2013...ow-x-flow.html
Looks like it is in a Westfield 7 .
Probably , with a supercharger , there is a lot of pressure gets by into the breather system , so it needs a very well machined/fitting rocker box to stop oil leaks .

[Robin Marriott]

Ah, I think a couple of the other pictures I found elsewhere are linked on his site too.

Additionally, on that page buried in the links is another Vulcan design.

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by Tel 911S

Probably , with a supercharger , there is a lot of pressure gets by into the breather system , so it needs a very well machined/fitting rocker box to stop oil leaks .

Interesting. A SU carb aspirated by the supercharger looks like a tribute to the "Blowers". All in all a nice piece of kit.

[Robin Marriott]

One more, this time from a Formula Junior and from Pygmee in Annecy, France.

[Gerard C]

Tiny one (Pygmée!)