1275cc engine I.D

[S.Carrington]

Hi, Can anyone tell me where my 1275 engine came from. The engine number pre-fix is 12CD-DA-H which is apparently an export to North America. I don't believe they had 1.3 Marina's in America. Hope you can help.

[svenedin]

Austin Healey Sprite Mk4. Yes North America export.

Stephen

[philthehill]

As regards the American Market - does the head have the air injection plugs fitted?
Air was forced under pressure into the cylinders to reduce pollution. See photo below:-

MG midget exhaust air injection.jpg (58.58 KiB) Viewed 1170 times

[S.Carrington]

Thanks for the info. No the cylinder head does not have the air injection head fitted. Cheers Simon

[svenedin]

As regards the American Market - does the head have the air injection plugs fitted?
Air was forced under pressure into the cylinders to reduce pollution. See photo below:-
MG midget exhaust air injection.jpg

Interesting Phil. Is that silver thing, belt driven, the so-called "smog pump" for North America?

Stephen

[philthehill]

The 'silver thing' is the belt driven smog pump.
The pump took a lot of power from the engine and performance was significantly reduced.