Moss Motors, Ltd

Does anybody know the stock horse power of a 1500cc Midget (its a 1978).

Thanks

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On their death bed, nobody ever said, "Gee I wish I'd spent more time at work!"

I belive that my 79 Midget is 53 hp

Doug 

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A nice morning drive

Thanks bytor,

It's a tad questionable because my 1275 is rated at 63 hp. I understand that there are many factors in the equation, but you'd have to figure that the 1500 should provide more, not less hp.

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On their death bed, nobody ever said, "Gee I wish I'd spent more time at work!"

davey

The US market models were considerably less powerful than the British market cars because they had to meet more stringent US emissions requirements. While the rest of the world saw 1500s with the compression ratio reduced to 8.0:1, the American market model was fitted with a single Zenith-Stromberg carburettor and a compression ratio reduced to 7.5:1 to allow it to run on lower octane unleaded fuel and after adding a catalytic converter and exhaust gas recirculating system, the engine only delivered 53 bhp.

 

doug

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A nice morning drive

NOW it all makes sense!

Thanks for the info doug.

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On their death bed, nobody ever said, "Gee I wish I'd spent more time at work!"