Mysterious cylinder liners

[alfabender]

I have come into possession of some weird cylinder liners. They were on the shelf at Omega Motorsports, back to the days of Rex Chalmers. The box says: "1600 liners from 1750". They look like NOS, never used.

Here's what they look like:

- Same height as 1600 liners (1750 liners are taller)
- Inner diameter 80 mm (can't tell if they were bored out from the stock 1600 ID of 78 mm or if they came that way)
- Outer diameter of the part that slides down into the block is about 1 mm larger than 1600 liners, so they can't be used in a 1600. If they were turned down to the right OD for a 1600 it looks like the walls might get too thin
- The machined flat area on the side of the liner looks more like a 1750 liner.

So: they can't be used in a 1750 (wrong height). They can't be used in a stock 1600 application (bored out to 80 mm). They can't be used in a modified 1600 app unless the block is modified to take the larger OD.

Does anyone know what we have here? I can take some pics if helpful.

Doug Bender

[italcarguy]

In Europe, the 1.6 Alfetta used an 80mm bore as did the 1.3 Alfetta.

[genericwood]

You could ask Rex. Isn't he up in Wisconsin?

Erik

[alfabender]

I doubt Rex would remember.

But I think Anthony may have it--I bet these liners are from a 1600 Alfetta. The engine that was in my race car when I got it (built by Rex) was an Alfetta engine.

Doug Bender