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222s · May 1st, 2011, 13:03

Strange - I'd have expected maybe around 10 / 11 secs 0-60mph / 100km/h for a tuned up B20. Do you know if the figures were done using the proper gear, or just a stopwatch? Back in the day, roadtests were reporting 11.2 secs 0-60mph for the B18 123GT, and in different tests 10.2 and 11.2 for the B20 122S, whilst a B20 tuned by an SA company Alconi recording 8.6 seconds. For comparison, a 1966 B18 122S is 12.8secs 0-60mph, and a B18 221 is 16.6.

(Aren't roadtest reprint books great!)

May 1st, 2011, 13:03	#6
222s Amazoniste Last Online: Sep 19th, 2016 21:52 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Emsworth	Strange - I'd have expected maybe around 10 / 11 secs 0-60mph / 100km/h for a tuned up B20. Do you know if the figures were done using the proper gear, or just a stopwatch? Back in the day, roadtests were reporting 11.2 secs 0-60mph for the B18 123GT, and in different tests 10.2 and 11.2 for the B20 122S, whilst a B20 tuned by an SA company Alconi recording 8.6 seconds. For comparison, a 1966 B18 122S is 12.8secs 0-60mph, and a B18 221 is 16.6. (Aren't roadtest reprint books great!) __________________ Paul - 1967 Amazon 222S B20 o/d Estate & 1961 A-H Sprite Mk2 948cc WANTED - For '67 Amazon estate - offside rear quarter, preferably new old stock. Last edited by 222s; May 1st, 2011 at 13:07.