The Hartley V8

John Hartley, in America, spent 4 years developing this engine. Now he's producing them and they are in demand. In answer to Glenn's query about an Australian distributor, I would say that there probably isn't one because John builds them to order and there's plenty of orders. I could be wrong, Skelta are using them. They would be a good start in asking the question.

John is not from an automotive engineering background, but a clubman racer looking for more power. His V8, the H1V8 3-litre is a 32 valve unit weighing less than most 4 cylinder engines. He began by looking at watercooled motorcycle engines and settled on the Suzuki Haybusa from which it is derived by mating two of these 4-cylinder units into a V8, casting the block and heads in alloy. These are not the usual 90 degree V8s but 75 degrees to make them compact enough to fit in the same space as a 4-cylinder engine. The target market is for track cars and other lightweight race vehicles which are limited for size and weight reasons.