Austin Healey 3000 #103 – Austin Healey Racing

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#103 is a 1959 Austin Healey 3000 sporting a Spruce Green exterior and a black interior. #103 was purchased by the current owner in 2017 as a street car and converted into a vintage racecar over the course of nearly 4 years.

Several modifications were made to the car to make it competitive in vintage racing and still remain within the rules. The modifications include an 8 point roll cage, cylinders over-bored to legal dimensions, triple 2 inch SU carburetors, 3.59 limited slip differential, and a Toyota 5 speed transmission.

#103 is actively raced with several organizations including SVRA and VSCDA and is raced at tracks across the United States including the Circuit of Americas in Austin, Texas and Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

I hope this site helps you as you prepare to build, have built, or race a big Healey.

Mike

Events Upcoming

Road America Speed Tour, May 16-19, 2024, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Weather Tech International Challenge, July 11-14, 2024, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
VSCDA Vintage Weekend, September 13-15, 2024, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI

Events Past

Austin Speed Tour, November 2023, Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX
Weather Tech International Challenge, July 2023, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Road America Speed Tour, May 2023, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
VSCDA Vintage Weekend, September 2022, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Weather Tech International Challenge, July 2022, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Road America Speed Tour, May 2022, Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Austin Speed Tour, November 2021, Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX
SVRA Test Day, November 2021, Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX
Hallett Test Day, October 2021, Hallett Raceway, Hallett, OK

Healey 103 Build Information

Austin Healey #103 was rebuilt from the ground up to be a racecar and, as such, it has many race parts from Welch (England) and DMD (Australia), a race engine built by Total Engine (in Minneapolis, MN) and Janderson Heads (Eagan, MN), a gearbox and diff that were rebuild by GearDaddies (Minneapolis, MN), and the car has several chassis and frame modifications to facilitate racing activities.

Healey 103 Calculations

An intense interest of mine is continuing to improve the performance of Austin Healey #103 and me, the driver. To that end, I have found it valuable to have as a resource several calculations when I am working on the racecar.

Healey 103 Event Data

Obtaining data from each event helps to understand driver performance, engine health, and vehicle performance and can be critical in identify and diagnosing issues. While a wide range of data is collected and analyzed from each event, the following presents a snapshot of a few important variables.

Healey 103 Investigations

Austin Healey 3000s can appear at first to be a relatively rudimentary race car in that there isn’t a great deal of advanced technology such as independent rear suspension, lever arm shocks, ladder frame, etc. The following investigations are intended to help refine #103 to a greater degree.