Hello there,

Quite a few years ago I purchased a home built Hawk HF3000, which for financial reasons I sold a few years later. My plan is to build a Lister Bell STR, which realistically I won't be able to start for 18-24 months or so. I was thinking of buying a 2.5 156 as the donor, because it's a nice revving engine, plus they're cheaper to buy. Eventually I would like to have different cam shafts fitted, and also independent throttle bodies too. However the bloke who works on my Alfa 75 V6 reckons the 2.5 doesn't have much torque, and the 3.0 is much better. Any thoughts please?

regards

paul