| has gloss | eng: Austin Motor Company's small straight-4 automobile engine, the A-Series, is one of the most common in the world. Launched in 1951 with the Austin A30, production lasted until 2000 in the Mini. It used a cast-iron block and cylinder head, and a steel crankshaft with 3 main bearings. The cylinder head for the overhead valve version of the Austin series A engine was designed by Harry Weslake — a cylinder head specialist famed for his involvement in SS (Jaguar) engines and several F1 title winning engines. |
