Bristol History Query

[Robby B]

Having read the Bristol Cars book by Christopher Balfour, have been fascinated by the paths not taken by Bristol such as a plan to build 5000 cars a year instead of 500, the possible usage of the pre-war BMW M335 engine as well as a way to possibly retain its former commercial division amongst other tidbits including the Type 220/240 and 225 projects suggesting the company's history could have gone in a completely different direction.

Particularly interested to know if the forum is aware of any additional details about the Type 160 Twin-Cam inline-6 engine beyond the Jaguar XK6 being used as a benchmark during development and displacing roughly 2.9-3.65-litres (bore and stroke not mentioned)? There seems to be some confusion whether it was an all-new design or some twin-cam development of the pre-war BMW M335 engine, otherwise is it known what power figures were achieved with the Type 160 engine before it was cancelled?