21-11-2018, 08:45 PM
I'm with Charles and Chris, Colin.
If you want to keep your 65 as a 65 re-build the existing engine with a new crank and rods, carry out you planned modifications and use the thing. If you put the existing engine into store and build up a new engine, unless you can source and use another, similar, sports crankcase for that build what you will have is a Type 65 with a touring engine. I've seen this plan so many time with so many makes of car and the original engine never makes it back into the car, ever!!
I have friends that have a Nippy used for VSCC Sprints and Hillclimbs. A lovely car but when acquired, with a replacement touring engine. They spent a lot of time looking for a Nippy engine so as to return the car to its standard specification and eventually found one at auction. It cost them a lot of money (I was at the auction!!) and then a lot more to re-build that engine with steel crank and rods etc. The car has since done around 10 seasons of sprinting and hill climbing without issue. Many on here know the car and the owners I refer to and will confirm the story.
Re-building the existing engine with steel crank and rods is a sensible route to take. Rather than preserving the crankcase, removing and storing the engine destroys the car as the original Type 65 it is.
Steve
If you want to keep your 65 as a 65 re-build the existing engine with a new crank and rods, carry out you planned modifications and use the thing. If you put the existing engine into store and build up a new engine, unless you can source and use another, similar, sports crankcase for that build what you will have is a Type 65 with a touring engine. I've seen this plan so many time with so many makes of car and the original engine never makes it back into the car, ever!!
I have friends that have a Nippy used for VSCC Sprints and Hillclimbs. A lovely car but when acquired, with a replacement touring engine. They spent a lot of time looking for a Nippy engine so as to return the car to its standard specification and eventually found one at auction. It cost them a lot of money (I was at the auction!!) and then a lot more to re-build that engine with steel crank and rods etc. The car has since done around 10 seasons of sprinting and hill climbing without issue. Many on here know the car and the owners I refer to and will confirm the story.
Re-building the existing engine with steel crank and rods is a sensible route to take. Rather than preserving the crankcase, removing and storing the engine destroys the car as the original Type 65 it is.
Steve