I'm thinking of buying Bill Woodruff's 1500 Spitfire engine to transplant
into my '79 1500 Midget (it _already_ has 9:1 pistons? What a guy!).
Has anyone done this transplant? Know of any clearance problems,
transmission matchup problems, etc? I know that some of the Spitfire
bits won't go in a Midget. For example, the aftermarket Spitfire fuel
pump (sold by Moss, VB, etc. as a direct Midget replacement) fouls the
steering column in a Midget. Anyone know of any other gotchas?
I was going to build up my current engine over the winter, but after
thinking about the upcoming new EPA tests, I decided to keep it totally
stock so I'd have the option of doing engine swaps to get certified.
(This car is my daily driver when the snows aren't flying.)
Sigh...maybe I should just throw a tow bar on the Enterprise and go
haul that basket-case '66 AH Sprite back from New Zealand...
timd@ptltd.com (Tim Dziechowski - Phoenix Technologies, Ltd.)
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