Ya I know that it won't be like a weekend affair. I think, lucky for us
that Mike Spreadbury has already worked out the kinks in the SR20 swap. I
keep on him about offering it as a kit but he is reluctant for liability
reasons I think. I would probably buy the engine from him anyways....
Thing is that by parting out the engine with the solex's-cam-pan, my
spare timing set the tranny and all my other U-20 stuff I could make a fair
wad of cash. I could raise enough funds that would pay for the sr20de (not
the det unfortunately) and all the other crap that goes with the swap.
Right now if the engine needed a real serious rebuild..there is no
way that I could come up with the spare ~4-5000 bucks...no way Josi.
If the damage is just limited to one valve and seat and the head can
be reused as is I'm all for it-way all for it. I am just investigating the
options.
Daniel Neuman
Oakland CA
69 2000
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronnie Day [mailto:rday@hot.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 7:15 PM
To: Daniel Neuman; Roadster List
Subject: Re: Got the Head off!!!! Check out the Pics.
Daniel,
I would suggest that swapping in the SR would be more time consuming and
complex than you think it might be. Few swaps are simple bolt-ins. Please
don't get me wrong. I'm not telling you not to consider it or not to do it.
Rather I'm suggesting you spend plenty of time analyzing the time, cost and
complexity of the swap compared to the same consideration of the various
stages of rebuilding the U-20. Once you've done that you'll be able to make
the decision of which way to go based on a more complete picture.
Based my circumstances I decided it was easier right now to sort out the
U-20. We want to enjoy driving the car ASAP, not spending my time working on
it, but even so a lot of things are still delaying the process. I hope that
whatever you decide to do, the car's back on the road soon.
FWIW.
Ron
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