Flinthoof Ponypal wrote:
> >1. The oil pan is deeper at the front rather the rear as on a Spit, so it
> appears that the engine will need to be shifted to the rear quite a bit to
> >avoid having to modify the frame cross member.
>
> Sounds like the easier solution is to customize the oil pan.
I second this motion.
A related LBC conversion is putting an MGB engine
into a Z magnette. They use the same block, but because
of the crossmember, the deep end of the oil pan is
at the wrong end.
The common plan is just to take the lower part of the
original sump and weld it to the top flange of the
one that comes with the engine.
Granted, the MGB and Magnette sumps are a lot closer
than a spit and a non-LBC, but it's just sheetmetal
work.
--
Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
"You can't crush cars with a university degree."
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