For the flywheel, an early 1500 flywheel does have the small bolts. Has to
be from a 73 or a 74 1500. This is the flywheel you want to connect a 1296
to a late transmission. When I had my 1296 rebuilt (due to a broken
crankshaft caused by having the WRONG flywheel) I lucked out because my
spare engine was a 74 with the right flywheel.
Kevin Rhodes
Freddy the Spitfire - a veritable primer on mix 'n match Spitfire bits.
www.parkroad.d2g.com/spitfire/htm
At 20:12 11/24/2003, Joe Curry wrote:
>The short answer for the head is "Yes". But if you put one on without
>doing some shaving, you will end up with a very low compression engine.
>The thing to do is Calculate the compression ratio you want and shave
>the head enough to attain that number.=
>
>The flywheel is a different matter. The 1500 crank has different size
>bolts than the early ones. So the holes on the flywheel are bigger
>around. I tried to find shouldered bolts that would work on such a swap
>but was unable to find anything that would work. I ended up using an
>aluminum flywheel that has the right holes but fits the larger 1500
>clutch. I got it from TSI.
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>Regards,
>Joe
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