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1. Engine swap in a 1500: Good or bad idea? (score: 1): Author: Spencer Fleury <boylston_st@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 13:33:47 -0800 (PST); Hello lists: Some of you may remember my old thread about ring jobs and oil leaking out of interesting places in my engine (like the dipstick tube, for example). Well, fixing it is apparently going t; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00005.html (8,366 bytes)
2. Re: Engine swap in a 1500: Good or bad idea? (score: 1): Author: larry hooven <dirty_howi@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 20:15:27 -0800 (PST); hmmmm somewhere between i think, although the 1000 cc engines are good at driving the chain on the modern crotch rocket, the weight of your spit is well out of the torque range of the engine, (ever n; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00010.html (9,446 bytes)
3. Re: Engine swap in a 1500: Good or bad idea? (score: 1): Author: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>; Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:25:42 +0000; Have to agree with the motorbike engin, it would blow up in a couple of months, from all the strain. I like the Honda Civic engin idea, but how do you convert it to RWD, have you looked into this. My; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00012.html (8,757 bytes)
4. Re: Engine swap in a 1500: Good or bad idea? (score: 1): Author: Vic Whitmore <vicwhit@idirect.com>; Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 08:20:14 -0500; Forget it. Save the Spit in it's majestic state. I would find some way, come hell or high water, to keep it as it should be...even if I have to learn how to most of the work myself. Vic Whitmore 76 S; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00015.html (8,904 bytes)
5. Re:Engine swap in a 1500: Good or bad idea? (score: 1): Author: scott.barr@mccarty-law.com; Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 8:11:27 +0000; Spencer -=20 I've got to believe that finding a useable replacement Spit engine and installing it will be both cheaper and easier than purchasing and installin= g a motorcycle engine. There are lots; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00017.html (8,976 bytes)
6. Re: Engine swap in a 1500: Good or bad idea? (score: 1): Author: rfeibusch@loop.com (Rick Feibusch); Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 08:04:12 -0800 (PST); ..........My father has suggested removing the engine that's in there Jeeez - Either get that guy some drugs or take what he has away. The only motorcycle conversion I've ever seen was a honda 750 in; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00018.html (8,539 bytes)
7. Re: Engine swap in a 1500: Good or bad idea? (score: 1): Author: "BJ Martin" <bj_martin@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 08:47:11 PST; Look into rebuilding it. The engine replacement is going to take way more time and skill than doing a standard rebuild. People usually quote about $1500 for a spit rebuild. I did mine following book; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00020.html (7,030 bytes)
8. Re: Engine swap in a 1500: Good or bad idea? (score: 1): Author: larry hooven <dirty_howi@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 21:47:30 -0800 (PST); dave i wouldn't imagine it to be to hard to get the engine to spin in the right direction...all things being symetrical, though i have never tried this, i would think that changing the timing and fir; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00062.html (8,633 bytes)
9. Re: Engine swap in a 1500: Good or bad idea? (score: 1): Author: SUCHAK <suchak@mediaone.net>; Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 09:12:07 -0400; Oh, that pesky little business about the camshaft being backwards might give you some trouble..(let's see, that'd be Exhaust/Combustion/Compression/Intake, I have a feeling that it might idle funny..; /html/spitfires/1998-04/msg00066.html (9,625 bytes)

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