21-05-2021, 10:53 AM
Hi Tony,
You are to be commended for even considering this project.
All of us rely so heavily on suppliers such as you being willing to invest time and money in some of the more commercially marginal lines but none the less vitaly important ones.
FWIW I would suggest going the whole hog, metric sized to accept commercially available high quality shells, c/balanced billet, treated. L/w flywheel/clutch assembly to suit, rods to match, little ends to suit the best quality pistons currently available, rod lenghth matched for piston pin to deck heigh etc. The flywheel assembly could be an option if not wanted as part of the 'kit' of parts.
Many vintage engines are rebuilt with these sort of internals, discreet modern oil filters being the only external sign of any possible change. The long term reliability gain, whether for years of road driving and more so for competition, gives some welcome mental reassurance.
For those that realy insist in keeping the internals 'original' then that is fine. Any new replacement crank is no longer original but at least they can stick to white metal etc. I think your proposed offering is apealing to a different market anyway.
I hope there is enough positive feed back to take it to the next stage.
I wish you the best of luck.
Paul N-M
You are to be commended for even considering this project.
All of us rely so heavily on suppliers such as you being willing to invest time and money in some of the more commercially marginal lines but none the less vitaly important ones.
FWIW I would suggest going the whole hog, metric sized to accept commercially available high quality shells, c/balanced billet, treated. L/w flywheel/clutch assembly to suit, rods to match, little ends to suit the best quality pistons currently available, rod lenghth matched for piston pin to deck heigh etc. The flywheel assembly could be an option if not wanted as part of the 'kit' of parts.
Many vintage engines are rebuilt with these sort of internals, discreet modern oil filters being the only external sign of any possible change. The long term reliability gain, whether for years of road driving and more so for competition, gives some welcome mental reassurance.
For those that realy insist in keeping the internals 'original' then that is fine. Any new replacement crank is no longer original but at least they can stick to white metal etc. I think your proposed offering is apealing to a different market anyway.
I hope there is enough positive feed back to take it to the next stage.
I wish you the best of luck.
Paul N-M