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Re: Engine swap in a 1500: Good or bad idea?

To: larry hooven <dirty_howi@yahoo.com>, "triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Engine swap in a 1500: Good or bad idea?
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 03:16:57 -0400
Organization: BRIT Inc.
References: <19980405054730.872.rocketmail@send1d.yahoomail.com>
larry hooven wrote:
> 
> 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 fire order on
> the cap would produce the desired effect...strictly from an
> engineering viewpoint....not sure..

   ...and the cam obviously, or else you'd have to connect your
carbs to the exhaust ports!

  Even little things like the fan and starter would add up
to a prohibitive amount of work.

-- 
Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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