In article <19980101.132801.7967.0.Jarrid_Gross(at)juno.com>,
jarrid_gross(at)juno.com wrote:
>
> On Wed, 31 Dec 1997 18:10:26 -0700 jerome(at)supernet.ab.ca (Jerome Yuzyk)
> writes:
>
> >
> >So, to make two questions out of a story:
> >
> >1 - What from the head/block might be of any use, and
> >
> >2 - Is the gearbox+OD transferrable (with some of the Parts Car
> > innards swapped over)?
>
>
>
> High compression Rapier engines are essentially the same as the HC alpine
> motor, niether of which would have flat top pistons. Only the iron head
> 3 main motors like that of the minx and husky had flat tops due to the
> fact
> that the chambers had a lot more volume.
The pistons are flat though - I pulled the (aluminum head), and they
weren't just normal ones filled with carbon. And the "X" in "LRX" is
supposed to mean a hi-comp engine. Maybe it's a Beamenstein... the car
was.
> Just out of curiosity, does the block have "1600" cast under the intake?
I'll have to look.
> 10 teeth non-sync "S1 to early SIV" uses 8 or 8 1/2 inch clutch "early
> flywheel"
The Parts Car had this, with the early gearbox case.
> 10 teeth all-sync "later SIV to early SV" uses 8 or 8 1/2 inch clutch
> "early flywheel"
The Tomato had this, which also has its splines cut further along
the length of the shaft.
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