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>>> I'm doing a bike engine transplant into my Sylva (kit car).
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>>> Don't talk about it 'much' in here right enough (c:\
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>> How's that going then, on schedule ? :)
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> Scedule is April next year for the new season :-)
> I don't actually have all the bits yet, but I fully intend doing it in a
> working week once I do have everything.
> Wiring scares me most, but the bloke I got the engine from has fitted a > near
> identical one and his is in and running - and he lives 200 yards from > where
> my car is for the engine transplant.
> I'm short of a propshaft - but that can't be made until the engine is in. >
> I would envisage the following....
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> Day one - Xflow out,clean up of engine bay, mounts started.
> Day two - finish mounts, modify exhaust, mount clutch master cylinder,
> modify clutch cable to actuate above. Measurements taken for propshaft.
> Day three - cooling system, oil cooler, fuel system start wiring...
> Day four - continue wiring and finish. (CalvinX's diagram should prove > invaluable),
> Day five - fit propshaft, start engine.
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> Note. My Sylva is taller in the bodywork than a Locost and the lowest > point
> of the engine will be the well of the sump.My exhaust runs slightly higher > than this.
> So - it will be done in the style of the Pat Jackson F27 - under the
> engine, out the other side, turn right and onto the silencer. I see no
> problem with this idea. Saves a custom manifold at 400 quid.
Q: Unless this is a shaft drive bike engine, how is going to be possible to fit a "propshaft" to the gear-box sprocket, without some sort of special 90 degree flex coupling?
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