Thanks for including the pics -- beautiful work.
My thinking mirrors yours right on down the line. I have a "Skip Brown" clone (needs guides installed but otherwise is in perfect shape), 10.5:1 pistons, 104/107 with HTD "green dot" and Del 45s (with Spec 10 parts ready to go in). I conversed...
Here's a picture of the bearing panel; you can see one of the dowels installed. (Not my engine.)
The dowel holes surround each bearing stud. For severe duty (i.e. a season of 7-8,000 rpm running), some builders will fab a steel stiffener panel, adding it between the bearing panel and the...
Thanks so far to respondants...
Throwing the block away wouldn't be horrible (except maybe to the purists who would bemoan one less block out there) -- they can be had for $150 or so, and the liners, crank, accessories transferred over.
I admit the engineer in me is reluctant to make...
Hi there,
I'm planning a high-performance rebuild of a Lotus 907 engine, which is an all-aluminum (except for cylinder liners) 2.0L (stock) 4-cylinder, DOHC, 16-valve, dating to the early '70's. It was used in the Jensen Healey originally; once the remaining development issues were ironed out...
