shit eh!
>From: "Heath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: L18W enquiries
>Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 13:21:18 +1000
>
>my friend has had a L18 W to 92.5 bore
>
>another guy in Ipswich has his speedway datto out to 90.5 bore
>with a works crank of 90mm stroke
>
>Heath
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brad HALLETT
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, 12 May 2000 3:44
> Subject: Re: L18W enquiries
>
>
> Thrill Seekers
>
> I have stripped the L18W down to short motor and head and here is what I
>have:
> Head: A87 peanut chamber 38mm port, 44mm intake 36mm exhaust. Cast
>marked #65 and 1029.
> Block: 85mm bore
> Crank: haven't removed it yet to check if steel or cast (appears steel)
>but it has A8740 and 33-0 stamped on it.
>
> The engine sat in a four door 180B at the local wreckers for over 5
>years with a dirty old Nikki 2 barrel on it. The head has corrosion around
>the water jackets but is quite repairable. Obviously the whole thing will
>be fully rebuilt.
>
> As I stated I plan to bore it to 88mm and use L16rods/Z22S pistons -
>Should I bore it to 87mm to allow for a later rebuild just in case?
>
> Brad HALLETT
> Ipswich, Qld
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Terry & Heather
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:58 PM
> Subject: Re: L18W enquiries
>
>
> Brad,
> They go very safely to 3.5" (88.8mm) so you could easily build
>yourself a copy of the once popular Nismo 1889 cc screamer with a V912/A87
>38 mm ports and go have lots a fun. It would be nice also if you got the
>steel crank, the early HC 9.5:1 SSS W engines had them. The 1889 cc engine
>has a CR ~10.5:1 with the stock head thickness of 4.25" so you have to
>fiddle with the cam a bit to keep detonation in check (the 72 degree is
>good with webers).
> enjoy,
>
> Terry
>
> Brad HALLETT wrote:
>
> Thrillseekers, Due to a bizarre twist of fate, a local auto wrecker
>has given me a free complete L18W engine from a 610. I have only seen it
>at night in the car so I have no idea what head is on it but it is a
>definite W block. I have never had a W block before, as I have always been
>content destroying nomal L18's. I therefore need to know what cylinder wall
>thicknessesI am looking at, i.e. what can I 'safely' bore it to, and what
>head will probably be on it. It will be standard as it is on a four door,
>ll the plates match the stamps, and carb/exhaust are all standard. How hard
>are the bores? Do they withstand outrageous stroke:rod ratios? Is it
>better to fit an L20crank or just prep the L18 crank and make it rev? I
>could wait until I pick it up and disassemble it, but where would the fun
>be in that? ThanksBrad
>
>
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