Alex137

I will be there in the morning with my kit, although not met anyone before from the club!

Will we have a stand at Malvern? Quite excited as I’m in Hereford and it’s really quite close to me compared to stoneleigh. Didn't take the Kit to stoneleigh last year due to the rain we had that morning coupled with semi slicks and no windscreen or wet gear looking forward to taking it to Malvern this year! Just got to pull my finger out and finish the engine swap now.

Sorry i probably diddnt explain myself very well, I’ll put some pics on to explain it better. I know bike engine are tall but as far as I’m aware you must run the original angle that the engine was in the bike so the pick-up and oil level are correct in the sump. So this is how I plan to mount the engine, parallel to the centreline of the car, also as centrally as possible whilst still being able to have a nice run for the prop. However I’ve seen a few mounted like this… so not parallel to the centreline of the car but with the outer frame rail. I can only think this is because of propshaft alignment, in my mind however I’m trying to create as balanced a car as possible. So by having the engine sat to one side isn’t helping weight distribution at all.

Hi all, I’ve decided to take the Saab engine and drivetrain out and going to bike engine instead in my locost. I have an R1 engine to fit, after dropping it into the engine bay sat on a block of wood it looks like I can mount it pretty centrally and square to the car and the prop will go down the tunnel nicely etc. However the only thing that’s confused me is I’ve seen quite a few picture of BECs with the engine mounted parallel to the outer frame rail not parallel to the centre of the car, is there a reason for this other than the propshaft alignment on different engines? just thought I’d see before making up the cradle and mounts for the engine this weekend Cheers