Re: engine compatibility

["Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott" <toobmany@bigpond.com>]

It's do-able and many have been done.  The major benefits are availability
and a thick flange block.  You'll need at least a crank, caps and backing
plate plus other mods.  It's probably better value to find a Marina 1275.

Peter

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| From: Andy Webster <trunkie@hotmail.com>
| To: spridgets@autox.team.net
| Subject: engine compatibility
| Date: Wednesday, 29 December 1999 20:30
| 
| Greetings
| What, besides the very obvious, crankshaft, backing plate etc, is
involved 
| in using a 1275 engine from a mini in a sprite? Is it do-able but not
worth 
| the hassle?
| Andy