[Spridgets] kind of spridget related

brian S bugeye15 at hotmail.com
Tue Jun 4 08:01:12 MDT 2013


Mike,

I don't think he could use this engine directly out of a wrecked Fit.
They are transverse/front wheel drive.
They do use it in FF, but it comes converted
from Honda's HPD.
I was thinking maybe Miata??



Brian S.
Bugeyeracer finally resto'ed!
Thanks to Frank C.!


> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 05:42:20 -0700
> From: lotuspilot at frontier.com
> To: lists at dinospider.com; spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] kind of spridget related
>
> Mike,
>
> I know what I would do.  Have you ever seen or better yet driven a
> 2010-2012 Honda Fit?  That 1500 Honda Fit engine is the ultimate "new"
> Coventry Climax 1500.  Standard with no tweaking - it puts out 120 hp on
> regular 87 pump fuel.  They even make all of the stand alone engine control
> electronics as it is used to replace Formula Ford 1600 engines.  They have
to
> actually detune the engine to run it in Formula F.  The entire engine is
> aluminum and it is SOHC with i-vtec.  The engine has good torque low end
but
> wakes up above 5000 revs.  redline area begins around 7000.  Once the vtec
> changes the valve timings it is a serious screamer.   The engines from low
> mileage wrecked Fits sell very cheaply on ebay -around $500.  All you would
> need to do is make an adapter plate etc. for a Spridget trans.  Even the
> clutch looks like a Spridget/BMC part.
>
> Cool eh.
>
> Mike
> ________________________________
> From: Mike Rambour <lists at dinospider.com>
> To:
> Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 2:20 PM
> Subject: [Spridgets] kind of spridget related
>
>
>     11 years ago I was a
> younger man (pretty interesting eh ?) and I had
> a unique opportunity to buy a
> very rare 1934 Singer and when you already
> own a 1934 Singer and say this one
> is rare you know its unique.
>
>   I have not touched this Singer because I did
> not want to have 2 cars
> apart at the same time and so I told people it was
> going to be my
> retirement project, well retirement is too far away and I want
> it on the
> road.  The reason I mentioned something about being younger is that
> as
> I have gotten older, I no longer enjoy the moments broken down on the
> side of the road and I enjoy the trouble free driving more so I am
> thinking
> of doing a engine swap.
>
>   The original motor is a 1493cc 6 cylinder motor of
> early 1930's
> technology (59 mm. by 91 mm bore-stroke) and I have no idea the
> HP
> rating of it but it can't be very high. The gearbox is a crashbox with
> four speeds with ratios 5.22, 6.65, 10.68 and 19.43 to 1 and 26.4:1
> reverse
> with silent second and third gears, no idea the rear axle
> ratio.  Fueled by
> twin Solex sidedraft carbs.  The motor has had cracks
> brazed in the side of
> the block on both sides, the freeze plugs corroded
> out decades ago and were
> covered by bondo (yes Bondo) to prevent leaks I
> assume.  I removed the oil
> pan and found wood screws jammed into the
> block because the oil pan studs
> were broken so they drilled small holes
> and used wood screws.  The oil pump
> strainer was cut off (presumably to
> increase oil pressure after too much
> sludge plugged up the strainer) and
> there appears to be a crack between the
> number 2 and 3 cylinders which
> allows coolant into the oil sump.  The motor
> can be fixed but its
> ridiculously expensive and I want reliability.
>
>   I have
> a Spridget 1275 complete with carbs and gearbox, I have no idea
> the year but
> it has a 10CG (or is it 10GG?) head which implies its a
> later 1275 motor, no
> idea of its real condition but its free turning and
> just turning by hand
> appears to have compression in all 4 cylinders, of
> course a full rebuild is
> in order.
>
>   I am thinking a newer 1275 will have more HP than a 1930's 1500
> motor,
> it will also be lighter and extremely very easily fit into the chassis
> with no permanent mods to the Singer and that the 1275 motor would work
> well
> in this car.  When I have done motor swaps it was usually to make a
> hot rod
> with much larger more powerful motors, I have never gone down in
> size before
> am I stupid to try this ? should I find a 1500 motor from
> some other make ?
> There is one of these cars in New Zealand with a VW
> 2Litre from a modern car
> in it but they also swapped the rear axle and I
> want to avoid that.
>
>   My
> goal would be to make it reliable and be able to get to freeway
> speeds so I
> can take it places, if it takes a while to get to that speed
> that is ok with
> me.
>
>   Wow, long message...
>
>         mike
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