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Originally Posted by dcb
well, I'm thinking ust for simplicities sake, drop the pan and cut the crank with a cutoff wheel just outside the middle bearing so you have three bearings for the two cylinders near the flywheel.
Then pull the rockers on the disconnected cylinders
hook the alternator up to a wheel/inboard axle shaft via belt/something
put an electric motor on the water pump
aeromod the heck out of it
figure out a lockup switch if appropriate
and see if you can't make something that can cruise at hiway speed at a real decent mpg.
replace alternator with altermotor and install a trolling battery to help a tiny bit with getting up to speed, after initial hiway tests.
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There's nothing simple about cutting the crank, my friend.
How would I then drive the cam?
The other issue is that I still don't know what a damage inspection is going to reveal, and that using just the #3 and #4 cylinders would give me a two combustion events 180* apart with 640* of nothing.
I already intend to do some aeromods to see if I can get it down to .22-.20 or so. I'll settle for .25, if I have to without going too extreme.
In theory, the engine should have at least 20 HP. We already know that a heavier Escort wagon can go 40 and get 40MPG with a 6HP Robin single cylinder (Thanks Frank.), so I should be pretty good to go. Slowly, but still able to go.