That must be how he keeps the rod angle down - raises the block height in order to lengthen the rods. Do you think, somehow, you could put an L18 crank into an L20b block with some longer rods and suffer a slight capacity decrease to get a good rod/stroke and bore/stroke?
zac > > I think it might be Les Collins who you are thinking. Les started Datrally > in the late 70's, but doesnt own it now. Les builds large L18's to order, > but they aint cheap. For really big L18's Les installs a plate on top of > the L18 block, overbores both, then inserts sleeves. I think it ends up > around 2.3litres (Errol?) Good for 200 REAL hp with his carbs, head, cam, > exhaust system, and they look sweet. > >
