I have thought about this before i think i asked it in someone elses thread but anyway. what all would i need to do to run a 20 hp twin cyl horizontal? i know im gona need to make a adapter for the carb to keep the bowl down. but what else would i need to do like lubing it and stuff. its full presure lube would i need to get the pick up to the bottom of the engine?
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You could, but all the through ways for the oil pump are cast into the block. Removing the oil pump gears and having an external pump is more reliable and easier IMO. Just drill and tap the lowest point on the block when you mount it, use the pump that guy used for his turbo shopping cart thing, then weld on a few fittings on the OHV cover to spray the rockers and it'll all drain down.
But the cost of modifying it and building a custom mounting bracket outweighs the cost of a new HF clone engine.
But the cost of modifying it and building a custom mounting bracket outweighs the cost of a new HF clone engine.
oh yeah this is a 20 hp flat head ooposed and full pressure lube and i dont see any holes where the oil would go to the top all i see is the pump is powered by the cam and theres a pickup with mesh over it that goes throught the pump to the filter to the crank bearing thingy and the cam bearing and a hole that goes in the botom of it ill get pics here soon
here is the botom of the crank i dont see anywhere in it that oil would go up and feed into the cylinders so i think if i run the pick up down to where the oil would be it would work mabey get a custom made crank cover that has more of a dip for oil storage in it.
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Ok, flat head is different then. My suzuki toro engine had pathways to feed the OHV portion of the engine. You look to have a pathway to just filter the oil and feed the crankshaft.
But those 2 little notches on the crank hole look like pathways that would feed the top half of the motor. Since it's pumping from the pump, to filter, to crank, and then so on after that.
But those 2 little notches on the crank hole look like pathways that would feed the top half of the motor. Since it's pumping from the pump, to filter, to crank, and then so on after that.
i dont see how it would travel straight up so i think if it can pull a magic trick like that i might be able to get the shop up the road to make a hole in the one spot there and weld a pipe to go to the new bottom then get a new crank cover thats deeper so it can be a oil pan ish thing.
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