Wanted: Continental engines guru

[Philippe]

Hello,

On my Gardan Minicab F-PRAZ, I have a A65-8F.

I have some question about these engines (only for experimental use)

1- Is the rear case fuel pump serviceable, or did I need a new rear case for
new oil pump?

2-May I bolt any cylinder P/N on any crankcase? for exemple a C90 cylinder
on a A65 crankcase.

3-May I bolt any exaust assy on any engine?

4- How difficult is it to drill the bigger oil hole for A65 to A75 "upgrade"
rod? Do I need a boring machine or only a drill press?


May I download somewere parts catalog?


thanks
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Philippe Vessaire ҿӬ

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 10:58:41 +0200, Philippe > wrote:

>On my Gardan Minicab F-PRAZ, I have a A65-8F.
>
>I have some question about these engines (only for experimental use)
>
>1- Is the rear case fuel pump serviceable, or did I need a new rear case for
>new oil pump?
>
>2-May I bolt any cylinder P/N on any crankcase? for exemple a C90 cylinder
>on a A65 crankcase.
>
>3-May I bolt any exaust assy on any engine?
>
>4- How difficult is it to drill the bigger oil hole for A65 to A75 "upgrade"
>rod? Do I need a boring machine or only a drill press?
>
>
>May I download somewere parts catalog?

We've got a pretty good Continental guru, Harry Fenton, with the Fly Baby
group. I've collected a lot of his postings at:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/fenton.htm

He's got a *lot* of A-65 information there. As far as the cylinder
interchange is concerted, Harry says "The C-85/O-200 cylinders have a
bigger bore than the A-65, the bolt pattern is the same. The cylinder
holes in the A-65 case would have to be opened up to accept larger bore
cylinders, but that could be done with little trouble."

I've got a lot of other small Continental information on the main Fly Baby
engine page:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/engines.htm

Scroll down a bit, and you'll see an online version of the Continental A&C
Engine Parts Interchangeability List. This will let you know what parts
from the bigger engines can be bolted directly to your A-65.

Ron Wanttaja