Want a type 4 but put off by experts?

I was gonna say that but didn't know for certain

 

Wind hitting you yet Dave ?

 

Not yet, sat outside booths with ny free coffee, the campsites closed and they're putting sandbags down in front of the buildings , parked up down the usual road, only 2 trees can reach me.

 

its morning here now?!

 

9-45 pm here think i may go to bed and see if i wake up a bit more chippa

 

Can you explain further ?

 

have we reached a 100 pages yet?

 

my answer whatever the question is still NO

 

☹️

 

bit negative!

 

can the lake reach you?

 

Im about to embark on the conversion myself.
Not considered changing my old Type 1 1600 Twin Carb'd for a Type 4 due to the perceived cost of parts along with the quality issues ive found with nearly all the repro parts available for the Type 1 - I assumed the same would be the case for the Type 4
Availability of the Type 4 engines and spares was also a concern for me when I was looking at buying our bus 6 years ago.
How much are simple items such as heat exchangers and carbs for type 4 engines in comparison to a whole "Alternative" engine?
Managed to get £2k for my old engine and have budgeted another £4k for all the other parts.
Im doing it slightly different to Matt in the respect that ive paid someone to convert the loom, source the engine and convert the 5 speed Subaru box. Rather than buying a donor and stripping it on the drive - the wifelet wouldnt have that!
Although I will be doing the actual installation myself with RJES parts. I did consider improving the type 1 to 1776cc or larger but that was looking at costing over £2.5k and still comes with the pattern parts issue and their poor quality.
Also improving the gearbox to effectively use the extra power whatever engine I went for was going to cost in the region of £1500 so already im up at around £4k and still not really looking at much over 90bhp and still have potential quality issues.

Ive chosen to use a 2.5ltr engine with approx 165bhp mated to the Impreza 5 speed box, will be towing a rapido everywhere so wanted the extra torque, ability to get to cruising speeds safely and not worry about hills and gradual inclines.
Am also planning on getting another EJ25 engine in the future to tear down and rebuild in my own time - shouldnt cost much more than £300/400 for the entire engine, when that is compared to cost of a pair of carbs I dont feel too bad.
However im not bothered what people have in their buses/cars/motorbikes as long as their happy and using them.
If you use your classic vehicle more with more confidence and are happy with your particular power plant who has a right to judge you?

 

always



apart from when talking about my lovely engine

 

Not where I am, couldn't get on the lake site as the horrid womans back again who just said they're full all week and won't have any cancellations all week bye.....
Ive never not got on when she's not there.

 

I bet you've banged her and shes upset you wont again

 

another Type 4 query.... can you buy new heads at the mo? when i rebuilt i bought one for refurb and refurbed one i had, but dont recall being able to buy stock replacements?