Hi all;
can anybody tell me the weight difference between the crossflow and pinto engines? I am about to start ordering steel for a book build chassis and am a bit concerned with the increasing rarity of the crossflow.
Does anybody know if the crossflow motors fitted to the Ka are easily converted to RWD?

My chassis is all built, my pinto is in, and if I was at the stage you are now I would look into the 4" wider chassis plans that are available. The pinto will fit but boy it takes some horning in with the ancilliaries.

The advantage of the crossflow is its height, its the Ronnie Corbet of engines and nearly as old. It is MUCH lighter that a pinto, but wont run on unleaded.

Another advantage of the wider chasis is the choice of seats

Thanks for the advice Mark,but I still have a question or two:
Does the 4" wider chassis require a widened nose cone? If it didn't,wouldn't it ruin the lines?
Would'nt it be a good idea to increase the wheelbase a bit,or is this necessary anyway if I was to use all sierra/granada running gear?
I really wanted to stick farely closely to the book but I am beginning to see some very good options on this site!

There are 2 options on the wider chassis, one is std width at the nose and widens out and the other is just 4" wider right through and needs a wider nosecone.

Take a look at Jim McSorleys site, even his std book chassis drawings are much better than the book 'book' drawings which are flawed.

There are loads of rear axle combinations you can use, I have used a Capri, but do a search on the site and see what other members have done.