Projects Crosley engine build

Hi,
My other post didn't post. But to add an oil filter you use the main oil passage that goes all the way down the crankcase. You put a plug down the passage from the front of the motor just passed where the oil pump inlet into the passage is.
Then go behind the plug and re-enter the oil there.
Use the screw in plug hole in the passage on the front of the motor with an AN fitting
for your oil filter inlet.
Then another AN fitting to put the oil back in.
Make sure you get the clearances right on all the gears on the tower shaft.
Dodge

 

Hi,
Forgot to ask you if you still have the Areojet intake/exhaust manifold by any chance, I need one for a boat project.

Thanks,

Dodge

 

There are some advantages to leaving the original bypass oil filter system. Bypass systems usually filter the oil finer. If you have a clean engine to start with and you are the only one working on it and changing the oil, it is very unlikely that you will ever get any dirt pumped through the engine.
I always put a powerfull magnet on the drain plug to pick up any iron.
I have been driving a Crosley, Chevy, and Jeep for years with just bypass filtratration and I see no evidence of any more wear on my drain plug magnets. I am very carefull not to drop any dirt in any engine while adding, checking or changing oil.

 

Take the motor apart and see which system you like better..............

 

For ease this go around I'll probably go with a bypass filter system. I'll try the other method on the next Crosley build...

 

Looks great, good job.

 

love it!

 

I am liking it!!!

 

X2 on keeping the bypass filter. I would suggest adding a PCV, though, to prevent airborne grit from getting into the crankcase via the road draft system.

More importantly, that is the nicest Crosley motor I have ever seen! Fantastic.

You get an idea of how tiny these motors are when you see them dwarfed by spark plugs or generators.

 

These are ALL SOHC Crosley engines, right?

I only know of them in two ways, that a couple a guys in the late '50's to early '60s had a pair and would road race home late Sat. night between Macon and Atlanta, MO and have the cops follow them because they couldn't break the speed limit.
The other is up at the 1/8th mile strip at Kahokia, MO when I saw two race as gassers, The yellow one called the "Blown Banana" and I forget the name on the blue one.

What a hoot to watch them take off like "scalded dogs"!!!

pdq67

 

Thanks!it's been a lot of fun to build. I have added a filter to the vent in the cam cover.

 

Here are some shots of the blower motor mock-up for the rail. I will have the engine rebuilt this winter!

 

I would LOVE to find one of those Pepco blowers....

 

how much power can the rest of the drivetrain handle?
that blown motor must be worth at least a hundred horsepower

 

I don't know what she'll take but I am willing to try and feed as many horsies as possible... (I have spare parts)

 

atta boy!

missed you at Engels this year,
we were only there for an hour or two but it was a decent turnout

 

Yeah, had planned a family vacation to Oregon before I knew the Engels date.

With that kind of HP what's more concerning than the gear box & rear end of the Crosley is the steering & brakes.... they would need to be thouroghly gone thru.

 

oh yeah, right, you might want to steer and stop..
funny how some little things tend to get overlooked

 

When you start making horsepower you need to do some serious upgrades.
The rods are whimpy, the cam is whimpy and the buckets for adjusting the valve lash are real whimpy and break real easy. Make sure you have a steel crank and a strapped main crankcase.
We use a lot of the bearcat stuff in these motors to make them live.
We have put 100hp down at the rear wheels naturally asperated spining 9500 to 10,000 rpm. with the big bore long stroke motor. 1,000 cc's instead of 724 cc's
It takes a lot of work but its worth it.

Dodge

 

---------------------------------Are these pans still available??

 

Great thread, thanks for the road less travelled information.

 

Yes. Nick's son Blaz Brajevich will make you one if you want one...

 

Here's a few shots of the car the engine is going in.....

 

I love Crosleys (we had a baby blue wagon for a whil when I was little) and this post a great!...

but MAN I hate the "rhinoceraus horn" they plunked on the front- looks like the pimple you'd get on class picture day!

 

Awe c'mon... I kinda like it, it's only on the late 1948 models... the "rhino horn" was in a box of parts when I got the car from my grandpa, he must not have like the look of it either!

 

The rest of the late 48' grill was way worse than just the horn, made the nose look "buck toothed"..OOoogly..

 

You'll note that I left that cr@p off!!!

 

Yep, and I'm glad you did..Had my Crosley out tonite..Tuning the headlights and the carb..One headlight hits the ground about 3 feet out [on high beam!] and I will have to move the bracket that bolts to the fenderwell..The carb I richen about a 1/32 turn and make a pass on an uphill stretch, made three passes and figured the neighbors were about iritated enough..The dog didn't think too much of it either...

 

very nice

 

I've got a motor supposed to have come from a forklift? have you heard of that before? Had to buy it for the midget I haven't found yet.....