Any leads ? Helping out a friend with an old speed (1926 built) record/experimental boat made over here with a flathead doing @ 70mph in the 50's that he's insisting on using a Scintilla Double V mag. The problem were facing is that on the regular timingcover the bolts would make it lay in its side on the right side. One we need would have a spacing turned 90 degrees anti-clockwise. Anyone with tips..except doing one ourselves on a 5-axis CNC... See pics and the Enjoy a clip of the boat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RNiZoek8qM
Very cool Make an adapterplate, thick anough so you can fit a new shaft. Or, use a 8BA/Mercury timing cover (aluminum), and just weld a new front face as you want, and cut off the tubing!? Would be nice to see a close-up of the boat Is the intake Weiand or Edelbrock Regular? ................................. Taildragger&fenderless
Thought about doing an adapter plate and a longer axle yes, also make a new timing cover but hate to see a billet part there...although one could sandlast it to look like a cast one. I know during WW2 at least Swedes and maybe we too used these magnetos on flatheads as auxilliary engines in PT-boats to cruise stelthly close to the targets and then at the attack fire up the main engines. Finns used Italian Aircraft W-18 Isotta-Fraschinis @ 1150hp a piece. And these are not AC magnetos thats sure, I count on marine only.
Why not just bolt it on the intended way then drill new holes thru and fill the gaps.. this is how we try to go at first just to line up everything.
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