1725 Engine in Virginia

[puff4]

OK, so I saw this 1967 Sunbeam 1725 engine with Zenith-Strombergs for sale on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SUNB...019QQitemZ290302941906QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

But then this picture caught my attention...

Notice anything unusual here?

 

[Alpine Addict]

This is a not a 1725 looking at the dipstick? Also it has the earlier oil filter assembly.

 

[jumpinjan]

This could be another example of a series I engine in a series V.

 

[RootesRacer]

Funnier yet, I once went to look at an engine for sale in an SV.

The engine was an iron head single carb 1390 alla hillman.

The seller was livid I wouldnt buy it and argued even as I drove away that this was the engine that came in the car when it was new....

 

[puff4]

Yeah, it's either an earlier engine or someone stuffed on an earlier oil filter assembly for some gawd-awful reason.

I liked this picture too... note the creative routing of the PCV hose... (nevermind that it's so kinked it won't work anyway...)

God only knows where tube coming out of the tappet chest is going.

 

[RootesRacer]

Yeah, it's either an earlier engine or someone stuffed on an earlier oil filter assembly for some gawd-awful reason.

No its definitely a 3 main motor, there are several tell tales.

In your pic, the tapped side plug is plainly visible.

5 mains dont have that.

 

[puff4]

No its definitely a 3 main motor, there are several tell tales.

In your pic, the tapped side plug is plainly visible.

5 mains dont have that.

Right you are - I missed that! So, any guesses as to exactly WHAT engine this is?

 

[RootesRacer]

Without more pics (like under the intake), or the block serial, one would have to assume its a 1592.

What specific model is not really important since the only potential difference would be the camshaft and the flywheel/clutch.

It is possible its a 1494, the block would tell that.

 

[puff4]

I dropped the seller a note and he's now changed the eBay description.

Given the number he's posted, B9LLL459 (which I can only assume is B9111459) his engine is a Series II 1592cc motor, installed in a car built between 2/5/62 and 2/9/62.

 

[alpine_64]

Without more pics (like under the intake), or the block serial, one would have to assume its a 1592.

What specific model is not really important since the only potential difference would be the camshaft and the flywheel/clutch.

It is possible its a 1494, the block would tell that.

Jarrid,

Didn't the 1592 in the SII's have a forged crank?

 

[RootesRacer]

Jarrid,

Didn't the 1592 in the SII's have a forged crank?

All 1600s did.

But it still had 3 mains so its pretty easy to buzz a crank to failure.