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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Has anyone considered a VW engine?
It's aircooled also and almost an exact size match for the cushman
engine and with a doghouse cooler it should fit with no
alterations. Everything would also be on the front of the engine
just like a cushman making it easy to work on and access. It's
nearly twice the HP @40HP and parts are cheap and easily found.
I'd think an adapter plate could be easily made that could bolt to
the bottom frame and come up in an L fashion to bolt on the motor
and hold it to the transmission. I've seen one before many years
ago and it was able to do wheelies. I can't remember exactly how
the guy had it rigged up, I was just a school kid back then. <br>
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On 9/22/2016 12:50 PM, Charley via Silly_little_cars wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have been considering a Honda
1000cc Gold Wing motorcycle engine (78 hp), but I haven't
found one at the right price and in running condition
(rebuildable) from a wrecked Gold Wing, and it will take a
bunch of work and specially made machine shop parts to get it
installed. As best as I can tell, it will easily fit in my
1987 Truckster and provide awsome horsepower for it's size,
but because of the expected installation difficulty, so I
haven't been looking very hard for one. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Harbor Freight sells a 22 hp
overhead valve V twin Predator engine for about $600, </font><font
face="Arial" size="2">but it too will require a lot of work to
install. I think the Cushman engine mounts will need to be
lowered about 2" too, and although it's a new engine and newer
technology, it's still only 22 hp. I think if I'm going to go
to all of the trouble to install a different engine, I'm going
to want better performance. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I hadn't thought about a Geo
engine. I'll have to look into it. The height of the motor
space in the Cushman seems to be the most critical problem.
It's tough to be comfortable while sitting on a valve cover or
spark plug. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">So far I keep repairing the 22 hp
OMC engine that's in it, using parts from 2 other OMC 22 hp
engines that I have, but I'm running out of the parts that
seem to be going bad. My best upgrade for it so far has been
the installation of an electric fuel pump, and removal of the
mechanical fuel pump and bypass filter. It will now almost
always start in the first revolution with very little choke,
if a cold start.</font></div>
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<p dir="ltr">You guys are great! Thank you for all your help and
experience. I will keep everyone poated with my progress. Any
suggestions on a motor swap. I want to convert into a micro
camper probably with a final weight of 600-800 pounds.
Currently I have a geo metro motor sitting in the garage. <br>
Thanks <br>
Dave</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 22, 2016 1:01 PM, "Will
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<p>Dave</p>
<p>try state farm. I live in CA and Geico turned me
down, Progressive insured me for 2 weeks then
canceled my policy (went through an agent for that
one), and farmers said no State farm finally wrote
me a policy on my 2000 go-4</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Hello Enthusiasts,<br>
First a quick thank you to this community. I
read emails from the mailing list almost daily.
I'm glad to hear about everyone's modifications,
reasons for owning, and of course struggles
haha. <br>
I need to find someone to insure my 1968 and
1969 Cushman trucksters. Both have titles and
are road worthy. Geico said no because they were
formally for commercial use. Geico won't cover
them even under their Collectors/Classics
insurance. I live in Colorado. <br>
Also I aim to repower my trucksters so I can go
a bit faster than 25-30mph. Any suggestions. <br>
Thank you all!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Dave </p>
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