The Beast
You are following in the footsteps of the previous designer,too many joints ,i.e. separate pushrod tubes,valve caps etc. all add up to a wet exterior & an expensive machine to manufacture & build. The vincent engine is a poor design with many designed in faults. Too many to list here. I am currently playing with a 1934 Scott engine & it is a revelation. So easy & simple to work on. Open the crankcase window by undoing three nuts & inspect the big end, take off the transfer ports & exhaust manifolds & the pistons & rings are there for inspection. All this done in less than 10 minutes WITH the engine still in the chassis. Then my most favoured engine,the Norton Rotary. Maintenance free, fast & soooo smooth & torquey Plus it costs peanuts to manufacture & is physically very small & light. I look at my Vincent these days & marvel that such an engineers nightmare is so highly regarded & can`t fathom why I persevere with it. Can any medical men out there explain this disease. Dell Boy.
You are following in the footsteps of the previous designer,too many joints ,i.e. separate pushrod tubes,valve caps etc. all add up to a wet exterior & an expensive machine to manufacture & build. The vincent engine is a poor design with many designed in faults. Too many to list here. I am currently playing with a 1934 Scott engine & it is a revelation. So easy & simple to work on. Open the crankcase window by undoing three nuts & inspect the big end, take off the transfer ports & exhaust manifolds & the pistons & rings are there for inspection. All this done in less than 10 minutes WITH the engine still in the chassis. Then my most favoured engine,the Norton Rotary. Maintenance free, fast & soooo smooth & torquey Plus it costs peanuts to manufacture & is physically very small & light. I look at my Vincent these days & marvel that such an engineers nightmare is so highly regarded & can`t fathom why I persevere with it. Can any medical men out there explain this disease. Dell Boy.