I decided to go through the 1600 motor this winter after running my last event with seriously low oil pressure in the low RPM's. I did the usual bearings and ring replacement following Jakes book for most of it. Unfortunately I did not check the main jounal alignment to the centerline of the block and I think that the previous builder of this motor did not align it properly when it was done. I also found the crankshaft/flywheel face is .002 out of square probably from a flywheel ground strike.
I ask the Apex experts these Questions:
Can I shim the flywheel to make it straight?
Can I shim the hewland adapter to make the Crank, Input shaft and Layshaft all align?
I would use spacers between the adapter and the block to make this work. The total misalignment is .05 from top of adapter to bottom
All suggestions are appriciated
Thanks