Which Auto Engine?

[Wayne Miller]

Hi All,

Just about to get into the world of autos.

If you could pick any auto engine to tune/improve/make fast which one would it be and why?

Thx Wayne

[ferritt]

piaggio rolling nut 125 2t engine, either air or water cooled. Tried and tested, lots of tuning parts available, makes from 20 - 35 bhp depending on the state of tune.

[Wayne Miller]

Cheers mate,

I've heard of the rolling nut engines, I fancy LC. Do you know which models/year have these motors?

[Wayne Miller]

Also where's the best place to pic one up? Currently looking on gumtree and eBay. Are there any decent auto forums about?

[scooterslag]

Sources of a LC two stoke engines would be Piaggio Hexagon 125-180 and Gilera Runner/ Italjet Dragster 125-180, great engines even standard and as previously mentioned- mountains of tuning goodies Paul

[Wayne Miller]

Dragsters have been hard to find, and I'm struggling to work out which runners are 2t or 4t. Was there a year when they went 4t or were both types produced in tandem?

[wrecklessrobbie]

Try lambretta autos on Facebook.
Or lambretta innovations website.
2t engines are most peoples preference. A few people are using 4t engines now though.

Robbie

[Wayne Miller]

Gotta be 2t for me

[ferritt]

If its for a lammy auto conversion it would be a lot easier to use the air cooled engine, thats what i did when i built my S2 auto, no need to worry about radiator positioning, routing water pipes etc. They are only a couple of bhp behind the lc equivilant and 25bhp is still easily attainable.

The a/c engine was used in piaggio typhoons and the aprillia sr 125's.

Try PSN scooters in Batley, they might be able to hook you up with something.

[ArmandTanzarian]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PIAGGIO-SKIPP ... 2a51f50930




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