I am sorry but having had the rear end of my M3W severely smashed at the beginning of this week, I am just a little touchy.
I just thnk it would be feasible and I have started to lay it out in AutoCad. I have also bought a spare camshaft support plate, camshaft pulley and crankshaft pulley from Matts Machine Shop to get the dimensions of hole centres, pulley bores and angular positions of keyways etc.
Despite the various doubters I will still look into the possibility of doing this gear conversion as long as the cost is not too prohibitive.
If you decide to go ahead might it be worth considering lubrication of gears simply by using oil leaking past camshafts rather than a dedicated pool of oil, which may cause drag?
It's a while since I've worked on Guzzi engines but from memory the timing gears illustrated in earlier post, received lubrication in that manner since the was no camshaft oil seal. The dribble of oil then made its way via gears to bottom of chamber where it drained back into the sump via holes you can see.
A recent warranty job to cure leaking camshaft seals on my car indicates there is oil behind, so removing them may achieve the purpose, although not the double lip crank seal which may be holding back some oil pressure. Anyway just a thought.
