Putting a WD 45 Crankshaft into a WC Engine

Tom Barker · Sep 26, 2013

I want to put a WD 45 crankshaft into a WC engine. Can I still use the flat top pistons or will they hit the valves?

bock · Sep 26, 2013

yes you can the pistons will only go up .250 more you may need to retard timing and run high octane fuel our e85 works good with this set up

Jerry Coulter · Sep 26, 2013

It would run, but you would need to find some purple racing fuel to get sufficient octane. We made a mistake once by putting a 45 shaft in a WD, had to replace the flat top pistons with power craters to make it run right. We converted a number of WC/WD engines to 45, sometimes we had to grind some meat off the block to allow the shaft to spin.

BushogPapa · Sep 26, 2013

Maybe for "Pulling" events, but not for Field-Work.

Ron..

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