I could slap in an A14 without anyone fussing about it. The key to vintage racing around hear is no one says much till you start winning a lot. I would need a full race A14 to do much better than third place. Right now my lap times put me 2-3 seconds ahead of 4th - 8th and about 8 seconds from 2nd and 10 seconds to win.
Technically I would need a A12 block but the L14 can skate through. The 1770cc version would be a no no but no one would know unless I started winning, which with the car at 1770 I would just enter the next class up so that won't happen.
At this point I'm into having fun as I have boxes of trophies already but the value of the car is in keeping it vintage legal. I only want more power for track days and if I'm going to bother with an engine swap then the bigger the better , unless of course you can get an A15 up to 1650 or so.
I do have a spare A12 block and a new crankshaft that I'm not sure if it is an A12 or A14......is there a quick way to tell???
Oh and did I mention the final wrinkle is the darn thing has to pass smog in order to be road legal for Tarmac Rally.
So the 1770cc L14 sounds really good
Ok anybody know of a place to get an L14 in the USA? What tranny I need to go with? I assume the L16 4 speed from a 510. A buddy has 2 510s with 5 speeds so he would be happy to give me his 4 speed.


Tom