Thanks for all the help, forum really works for this sort of stuff!
Jim I checked that dowel, but it was not going in any further. So, it must be a dowel for late model cars that have no need for a eccentric.
Sandy, on the why - simplicity, less is more and all that jazz. Seriously though, I didn't think it would be such a PITA to swap to a mechanical. I figured it'd be a new cover (got it from Oliver/John, who's been very helpful in this), bolt on eccentric, and go. I wanted the mechanical to make the Lola very "simple" and sort of true to origin. I even didn't use Fran's nice electric gauges and went all SW mechanical gauges to really make it basic.
Jac Mac, I drilled the new hole a little while ago and it'll fit on there now with no trouble. If I get some time this evening I'll put the front of the motor back together and be done with it. |