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Hi, my name is John Wilson, and I joined the Westie community 7 months ago, and have driven my somewhat venerable narrow body SE over a thousand miles so far. This includes a superb 700 mile jaunt around East Anglia 3 weeks ago. The car was well looked after by it's previous WSCC owner and has been very well behaved thus far. However the time has come to replace the excellent 1.6 CVH with a recently acquired more powerful 1.9 CVH (US block) with a Burton head and twin Webers. At this stage I thought I would seek the advice of the group, since I have not changed an engine before and would welcome any advice from those far more knowledgeable than myself. The 1.9 CVH came out of a WSCC member's wide body car and he has been very helpful, as has Martin Van Zeller , both of whom believe the engine swap should be relatively straightforward. I suspect I shall be leaning heavily on their expertise soon ! At this early stage I have 2 questions however: First I notice the sump on the 1.9 is a lot lower than the one on the 1.6. Can this be rectified? Or should I leave well alone? Secondly, the 1.9 has a lightened flywheel, should I substitute the standard flywheel on the 1.6 to make it more controllable in heavy traffic? At 62 I am not the youngest member of this esteemed club, but so far I have enjoyed the experience, and look forward to meeting more aficianados of the Westfield marque.
