I always hear about adding an 848 cylinder head, but not much else. Are there any interchangable piston sets from a newer engine? I would imagine quite a few of these motors need to be bored over because they're rusted out when first purchased to start a project. What would it take to slap some higher compression internals inside these things? Maybe licoln or someone has an answer for me? I know enough to be dangerous, but that's all. I've read a little about the older 216-261 inliners. From what I've read, they're a low compression, low rpm boat anchor. I'm not saying they're not cool. I dig the o.e. stuff. I'm just curious why there's no turbo build threads, or anything but a different head added to these motors? Maybe there is no way to hop these things up?
Hollow65,
I am just now starting a hop up project for my Apache. It is going to be a .040 over 261 with a McCullough Supercharger, mild cam, and an 848 head. I am going to use my current EFI setup modified for a 2 bar map sensor. You can follow the build here if you are interested.
https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=437492&page=1
