RE: McCoy redhead stunt engines
Dan:
You are partially correct. There are some masochists that still torture themselves with that poor excuse for an engine.
But supplying new P/L sets wouldn't be economically sound - there wouldn't be enough market for it. Further, the crank ran in the plain aluminum of the case, and the case wore almost as fast as the P/L did. And the con rod was just a little better than a folded up beer can.
The only part that didn't wear out as soon as you started the engine was the crankshaft, if there had been a harder bush in the case or a stronger con rod the crank probably would have gone too.
In other words, why bother with new parts for a dead horse? Even the OS LA series is better than the old T/M Red Head engines. And for me to say anything is worse than an LA is really going some.
Bill.