Engine experts - Running a YB engine backwards
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Engine experts - Running a YB engine backwards
A little project for a YB transplant has interested me in which so many problems with transmission and installation etc.. could be solved if the engine ran in the opposite direction.
Apart form engine managment issues which I am fairly well up to speed on..LOL, what else would I need to change around to make this work.
Is it just a case of swapping the cams with each other and reversing the rods ????
Has anyone done this ?
Thanks in advance.
Apart form engine managment issues which I am fairly well up to speed on..LOL, what else would I need to change around to make this work.
Is it just a case of swapping the cams with each other and reversing the rods ????
Has anyone done this ?
Thanks in advance.
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What do you mean by "run backwards" ?
Do you mean swap the inlet for the exhaust, like on a touring car Vauxhall Cavalier XE engine but the engine rotates the same direction still, or do you mean the engine physically rotating in the opposite direction?
(ie like a ITR DC2 honda engine)
The two are very different animals, I can give you some pretty good pointers on either, but cant be bothered to type out for both when one wont be needed so please be a bit clearer about what you want to do.
Do you mean swap the inlet for the exhaust, like on a touring car Vauxhall Cavalier XE engine but the engine rotates the same direction still, or do you mean the engine physically rotating in the opposite direction?
(ie like a ITR DC2 honda engine)
The two are very different animals, I can give you some pretty good pointers on either, but cant be bothered to type out for both when one wont be needed so please be a bit clearer about what you want to do.
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exhaust and inlet valves are different aswell?? sorry to go off track but if you could do it, could you in theory build a left hand drive cossie that was a complete mirror image of a left hand drive??
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No, they stay in the same place
Thats the idea
(I know this is an issue but I am not worried about this at this point in time)
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Keeping the engine layout the same..Just making it run the opposite direction.
MAybe but thats not what I want !
Thats the idea
(I know this is an issue but I am not worried about this at this point in time)
What do you mean by "run backwards" ?
Do you mean swap the inlet for the exhaust, like on a touring car Vauxhall Cavalier XE engine but the engine rotates the same direction still, or do you mean the engine physically rotating in the opposite direction?
(ie like a ITR DC2 honda engine)
The two are very different animals, I can give you some pretty good pointers on either, but cant be bothered to type out for both when one wont be needed so please be a bit clearer about what you want to do.
Do you mean swap the inlet for the exhaust, like on a touring car Vauxhall Cavalier XE engine but the engine rotates the same direction still, or do you mean the engine physically rotating in the opposite direction?
(ie like a ITR DC2 honda engine)
The two are very different animals, I can give you some pretty good pointers on either, but cant be bothered to type out for both when one wont be needed so please be a bit clearer about what you want to do.
Keeping the engine layout the same..Just making it run the opposite direction.
MAybe but thats not what I want !
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Right, well to just run it backwards, the main things off the top of my head that are going to be an issue are:
Cambelt tensioner layout, the slack would be on the wrong side of the belt, so this will need changing
Starter motor, this will need changing internally to make it spin in the opposite direction
Cams, interesting one, given that all the YB profiles appear to me to be symmetrical im not convinced they would actually need changing other than the timing of them, not really looked into this enough to decide yet though, would need to just sit there and wind one over backwards and see what happens but I reckon it would just be a case of timing them differently.
Rods, the offset gudeon pin will be leaning the pistons the wrong way around, so rotate the piston and rod assembly the other way as the thrust side is now the opposite side.
You then potentially have the problem of the valve cutouts being the wrong way around, so you would need to check clearance of course.
Ive often thought about doing similar with a vauxhall engine (it would be the easiest way to 4wd my nova if I did so so) and thats the main things that Ive thought of so far that I would need to change to do so.
Cambelt tensioner layout, the slack would be on the wrong side of the belt, so this will need changing
Starter motor, this will need changing internally to make it spin in the opposite direction
Cams, interesting one, given that all the YB profiles appear to me to be symmetrical im not convinced they would actually need changing other than the timing of them, not really looked into this enough to decide yet though, would need to just sit there and wind one over backwards and see what happens but I reckon it would just be a case of timing them differently.
Rods, the offset gudeon pin will be leaning the pistons the wrong way around, so rotate the piston and rod assembly the other way as the thrust side is now the opposite side.
You then potentially have the problem of the valve cutouts being the wrong way around, so you would need to check clearance of course.
Ive often thought about doing similar with a vauxhall engine (it would be the easiest way to 4wd my nova if I did so so) and thats the main things that Ive thought of so far that I would need to change to do so.
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Thats true of all the ancilirries of course, so the alternator too, and probably even the power steering if its still attached.
But I was assuming all of those external things he would deal with seperately anyway, as obivously pumps can be swapped to electric etc.
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*On topic mode* Simon, go on spill the beans, why do you want to do this? Is it a purely theoretical thing or a technical exercise?
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Not correct at all mate, zetec engines and YB engines both rotate the same way, and yet have the inlet and exhaust the other way around.
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I would personally try and fit a pump designed to spin that way, and just accept that means a bit of machining rather than go electric myself, but then im a bit of a old fart and done even like to trust eletric water pumps
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Yes they are, but I have never used one so cant comment on how well they work.
I would personally try and fit a pump designed to spin that way, and just accept that means a bit of machining rather than go electric myself, but then im a bit of a old fart and done even like to trust eletric water pumps
I would personally try and fit a pump designed to spin that way, and just accept that means a bit of machining rather than go electric myself, but then im a bit of a old fart and done even like to trust eletric water pumps
And I would be of the same opinion as you
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Changed my post .. didnt sound right off the top of my head ..
Could the cam's run the other way from the crank? Need an Idler somewhere above the cam's or below the crank?
Could the cam's run the other way from the crank? Need an Idler somewhere above the cam's or below the crank?
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the idler could be sorted just by running a longer belt and using some maths
the dizzy is sorted as it can run coil pack
as you've sugested, turning the pistons around will sort the running out
oil pump can be electric (or dry sump it)
even the timing issues could be sorted just by having the cps repositioned or electronicly fiddled with
and if there is no dizzy and no oil pump, there is a big puley in the way to use as a make shift tensioner
the dizzy is sorted as it can run coil pack
as you've sugested, turning the pistons around will sort the running out
oil pump can be electric (or dry sump it)
even the timing issues could be sorted just by having the cps repositioned or electronicly fiddled with
and if there is no dizzy and no oil pump, there is a big puley in the way to use as a make shift tensioner
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the idler could be sorted just by running a longer belt and using some maths
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Some interesting reading !
This is for the possibility of doing a mid engine conversion with the engine in a "south-north" configuration.
Dont want to say too much just yet as it isnt my car.
The only other thing I can think of here is the oil surge to the front of the engine under hard acceleration !
This is for the possibility of doing a mid engine conversion with the engine in a "south-north" configuration.
Dont want to say too much just yet as it isnt my car.
The only other thing I can think of here is the oil surge to the front of the engine under hard acceleration !
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Dark-Horse,
The cams would rotate backwards too.
I think swapping the cams over and retiming them "may" sort the issue as long as the lift for each shaft is acceptable.
Maybe...LOL
The cams would rotate backwards too.
I think swapping the cams over and retiming them "may" sort the issue as long as the lift for each shaft is acceptable.
Maybe...LOL
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Chip,
To maintain the proper firing order.
I think from memory, the valve sequence is reverse on the cams if you compare them otherwise 2 standard cams would be interchangable.
I may be wrong as I havent any to hand to look at them !
Hope you see what I am getting at !
To maintain the proper firing order.
I think from memory, the valve sequence is reverse on the cams if you compare them otherwise 2 standard cams would be interchangable.
I may be wrong as I havent any to hand to look at them !
Hope you see what I am getting at !
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Chip,
To maintain the proper firing order.
I think from memory, the valve sequence is reverse on the cams if you compare them otherwise 2 standard cams would be interchangable.
I may be wrong as I havent any to hand to look at them !
Hope you see what I am getting at !
To maintain the proper firing order.
I think from memory, the valve sequence is reverse on the cams if you compare them otherwise 2 standard cams would be interchangable.
I may be wrong as I havent any to hand to look at them !
Hope you see what I am getting at !
Both cams are in the same order 1-3-4-2
So swapping the exhuast cam for the inlet cam wont make any difference to that order.
And now would you want to as far as I can see.
Whats your reason for doing this, cause the amount of engineering involved is going to be very prohibitive cost wise?
Why not just use a honda engine that rotates that way anyway?
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There is a much easier way to achieve what you want, which I assume is a YB rear mounted with the 4x4 box facing forward so that the front diff in its normal location drives the rear wheels and the rear diff drives the front -you just flip both the front and rear diffs over by 180 degrees to achieve forward motion through the entire gear range