Model B engine advantages?

[alexiskai]

Originally Posted by Synchro909

bdave, If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't go either A or B block. For near enough the same money, I would buy a new Burtz engine. With either A or B, by the time you crack test everything, rebore, grind the crank, pour bearings (or machine the block for inserts), you are up for $$$$. Comparing A and B engines to a Burtz is like apples and oranges. If you want performance with longevity, IMO, there is no alternative. 2 inch mains and big end journals, fully pressurised mains, rods and cam shaft bearings, inserted bearings all through it. The block, rods and crank are BRAND NEW, not nearing 100 years old and all the fatigued components that go with that and externally, it looks the same.
If you want it to GO, higher compression heads, better cams etc are readily available. 100 hp is not that hard to get and it will last.
If you can't tell, I love my Burtz.

The availability of the Burtz engine has almost killed the market for used engine blocks. Everyone's standards got a lot higher in a short period of time, particularly in overseas regions where used blocks were thin on the ground to begin with.

[Synchro909]

Originally Posted by alexiskai

The availability of the Burtz engine has almost killed the market for used engine blocks. Everyone's standards got a lot higher in a short period of time, particularly in overseas regions where used blocks were thin on the ground to begin with.

I'm not in an overseas region - you are!!