[Kev]

The easiest to work on for me would have to be my old Chevy pickup with the 327. There was almost enough room to climb into the engine compartment and stand to either side of it! I love changing the points and condenser, it was a snap to set the dwell with a meter and the right allen wrench. Plugs couldn't have been easier to swap out, so much room! The Carter AFB never needed adjustment, it was like the Eveready Bunny!

 

[Kev]

wouldnt one of those mazda's rotary engines be the worst, Ive never worked on one but Ive heard stories. Either rx7 or rx8

I don't know about the rx7 or 8 but I did have an rx2. It was one of the simplest enginges I've ever worked on (I forgot about it!). The seals blew on mine as they did on most rotarys of the day. I broke it down and rebuilt it myself. There was nothing to it.

I had it ported out and put it back together. The toughest part about that job was fitting all the seals. Each rotor had 21 seals, most of which had to be cut and filed to fit by hand.

I replaced the thermal reactor (cast iron exhaust manifold) with a header and drove it un-corked across town to the muffler shop. It was extremely loud but didn't sound like any engine I'd ever heard. It sounded like a very mad, giant hornet on steroids.

 

[Kev]

There was loads of space under the hood of my dad's '58 Rambler which had the little 3.2L (~200ci?) straight 6 .... not that we ever had to do any major work on it. It had about 100k miles on the clock when he sold it after 25 years.

Hey Peter, was that a flat head in 58 or over head valve?