I can't stand using IE so I guess I never see that icon.
Thanks for switching it.
I'm not going to be firing this up for a few weeks, but after I pressure washed the eng today, I pulled the dizzy back out and did some measuring. I took pics, but there's not much reason to post them. I wanted to get this info out so that others could do this swap instead of waiting for me.
The measurements say that it's a perfect fit!!!! The dizzy base that goes into the block is exactly the same size. The dia. of the shaft that the couplings go on are the same size. The end play is about .025, but I don't think that is too much.....if someone knows better, please let me know.
The shaft on the EI dizzy is about .100 shorter, but the stock coupling fully engages in the drive piece in the engine... which is .200. The shaft is long enough to go past the tapered section in the hole, so....basically....it should work just fine.
When installing the dizzy, it sits up .200(1/5th of an inch...so more than an 1/8") until you line up the drive coupling....then it drops in nicely. There is still .025 end play in the shaft when the dizzy is seated, which means that it's not bottoming out, which would cause binding. I confirmed everything with the calipers.......so.......
I'm completely convinced that the L series EI dizzy will work in the E1, with the coupling swap outlined above!
According to Bre620, the E1's and J series motors can interchange dizzies.....so, that means that this swap should work for those out there with J series motors!
The only thing left it to see if the plate allows enough adjustment to get it timed correctly. If not, a different plate or a fabbed plate will fix that. The plate is the easy part now that we know the dizzy is a perfect fit!