ARE YOU STILL SEARCHING FOR 850 ENGINE \ TRANNY
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I HAVE A RUNNING WHEN REMOVED EARLY 850 ON A TRANNY
519-351-8181 DAVE

I had an 850. The best thing about it? I could drive it flat out like a demon, and never attract the attention of the boys in blue.

Unless he finds something else he is going to get the 850 out of my moke.

CooperTune is building me a 998+ to take it's place.

Much more fun than who struck John. I love every engine I build and hope that never changes. Charlie and I had a heck of a time building his 850. I spent a lot of time working the carb. and duplex manifold to get it to use the same needle and give good O2 numbers as a std 1 1/2 HS 4 on a better intake. Just living the dream. Steve (CTR)

Edit: you do realize this is keeping your request on front page. More hits better chance you find one. 

Cant believe how much traffic this is getting.  That is too cool to hear about a built up 850.  Mine was in a 70's 850 straight out of england and it was about 13 years ago and it was zippy.  Although I estimate half the body weight was gone due to rust..

Damn you are right, they were 6 X 10 Cosmic s. Had a Dixco tach and a Sun OP gauge and only ran Castrol Formula R 40 wt. with a felt filter. The sweetest smell ever. If that don't jog your memory why are we here? Steve (CTR)

I don't use wet tail cranks. and thrust can be welded up and machined. 

Let's see, what did I have for Supper yesterday? Hmmm...

Amazing memory!

FWIW - I have a '62 850, could be available. Wet crank, spring clutch, poor thrusts, cone syncros - the works! In west Canada though..

If I may ask what are you calling awhile ago? I had an 850 awhile ago ( about 47 years ) and recall it was fast. Block line bored for three cam bearings, bored .060 with Power Max pistons, zero decked, duplex timing set, Cooper S cam and mech. dizzy, 295 cyl head decked .125, twin 1 1/4 SUs on S intake and Cooper S exhaust. Lightened flywheel, two part S balancer and double spring clutch. Converted magic want to remote and added a MG1100 4.10 CWP. Red lined at 8500 and turned that hard every time I drove it. I drove it back and fourth to college on the weekends and auto crossed it on Good Year blue streaks mounted on 6x10 Revolutions to a top 5 O/A in 50 plus car events. Two Cooper S and two Super 7 s were always quicker. I think the single leading brakes were not helping. 

Think about it there are wet and dry cranks, if you use a dry large tail crank you can upgrade the clutch and it's easy to add a tensioner that works to the front of any crank. Steve (CTR)  

email sent.

I had the same experience with the 850 I had a while ago.  Just fun!

Charlie, to be fair you have a very nice 850 power unit. It's yours so I won't give away the specs. Steve (CTR)

My 850 is original to my 1960 and hauls pretty well after being massaged a little. Surprisingly peppy. 

Im near macon.  Tried to email you, not sure if you got it.  Would like to inquire about the 850s.  

Take it from someone who drove an 850 for years (all I could afford as a poor student..

Fit the 998.  You can make it look exactly like the 850 - and its quite easy to replicate the engine number if you're fussed.  And anything you might choose to spend on the 850 can be spent just as easily on the 998 for just a little extra benefit (and 998 bits are probably easier to find anyway....).

The 998 is a much nicer engine and juuuust that bit perkier....  you'll appreciate it the first time you come to a hill (it doesn't need a mountain for an 850 to run out of breath  

Similarly for the brakes ... the twin leading shoe setup will look the same (who's going to crawl underneath to check?) but works just that much better...

Cheers, Ian

BTW, it isnt really a rolling shell if I am honest

I live in Warner Robins, but id drive anywhere in the state

I have a 998 I can throw in, but I'm going with the original brakes, so would prefer the mild.  I do have the original engine, but it has an odd piston and one with some damage.  I bet it would probably run, but the odd piston cylinder has poor compression. 3 sits a few mm short at tdc.

Where in GA?  I have a couple of 850 blocks.

jchomme.. I have  tossed dozens of 850cc in the trasj. in the last 20 years.. NO one wanted them until couple years ago.. you might get lucky and get a 850 cc engine for FREE.. later bc

Do you have an engine for the car now or do you just have a rolling shell?