A little update on our Casing Wars article. As ScooterLab exclusively reported, there are lots of new Lambretta engine casings in development. Casa Performance are racing with theirs successfully and Rich Taylor is currently machining the first batch of Gran Turismo engine casings, but both of these are non-standard.
Meanwhile UNI Auto in India are on with their own development, it\’s a replacement engine casing for the 200. A project they\’ve been untertaking since Scooters India Limited halted production. Uni were looking at making some modifications to the design to increase the gasket area for tuning, but with the amount of specialist performance casings coming out, it seems instead that they have decided to stick to the original spec.
The casing shown in the video is actually machined from billet alloy in order to test the accuracy of the drawings prior to production of a pressure die casting mould. All-new tooling will mean that these are likely to be the nicest looking standard Lambretta casings since the 60s.
ScooterLab currently has one of Uni\’s new side casings on test on our dyno donkey TS1 and it fitted with no problems and no leaks. The only difference we could tell from the original Italian one fitted before was that we had to add an extra shim for the kickstart shaft, but if that means the shaft is further away from the clutch then it\’s not a bad thing at all.
Thanks to our friends at The Scooter Republic (who have a spanking new website) for the tip-off.
Sticky
