and right there is the project the op says he wants, upgrading everything else to handle the power of the crate motor. plus swapping/upgrading the running gear has much less chance for catastrophe than building a motor for the first time.
neil.
I like upgrades... I also long to build this thing to the way it deserves to be built. To stop doing it all the cheap way... let's get it going to where it runs good and looks mint. Then throw the kids in the backseat and have some fun.