Smithers
07-10-2011, 07:50 AM
A lot of people have been asking me about putting a Lifan 140cc engine into a CT70, like I've done this before. :) I haven't messed with one of these little engines yet because all my Honda engine run fine. But people have been doing this an awful lot and I have seen a lot of evidence of this engine install being pretty easy.
Here is a forum where people have done it: http://lilhonda.com/webboard/f35/1972-cl70-11309/
Here is a quote from that page which sums up if putting a 140cc Lifan into a Honda CL70 or CT70 can be done:
Installing the lifan 140cc went fairly easy, but I did had to grind down the engine a bit where it slides into the frame.
Converting the 12 volt engine volts back to 6 volts went faily easy also. All had to buy was a 20.00 buck rectifier and a wire harness.
I strained my back trying to start the sucker one day. The new 140cc is hard to kick over and sometimes kicks back at you.
I have run about 300 miles on it so far and the engine seems to run better with time and it seems it is getting easier to kick over.
I'm happy
Here is a forum where people have done it: http://lilhonda.com/webboard/f35/1972-cl70-11309/
Here is a quote from that page which sums up if putting a 140cc Lifan into a Honda CL70 or CT70 can be done:
Installing the lifan 140cc went fairly easy, but I did had to grind down the engine a bit where it slides into the frame.
Converting the 12 volt engine volts back to 6 volts went faily easy also. All had to buy was a 20.00 buck rectifier and a wire harness.
I strained my back trying to start the sucker one day. The new 140cc is hard to kick over and sometimes kicks back at you.
I have run about 300 miles on it so far and the engine seems to run better with time and it seems it is getting easier to kick over.
I'm happy