The hardest part will be getting the muffler and carburettor to swap sides, without having a severe adverse effect on performance.
The carburettor seems the easier, as the intake is actually on the correct side, however the breather tube needs to be looked into.
Diverting the exhaust will be interesting, and while i can design a few concepts at this time, I can't be sure till I have began actually working out the specifics of the whole design, as I cant be sure of clearances at this point.
I'm trying to maintain some of the 'luxury' features of the VC-160, such as the fully covered design, optical fuel Gage, below deck exhaust and high zone snorkel.
The reason for the carburettor swap, is tank location, and snorkel location, as i ant to maintain the normal look of the machine from all but the engine view side.
My only option I can see as to keep the Briggs carburettor, is to swap the tank/carburettor onto the exhaust side, and set up a float based feed in from the VC tank (this tank sits higher than the Briggs carburettor)
I'll start a new thread for this customisation in a few days, with some pictures of the mower and engine in question, and some of my sketches.
Hopefully i will be able to unearth my old tech-drawing gear, that will help eliminate some error room!
