We need to define what you term a "KIT"
On the one hand there are ready machined engines that just need to be painted and assembled, these would be the most comprehensive type of kits but you are paying for someone else to do the machining.
The next step would be a kit that includes all materials needed for you to machine and assemble an engine, these would include raw castings, all metal in bar and rod form together with nuts, bolts etc.
Finally there are kits which just have the raw castings and it is upto the builder to source all the other bar, rod & fixings.
The usual suggestion for a first time engine is one from The Stuart range, either the S50, 10V or 10H, these come in teh first and second options. If you are looking to machine these then there is a lot of information on the web and in book form as they are popular subjects. My first one was the 10V. There is a dynamo in teh range
You could also take a look at some of the American made kits from PM Research, available in teh UK from Forrest Clasics, these are castings& material kits. The build of a couple of these have been covered in ME over the last year or so, again they do a dynamo.
Cotswold do some ready to assemble kits but their macining kit sare a bit too advanced for a first time project, they have a couple with dynamos but not cheap.They also do some kits you machine yoursel but not ideal starter subject
You then com eto the castings only type kits, Reeves have a good range and a couple would be OK for starters like the. Brunell again do casting kits but most would not be ideal for a beginner. The same applies to the casting only kits from Bruce engineering, very nice but not for a beginner
J
Edited By JasonB on 22/01/2013 17:20:06