Find another machine shop. Anyone who can't machine a seat pocket to the required .006 crush with serdi or sunnen etc. tooled machines is in the wrong line of work. I have install thousands of seats at $10/hole. I've never had 1 come out that I know of. With a decent head shop, Machinists can...
Ther are very few cams with IR flanks that can't be ground with a std. wheel and machine. We lay a straight edge across the cam flank to see if its concaved. If it is we use a 14" wheel. You can buy attachment to run a 7"wheel but I have yet to come across a cam that needed it. I...
John You mention writing a program. Do you know of any good programs that will do the math for me? I looked around the web and there are a few. Now I need to know which one to buck up for? Thank
Is there a basic formula for the valve spring pressures need on flat tappet hyd. cams. I'am interest in using as little pressure as possible for max 4500 rpm truck engine. Some cam manufacture recomend 400lbs/in springs and others recomend 250/spring. I liketp find a formula that takes into...
oem ford v 8 motor have .018 to .022 side clearence Chev sbc can be up.016 oem. I wouldn't about it being .024 at all. At hendrick motorsport,the rods are guide by the pistons not by the crank the side clearence is big big.
If you want to remove carbon just use water. SLOWLY pour a little stream down the intake or hook a vacuum hose with a aquarium a valve spliced in, to regulate the flow of water into the injector/carb base, now the engine vacuum will pull the water in. Remember not to close the throttle abruptly...
You can use products from klotzlube.com They sell a 50% nitropropane blend. It works well with racing gas but make sure she on the fat side or you can kiss the pistons goodbye instantly. They also sell another product called codex that contains 37% oxygen content.
They have various other...
I have had success using Eutectic Castolin rod.# xyron 2233 It is very expensive but you can weld ports, chamber, etc I shot blast the area, then grind it with a carbide burr, pre heat to at least 600 in a oven. Weld very small amounts at a time and peen and weld and peen and grind and weld and...
