I think your right I am just getting my fingers out of my mouth Do you have
one for your rebuilds ? Perfection dosesn't have limits but are they always
ness. for rebuilds. Its the throw back for me , I enjoyed beatting the heck
out of a car more when I did know anything about them. I guess it was more
lack of respect,and blissfull ignorance Now I just tell myself "don't worry
be happy "As a kid with a new lic. my parents bascily let me take over the
car. So i put the gas in and ran for milk and eggs any time I could convince
them they were needed >> Dad comes home from church one sunday red in the
face and asks did you see a red light on the dash eash time you make a right
turn onto Sherman st. Yaa a few times Dad whats up ? Have you ever checked
the oil ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "jaboruch" <jaboruch@adelphia.net>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: What's a Torque Plate?
> Once you cut the holes in the head to be able to get to the cylinder
> bores, I don't think there would be enough structural integrity left
> for it to be of much help. Joe(B)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Dardano" <19to1tr6@comcast.net>
> To: "elliottd" <elliott@videotron.ca>; "Mark J. Bradakis"
> <mjb@autox.team.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:02 PM
> Subject: Re: What's a Torque Plate?
>
>
> > Ya same question as Don! do you hone threw it from the top. Seems
> like there
> > maybe a few motors out there that have been honed with out a plate 3
> > different builders and no one has charged me to make one up but the
> motors
> > have been fine well at least one of them was fine If you are comming
> in from
> > the top could you slice up an old head and use that ??----- Original
> > Message -----
> > From: "elliottd" <elliott@videotron.ca>
> > To: "Mark J. Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: What's a Torque Plate?
> >
> >
> > > Like they used to say on Rowan and Martin, "Veerrrry interesting
> !"
> > Besides
> > > the holes for the studs to torque the "torque plate" down, are
> there any
> > > other holes in the plate to facilitate the honing operation ? Or
> is this
> > > done fron the sump side ?
> > >
> > > Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mark J. Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>
> > > To: <fot@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 6:14 PM
> > > Subject: Re: What's a Torque Plate?
> > >
> > >
> > > > > Can someone explain to me the purpose of a torque plate?
> > > >
> > > > A torque plate is a big chunk of metal that approximates a
> cylinder
> > > > head. basically, when a head is torqued down on a block the
> stresses
> > > > are such that the bores are a slightly different shape
> comparedto the
> > > > shape when they block is not bolted to a head. A torque plate
> is used
> > > > so that the block is stressed similar to having the head bolted
> on, so
> > > > boring results in a more accurately round cylinder with the head
> in
> > > > place, which is the condition where you want it to be round.
> Well,
> > > > unless you have elliptical pistons.
> > > >
> > > > In short
> > > >
> > > > No torque plate: bore is round with no head, not round with
> head.
> > > > With torque plate: bore is round with head, not round with no
> head.
> > > >
> > > > mjb.
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