>It's a TR3 with Carillo rods and a race-prepped stock crankshaft. I was given
>the teflon pieces and a tube of blue dye. I attached everything on the stand
>and rotated the motor. Where the blue die rubbed onto the teflon, I trimmed
>with an X-acto. again and again until the crank made no contact with the
>teflon. With all of those little nuts and washers used to space out the
>screen and the tray, I made sure everything was tight and wouldn't come apart
>inside the sump. Could you imagine a dozen little flat washers dumping into
>the oil? Not sure if it would be picked up in the filter. Anyway, the whole
>setup took about 6 months to get and was extremely well made. It seems that
>tons of guys run the scrapers in Miatas and in many other applications.
>There's only one way to find out if the scraper is the culprit and I'm eager
>to know what you learn when you tear down the motor.
>
>~Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Henry Frye <henry@henryfrye.com>
>>Sent: Apr 28, 2009 11:15 AM
>>To: steve <colordog.1@earthlink.net>, Henry Frye <henry@henryfrye.com>,
>fot@autox.team.net
>>Subject: RE: [Fot] Isihara-Johnson crank scraper - windage tray screen for TR4
>>
>>Steve,
>>
>>Is this a TR3/4 motor?
>>
>>What rods are you using?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Henry Frye - Sent via Phone
>>860.508.3118
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: steve <colordog.1@earthlink.net>
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:09 PM
>>To: Henry Frye <henry@henryfrye.com>; fot@autox.team.net <fot@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: Re: [Fot] Isihara-Johnson crank scraper - windage tray screen for TR4
>>
>>I have run four race weekends with my IJ scraper / tray / Teflon setup. So
>far no problems. I am curious to inspect everything but I have no plans to
>pull the pan for now.
>>
>>~Steve
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Henry Frye <henry@henryfrye.com>
>>>Sent: Apr 28, 2009 5:10 AM
>>>To: fot@autox.team.net
>>>Subject: [Fot] Isihara-Johnson crank scraper - windage tray screen for TR4
>>>
>>>Racers,
>>>
>>>I am interested in sharing experiences with anyone who bought and has
>>>run one of the Isihara-Johnson crank scraper - windage tray screen
>>>combos for a TR3/4 engine with non-stock rods. I ran mine in my
>>>ill-fated VIR engine build, and while I do not think it caused my
>>>failure I do have concerns...
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