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Re: [Fot] who builds their own engines?

To: "Greg \"Lunker\" Hilyer" <Lunkercars@earthlink.net>, "'Friends of
Subject: Re: [Fot] who builds their own engines?
From: "Kas Kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:26:23 -0700
For all those who do build their own engines..........is there any thing 
much more satisfying than hearing that devil start up and run smooth. 
Always a great feeling. EVERY TIME. (and sometimes a wonder too)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg "Lunker" Hilyer" <Lunkercars@earthlink.net>
To: "'Friends of Triumph' Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>; "Bill Bartlett" 
<BillBartlett@wingnutracing.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] who builds their own engines?


> Gotta' put in my 1.75 cents worth -yeh', I'm that cheap! I too BMO  [build 
> my own].  Kas of coarse has it dead on and Tony is pretty spot  on too.
> Being a car guy I don't do my own dental work and being a  perfectionist 
> it would take me 100 years to build my own house. On  the other hand about 
> the only thing I use a torque wrench for is the  head because it's 
> necessary and the lug nuts because it's convenient.
> My cheapo approach doesn't really involve cutting corners. That's  where 
> the detail part comes in. As far as I can tell, getting it  right the 
> first time is the path to cheap. Knowing how I built it and  what I expect 
> of it dictates how I maintain it. For me, every other  year tear-down has 
> worked. Each of three times now I've been able to  find concerns before 
> they became problems.
> One was a very stretched timing chain. Probably explained why I was 
> getting astronomical revs but was also about one race from wearing a  hole 
> thru the cover or worse.
> Another was finding a cracked crank before it came apart [see 
> astronomical revs above]. I totally thank cryogenics for that find.-  I'm 
> cheap but DO want to get it right.
> The third was thrust washers. Improperly installed [by me] or  inferior 
> material I'll never know, but it was caught in time.
> On the other hand, there was a thread recently about Spridgets. A  friend 
> of mine [who I can pretty much keep up with or better] has  been sending 
> his engine back to Speedwell every other race for two  seasons now and is 
> now ready to go for every four races! If you can  afford that, go for it.
> I really only submit this so as not to discourage those those who are  on 
> the fence as far as BMO. If you THINK you can, with lots of  patience and 
> attention to detail you can! If you're pretty sure it's  not your thing, 
> don't. Only hitch is that those who do will always  have at least a bit 
> more satisfaction - as long as it works. Having  said that I will do as 
> best I can to avoid The Big One.
> As far as the tally goes Bill, keep in mind that those who follow the  BMO 
> are probably also the most likely to talk about it. No offense to  the 
> others but there is a good amount of pride that goes along with BMO.
>
> Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
> TR4 #314
> Albuquerque NM
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