In a message dated 07/27/2000 4:55:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
lona@finishlinecoatings.com writes:
<< Hi Doug
Boy these belly button motor guys don't know what they are getting
themselves into if they go to a vintage motor do they!! A set of mains
and rod bearings for my GMC are $200.00--$350.00 depending on when and
where you can get them. Then call up your local auto parts and try to
buy a gasket set. (you want what??). Whats a 1950 GMC truck motor?
Hey Keith..us flat motor and inliners stick together when it comes to
kicking belly button motors.
Got the rings today red label from Michigan..looks like next wednesday
will be dyno day.
RM #902 XO M.R.
>>
Russ,
If you think that the Jimmy or a Flatty head gasket is an orphan, try the
Ardun. Several years ago I had the local gasket shop make up a die for
cutting them out of Velumoid paper. These had no fire-rings so I had a
machine shop make up some copper rings which had to be individually fitted
into the Velumoid. The block has to be "O" ringed to take the stainless .042"
wire that seats itself into the copper and discourages the head gasket from
blowing out into the valve relief area of the Flatty block.
Using the crank girdle necessitates completely revamping the oil pan and
requires either a custom pan gasket or the use of silicone. The Ardun uses
mostly silicone for gaskets, the exceptions being the head gaskets and
injector/intake gaskets.
I've gotten to the point on rings where the availability and size of good
small bore rings dictates what size I order the pistons and what I bore the
blocks to.
Cotton Werksman, the Ardun Guru from the Chicago area, finally took the
plunge earlier this year and had a run of asbestos-sandwich head gaskets made
up by Victor. Kinda pricey ($60 each gasket) but they work good and it beats
all the scissor work on the Velumoid paper plus heat-treating the copper
fire-rings everytime the head comes off.
Back to the shop. I hope to light the engine over the weekend and start
the warmup, cool-down, re-torque, adjust valves, warmup, cool-down, etc., etc.
Ardun Doug King
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