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Re: to buy or not to buy??????

To: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>,
Subject: Re: to buy or not to buy??????
From: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:09:44 -0700
If it was me I would invest in a new BHJ or other SFI approved damper and
run the rest of the parts. I'm running a 71 year old crank. Pulled out the
center main bearing web once, bent the crank so that the center two
cylinders had 1/8 more stroke than the end two. It was still running. Pretty
noisy. Crower rods lived. Arias pistons closed down top ring land quite a
bit.            Rich Fox
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Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 09:31 AM
Subject: Re: to buy or not to buy??????
> >    My 440 has lost oil pressure after breaking in my new camshaft, I'm
not
> > sure why yet but I'll know by tonight but this whole episode has got me
> > thinking. I'm approaching 180mph at maxton(179 last year) and my main
> > concern is safety and I'm not sure I should be pushing a 31 year old
engine
> > with a 31 year old crank and 31 year old harmonic balancer as hard as I
do.
> > I don't want to blow the engine up but hey that is part of racing, but
I'm
> > more concerned with breaking a crank etc and having a horrendous crash
or at
> > least oiling down the track-wouldn't that make me a hit with everyone.
So
> > the question is - do most of you who are running at or above 180mph use
> > strictly new parts or am I being too paranoid ( Canadian genetic
default)
> > ????                   Scott

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