Ed,
So if I interpret your comments correctly, I would increase the
efficiency of the entire oil system if I used Glyptol on the internal
passages of the pump(s) and oil passages too?
Skip
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ed Weldon" <23.weldon@comcast.net>
>To: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>; "Ed Van Scoy" <ed@vetteracing.com>
>Cc: <RACE427@aol.com>; <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:56 AM
>Subject: Re: Internal Engine Block Painting
>
>
> > Another footnote on glyptol------
> > For most of the 20th century before I quit Worthington Pump in 1973 to
>come
> > to California they used red glyptol on all the internal as cast
>passageways
> > of their cast iron industrial oil pumps. These big gear and piston pumps
> > ranged in size from "little" 5 and 10 hp guys all the way up to the 600 hp
> > power absorbing chain fender gear pumps once used on the Panama Canal.
> > These types of pumps have internal clearances in the same range as we are
> > used to in our race engines and need to protect them to maintain their
> > pumping efficiency.
> > (Yup, it's fun for us "oldtimers" to reminisce about the past "century".
> > Adds an aura of ancient wisdom to one who would otherwise be regarded as
>an
> > old fool)
> > Ed Weldon
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