John, Keith,
Synthetic oil is great stuff, but Keith oughto stay with a good mineral
based oil til the new bearings are broken in and the rings are seated. Then
he can swap over to synthetic. For all my rotaries I stick with Valvoline
10w40 or 20w50.
Chuck
At 11:54 AM 3/15/99 -0500, John Beckett wrote:
>Try some 10w 30 synthetic.
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>JB
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>At 09:54 AM 3/15/99 -0800, Keith Turk wrote:
>>turned out to be a intake gasket leak best we could tell
>>
>>we pulled it down all the way and spun the bearings out of it... Cheap
>>insurance. and magnafluxed the block.. everything looks okay... So it
>>wasn't in there long and I didn't hurt the bottom end.... interesting
>>though.. The Kendall oil I was running absorbed all of the water.. there
>>were no rust stains or anything like that. and I did start the motor with
>>this problem... to test out the rear suspension..
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>>What kind of Oil are you folks running... I have always used 20-50
>>Kendall... but Brad and I were have a discussion about this may not be the
>>best thing for this application....
>>Keith Turk
>>Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
>>Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
>>
>>----------
>>> From: John Beckett <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
>>> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
>>> Subject: Re: Hot rods
>>> Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 7:08 AM
>>>
>>> What was the story on the water in the oil?
>>>
>>> JB
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>>> At 08:34 PM 3/14/99 -0800, Keith Turk wrote:
>>> >I guess we are all out working on our Hot Rods... Perfect.... Got the
>>motor
>>> >back from the Machine shop.... bolted it all together slipped the ole
>>dog
>>> >in the car and now I can't wait.. two more weeks Till our first race on
>>the
>>> >East Coast.
>>> >
>>> >Ran the damn fire bottles in 1/4" brake line.... and am done with that
>>> >little issue.. bought the second Battery and mounted the trays...
>>Decided
>>> >on Constant duty solenoids to run the big stuff... Just Like Barry Grant
>>> >recommends on that Fuel pump... and a Ford Solenoid on the starter... As
>>of
>>> >tomorrow I should be putting the wiring in the car.... Found a real
>>slick
>>> >set up from Rod Ware for a wiring harness... pure race car stuff...
>>color
>>> >coded and hard wires resistant to Gas and Heat.... already pre-loomed in
>>> >the One Size Fits Nothing.....
>>> >
>>> >When is that first Meet at El Mirage?
>>> >
>>> >Keith Turk
>>> >Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
>>> >Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
>>> >
>>> >----------
>>> >> From: John Beckett <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
>>> >> To: Gregory W. Gillette <gillette@aiinc.com>;
>>land-speed@autox.team.net
>>> >> Subject: Re: fire bottles
>>> >> Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999 11:38 AM
>>> >>
>>> >> Ok now for a 25' roll thats only $75. but it'll look great and never
>>> >rust
>>> >> down from the salt. By the way I don't think you west coast guys have
>>> >quite
>>> >> the same problem we do on the right side of the country. The humidity
>>> >> really sets that salt to work and in a hurry. Hell by the time I hit
>>the
>>> >> Mississippi on the way home I'm strating to see the effects.
>>> >>
>>> >> JB
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> At 11:30 AM 3/11/99 -0800, Gregory W. Gillette wrote:
>>> >> >>But if you think aluminum is made of Unobtainium price stainless.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >"the ol' man" just told me that 1/4" stainless is about $3 a foot.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >"dig deep, brothers and sisters! for the price of sanitary
>>sanctimony
>>> >is
>>> >> >great."
>>> >> >
>>> >> >you might get lucky at a surpluss distributer. yeah, right.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >would have better luck if you know someone in aero-space and. . .
>>> >well,
>>> >> >you know the scenario from there.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
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