- 1. [Healeys] Piston design (score: 1)
- Author: "Guy R Day" <grday@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:09:35 -0000
- Interesting little snippet from Federal Mogul that they have found that re-melting cast alloy piston centres (DuraBowl technology) reduces the grain size of the alloy and silicon particles resulting
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- 2. Re: [Healeys] Piston design (score: 1)
- Author: "rrengineer @dslextreme.com" <rrengineer@dslextreme.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:03:20 -0800
- Wow! Is that what present day owners have to do? It would make owning a Spitfire or Mustang (same engine) VERY expensive. As if just buying one was not expensive enough! Mike MacLean 60 Sprite 56 BN2
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- 3. Re: [Healeys] Piston design (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:38:45 +0000 (UTC)
- " Full throttle use was AKA "War emergency power" * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_emergency_power * like when an Me-109 was right on your tail. The Merlin was built under license by Packard for P
- /html/healeys/2010-01/msg00617.html (9,054 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Healeys] Piston design (score: 1)
- Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:51:31 +0800
- Better for field maintenance. Advantage of the radial engines the americans typically used - they had even less number and types of bolts than the Packard Merlins. -- Sent from my mobile device Alan
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- 5. Re: [Healeys] Piston design (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:53:49 -0800
- Borg Warner 35 transmission installed in a Volvo: 6 bolts around the bell housing. Two of which if memory serves had nuts on them. Borg Warner 35 transmission installed in an XJ 6: 18, count em 18 b
- /html/healeys/2010-01/msg00621.html (10,153 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Healeys] Piston design (score: 1)
- Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:24:18 +0800
- Maybe a make work directive from the british bolt fitters union? I think that union still exists in the UK, right? -- Sent from my mobile device Alan '52 A90 '53 BN1 '59 Jag Mk IX '64 BJ8 ___________
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- 7. Re: [Healeys] Piston design (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Haskell <rchaskell@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:26:26 -0500
- Bob Tullius (Group 44 and a P-51 owner) told us that when Rolls-Royce Merlin engines were rebuilt in the field, that the bores weren't standardized, so one had to hand select pistons. Didn't Westingh
- /html/healeys/2010-01/msg00624.html (10,335 bytes)
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