- 1. [Land-speed] Bad vibes (score: 1)
- Author: Don McMeekin <landspeed@columbus.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 23:03:46 -0400
- Anyone silly enough to cut an engine in half should probably expect to encounter some "unusual" problems along the way. During a recent dyno pull, our half Windsor (3 liter inline four) sheared off a
- /html/land-speed/2011-05/msg00036.html (7,178 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Land-speed] Bad vibes (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 20:55:01 -0700
- I run a 3 liter Chevy II 4 banger with a Fontana head. I have had good luck (2 Speedweeks and 8 El Mirage meets) by following the instructions for my 10,000 RPM 2 disc clutch. That is to use stock g
- /html/land-speed/2011-05/msg00037.html (9,605 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Land-speed] Bad vibes (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Albaugh" <neil@dbelltech.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 21:22:00 -0700
- Back when JW/Gulf Racing was running the Ford GT40 Le Mans program, they used a Cosworth V8 with a 180 degree crank. The first few laps at a test track were run and the driver brought the car into t
- /html/land-speed/2011-05/msg00040.html (8,994 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Land-speed] Bad vibes (score: 1)
- Author: Rich Fox <v4gmr@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 09:54:23 -0700 (PDT)
- My and other GMC inline six cylinder engines were pretty good at doing the same thing. Mine seemed to want to weld to the flywheel at the drags. Not at Bonneville. I could only guess that the rate of
- /html/land-speed/2011-05/msg00048.html (10,050 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Land-speed] Bad vibes (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 14:18:45 -0400
- Custom 180 deg crank or Ford 90 deg ? 90 deg would give non-symmetrical firing spacing . 292 Chevy 6 drag engines shake flywheels loose but Ford 300 6s don't because of compatible / incompatible cra
- /html/land-speed/2011-05/msg00050.html (8,716 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Land-speed] Bad vibes (score: 1)
- Author: "J.D. Tone" <gmc6power@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 13:55:31 -0700
- Don, Make sure threads are not aganst the flywheel and shoulder of the bolt is. I use Pontiac flywheel bolts on my GMC because of this. They need to be shortened and the heads made thinner. I do this
- /html/land-speed/2011-05/msg00051.html (7,896 bytes)
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