Group - After maganafluxing 4 different 1275cc blocks at a friend work. i finally found a sound stock 1275cc block. I am glad he is a good friend and did have to waste my money checking all the block
What was the issue with the aluminum flywheel? Robert Duquette --Original Message-- I have also been told by some people "If i did it again i would build it different". I figured i would learn from o
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 11:09:49 -0500 reply-type=original
Poor idle. With a race cam you have to keep blipping the throttle at idle. Not enough inertial mass in an aluminum flywheel to keep the engine turning smoothly at idle.
I seem to go thru more clutches on the race car with an aluminum flywheel vs. a lightened steel one. It doesn't really matter if the motor revs up a little quicker if ya don't finish the race, eh? I
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:37:33 GMT jADGdntI007886
"What was the issue with the alum flywheel?" Well, I can guess! Not the flywheel, per se. Light flywheel, full race engine (read: hairy cam) COMBO makes for lousy traffic/street driveability along wi
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:50:19 GMT jADGqZgF008267
Even on the track, eh??? Interesting. How about that. One (read: me) would think once underway (99%+ the time your "out there" you're "at speed") the initial "getting underway" wear factor in the cas
Not sure what "getaway" rpm is...but PPP agrees that clutch issues have become more of a problem with the aluminum flywheel. My lightened steel flwheels are about 15lbs, vs. the alloy 7 lbs. Even on
Following the questions from "Uniquelittlecars" and building 1275s for the Been thinking about that one for a while, as I have this race Bugeye I will never race again... got plates for it now, but n
My son's Mini is a too hot 1380, it's just a spark plug fouler around town. Way too big a cam, always running too hot because it's bored too big. And he did exactly what he did with his first Mini, o
A light dusting of 90w oil. Ron Soave "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work....I want to achieve it through not dying." - Woody Allen __________________________________ Start your day
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:51:49 GMT jAECsE9t004777
"even PPP agrees" Oh...I am not questioning you...not at all. You guys oughta know. You use 'em, Pete sells 'em. But your experience does mirror the same sort of experience I had many years ago using
It's certainly not a "quality of the flywheel" issue... more related to all the jockeying around in and out of race trailers, around the pits and paddock... with seriously cammed race motors. "even P
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:15:56 GMT jAEEIHVv006577
"overkilled it for real time driving" Yep....words of wisdom here, no flattery intended. The "application" is everything. I too, like the "toggle" Datsun clutch (disc). It's either off or on and perh