- 1. bearing clearances, tappets and stuff (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 08:26:00 EDT
- Started to reassemble the 1275. The machine shop said that crank did not need a grind and that standard bearing would work. Plastigauge on the main bearing indicates a .003 clearance. This is at best
- /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg00907.html (7,484 bytes)
- 2. Re: bearing clearances, tappets and stuff (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:55:31 EDT
- The factory specs say the main bearing clearances are .0010 to .0027 So I think that that .0030 is a stretch. Plus the last thing I want to do is put a sloppy fitting crank in. I am assuming that you
- /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg00923.html (7,677 bytes)
- 3. Re: bearing clearances, tappets and stuff (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 23:43:16 EDT
- Thanks for the advice. Being a weekend warrior (the car is at my country house) means that I won't be able to check out anything for a week. I actually only torqued down the center main, but I doubt
- /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg00926.html (8,103 bytes)
- 4. Re: bearing clearances, tappets and stuff (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 21:16:55 -0700
- You should be using assembly lube for the bearings and lifters and high friction parts. Sta-Lube makes an assembly lube with moly-graphite that works great. Spray the camshaft with dry graphite film
- /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg00927.html (8,819 bytes)
- 5. Re: bearing clearances, tappets and stuff (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 06:06:35 EDT
- That is what I use. A half and half mix of STP and Castrol. Pretty slick stuff. --David C.
- /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg00931.html (7,121 bytes)
- 6. Re: bearing clearances, tappets and stuff (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 12:51:05 EDT
- Mine is doing a tad over 150mph in a Porsche 911 that would do 169. The other is having a video clip of driving a BMW at 146mph instead of having a video clip of it doing 155mph. Daniel1312 << Told h
- /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg00941.html (7,206 bytes)
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