Jim,
Don't get me started on high compression in Spit Engines again. I still
have the head that provided the 265 psi compression that caused me to
break a piston early in the life of Huxley. Interested in a head that
has been cud down something like a quarter of an inch?
Joe
Gambony, Jim wrote:
>
> Joe,
>
> If you're willing to tolerate an engine with something like 20:1
> compression... yeah, it's a diesel, that's the ticket!
>
> Seriously, I thought someone on the list earlier had said that the 1500 used
> "shorter" pistons... which would make me think the 1300 and 1500 blocks were
> the same height. I have a bunch of 1500s, and someone I know (right Suz?)
> has several 1300s of various pedigrees.... I guess I could take this
> question and run with it (just not carrying a block around, ok).
>
> Jim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Curry [SMTP:spitlist@gte.net]
> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 1998 1:44 PM
> > To: Mark J Bradakis
> > Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: identifying early Spit cranks?
> >
> > Mark,
> > So that means that if one were so deviously inclined, he could take a
> > late 1300 block and fit it with all the innards of a 1500 and have a
> > cheater engine. Right? 8^)
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > Mark J Bradakis wrote:
> > >
> > > Oh, and if the crank won't fit your 1500 block, it is obviously not
> > > a late 1296 crank. The Mark 4 1296 block is basically the same casting
> > > as the 1500, the extra displacement comes from stroking the crank.
> > >
> > > mjb.
> >
> > --
> > "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> >
> > -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
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