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Re: [Spridgets] the engine catasrophe

To: David Lieb <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>, Matt Hagopian
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] the engine catasrophe
From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:54:09 -0700 (PDT)
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--- On Thu, 9/25/08, Matt Hagopian <mhagopian@hoppetool.com> wrote:

> From: Matt Hagopian <mhagopian@hoppetool.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] the engine catasrophe
> To: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
> Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 12:38 AM
> Engine was never reved past 6500rpm, there was a 7000rpm
> chip in the msd but
> it was never hit. only lasted 3 laps on the track! and one
> of those was
> towed in because the wire from the coil fell off! and the
> other 2 were
> learning the car. we had to put a new valve keeper in, new
> valve
> (obviously), ground the valve seats down, cleaned up the
> piston. what one of
> those pics doesnt show is on the piston, there is a
> 1/2" dent in the top of
> the piston. cylinder walls are a little gashed. freshen up
> the motor this
> winter. compression is only 160 in that cylinder and 165 in
> two others and
> one cyliner is 185. kind of low for 13:1 pistons, rocker
> arm has a crack in
> it... seems to have held up for this whole weekend. I put
> flat valves in, i
> know thats not as good of flow but it allows for more
> clearance. I dont know
> the spring pressure im running tho... how do i find out?
> 
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:00 PM, David Lieb
> <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>wrote:
> 
> >  >I got the pics up let me know if the links work..
> "old" pics from 2
> > weeks
> > > ago...
> > >
> http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii237/gonejeepin101/CIMG1385.jpg
> > >
> http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii237/gonejeepin101/CIMG1386.jpg
> > >
> http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii237/gonejeepin101/CIMG1384.jpg
> > > and this is the car in NJMP sorry they werent
> action shots...
> > >
> http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii237/gonejeepin101/P1020028.jpg
> >
> > The second picture looks like the illustration for
> step three of the
> > process
> > of determining your engine's redline... you know,
> just before "and then
> > subtract a hundred rpm".
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> 
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> 
> 
> Matt Hagopian
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