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Re: [Spridgets] Racer type button question..

To: Lester <oldsaabguy@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Racer type button question..
From: John Caffrey <jdc6@Lehigh.EDU>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:07:36 -0400
Lester wrote:
> Ok, how does that measure up to exhaust gas temps? ie how would an 
> 800F exhaust temp compare to the 400F cylinder temp?  Or would that 
> simply melt the plastic?
> On Sep 26, 2008, at 8:50 AM, John Caffrey wrote:
>
>> Lester wrote:
>>> Morning all,
>>>
>>> do any of you know the temp range  for the plastic buttons being 
>>> used  to keep the wristpin in the piston?  and where they are sold?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Lester,
>> Can't tell you where to buy them, I made my own buttons from teflon 
>> rod. The upper temperature range for virgin teflon is at least 400F. 
>> Don't use glass-filled teflon, too abrasive.
>> John
>> Fogelsville, PA
>>
Yes it would melt. It decomposes to a toxic gas around 450-500F. Never 
thought about a two stroke application, and don't know of any plastics 
that can operate there.
John
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