In a message dated 11/21/2008 11:54:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
kvacek@ameritech.net writes:
I thought that racers had discovered [Glyptal's] usefulness for race
engines maybe
30 years ago, for smoothing out the inside of blocks to allow oil to flow
back to the pan (and thus the pump) faster...
==AM==
Could be. I used to autocross an ex-GP Spitfire 4 that we "rescued" from a
barn in 1983. It had been a regional-level SCCA race car until the mid-1970s.
We actually didn't have to go inside the engine until 1995, when it got new
rings and bearings, at which time I discovered that the inside of the engine
block had been painted with Glyptal. Must've been pretty good stuff way back
when, 'cause it still looked perfect!
--Andy Mace
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