[Fot] Fwd: Never be beaten by equipment

[davehogye]

I've been practicing Greg's expert motor building tips with his direct assistance and hope to be testing them soon. 
Lucky for me to live in Santa Cruz, 
Dave H. 

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com> 
To: "davehogye" <dlhogye at comcast.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:18:15 PM 
Subject: Fw: [Fot] Never be beaten by equipment 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com> 
To: "EDWARD BARNARD" <edwardbarnard at prodigy.net>; "Friends of Triumph" 
<FOT at autox.team.net>; "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:59 AM 
Subject: Re: [Fot] Never be beaten by equipment 


> Lubricating the cylinder walls in a TR-4 engine with billet rods. When 
> you install a standard TR-4 road bearing in a billet con rod, the oil hole 
> that used to transfer oil up the stock rod now sits at roughly a 45 degree 
> angle in the rod. We have our machinist drill a hole about 1/2 way through 
> the wall of the big end of the rod in line with this oil hole and about 
> 1/8" in diameter. The hole is then finished the rest of the way through at 
> a diameter of .030". This creates a jet that two times each revolution of 
> the engine, when the hole in the bearing lines up with the oil feed hole 
> in the crank rod journal, squirts oil on the "thrust side" of the cylinder 
> wall. I.e., the rods must be assembled so the hole faces the manifold side 
> of the engine. 
> This idea was copied from the design of the English Ford 116e which do 
> the same thing. It supplies enough oil to the thrust side of the cylinder 
> and piston to prevent scuffing at any rpm, if the clearance and finish are 
> correct. 
> We can have your rods done for you, if you wish. Call for more 
> information. 
> 
> Greg Solow 
> 
> 831 429-1800