[Fot] Fwd: Never be beaten by equipment

[davehogye]

Oops, I forgot this one. 


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From: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com> 
> To: "Robert Blake" <rblake36 at yahoo.com>; <fot at autox.team.net> 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 12:53 AM 
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Never be beaten by equipment 
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>> Piston scuffing can be caused by lack of lubrication on the cylinder 
>> walls, especially at low rpm when using "steel" billet connecting rods 
>> that do not have any provision for oiling the cylinder walls at low rpm, 
>> as do the stock rods. We have seen this happen in 3 consecutive rebuilds 
>> of the same engine with 3 different makes of pistons, even with "coated" 
>> piston skirts. The fix was to modify the rods to squirt oil onto the 
>> cylinder walls each revolution of the engine. 
>> 
>> Greg Solow 
>> 
>> The Engine Room 
>> 
>> Santa Cruz, Ca. 
>> 
>> 831 429-1800