[Fot] GT6 Crankshaft

[John Hasty]

No mas pantalonies!

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On Nov 11, 2013, at 5:09 PM, "Barr, Scott" <sbarr at McCarty-Law.com> wrote:

> << I don't want to beat you >>
>
> Someone's pants are on fire  ;-)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf
> Of Jeff Clark
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 4:03 PM
> To: sjanzen at me.com
> Cc: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 Crankshaft
>
> Thanks Scott and I don't want to beat you but I sure would like to race
with
> you, next year Watkind Glen is a strong possibility  Jeff
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 Crankshaft
> From: sjanzen at me.com
> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:02:10 -0500
> CC: fot at autox.team.net
> To: jsclark at live.ca
>
> So, you want me to tell you what's in my car so you can come out and beat
me
> next time?
>
>
> Carillo rods
> Venolia pistons
> stock crank, balanced with all rotating assemblies and nitrided stock block
> and main bearing caps external oiling system to each main bearing a la
Steve
> Smith and others, but none of the extra drilling of the crank oil passages.
> TR6 oil pump, stock.
> Aluminum flywheel with steel wear surface sourced from TSI years ago, with
> steel inserts added at the bolt holes.  crank and flywheel drilled for an
> extra dowel pin.
> 12:1 compression (not much head left to machine) Valves and cam from
Wishbone
> Classics- Valves have a very slender profile for good flow.
> Hardened seats, bronze guides, ported head (Wishbone Classics) Crank
balancer
> - supposedly adapted from a Ford 6 cylinder truck damper by one of the
major
> damper companies - I have the shop drawing somewhere if you want it.
>
>
> Revs freely to 7,000 and beyond.  I take it there pretty much every shift,
> every lap.
> Dyno claims 178 HP - not sure I believe the dyno, but it's probably close,
> though it's a pretty steep slope on the chart to get there, i.e., a lot
less
> power at 4,000 rpm.
> I'm generally at 60-70 PSI oil pressure at speed and 40 at idle, hot.  Keep
> the bearing clearances tight.
>
>
> If you do all this you need to give up on the stock pressure plate and most
> importantly on the stock transmission.  TR6 trans conversion has been
trouble
> free for me.
>
>
> Lastly, this is probably a good time to upgrade the ignition, if you
haven't
> already - I like the Advanced Distributor stuff.
>
>
> If you want to make an extra set of the rear hub bits I might be
interested,
> and there's a guy who broke both of his (stock) hubs at Watkins Glen this
fall
> who definitely will be.
>
>
> You should get Kas' (3rd?) book, which has as the last chapter a full
write-up
> on the development of Chuck Gee's car.  Some good info there.
>
>
> Have fun this winter!  I guess I better work on some new headers this
winter
> and a few other things to up my game for next year.  See you at the track -
> rematch at Watkins Glen?
>
>
> Scott Janzen
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> On Nov 11, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Jeff Clark wrote:
> This question is for the the Gt6 crowd .We have decided that after Road
> America and seeing what a Gt6 race car is capable of this winter along with
> rebuilding the rear hubs using Datsun bits we are going to build another
> engine. What is eveyone using for the bottem end ,pistons,rods
> crank,flywheel?
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