[Fot] 89MM piston question

Sun Sep 2 15:36:39 MDT 2018

Bill Fink, the long-time Morgan importer in California (he kept the flow of Morgans coming in the 1970s and 1980s by engineering and installing a propane conversion and side intrusion beams, higher bumpers, etc.) had the red SLR until a few years ago.  I saw it when I visited his other location in Bodega but it’s in Europe now, seeing some track time with the other two Morgan-chassis’d SLRs and the one TR-chassis’d example.  He still owns the original Plus 8 prototype, which used a Plus 4 (originally TR-powered) chassis and body and was fitted with a Buick or Olds engine because the Rover versions weren’t available yet.

Duncan

> On Sep 2, 2018, at 12:49 PM, R. John Lye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Many, many years ago, when I was still in Colorado and flagging for RMVR,
> a couple of the Morgan SLR's raced at the Steamboat Springs road course.
> They were very, very cool cars, and they were great to watch putting on
> quite the show.
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> John  
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> On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 20:01:41 -0700, Brad Eells via Fot wrote:
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> Very cool car...
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> http://trenterprises.com/?p=237 <http://trenterprises.com/?p=237>
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> Brad Eells
> Chino CA
> #72 FP 1969 Triumph Spitfire Mk3
> #35 DP 1962 Triumph TR4
> 1965 Triumph TR4A IRS...for the road!
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> On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 7:49 PM John Styduhar via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
> First, what the heck is an SLR? 
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> On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 3:05 PM Thomas Boyd <tom at trenterprises.com <mailto:tom at trenterprises.com>> wrote:
> All of our FIA race cars are running legal 87mm engines.
> Just rolling roaded the latest SLR build at well north of 200bhp
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> Thomas Boyd
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> On 1 Sep 2018, at 17:02, John Styduhar via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
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>> If you really had serious compliance with most group's rules, I would guess half the TR cars would not pass muster.  Let's have fun together.   
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>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 9:40 AM Terry Stetler via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>> Indeed there are Glen.
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>> From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net>> on behalf of fubog1 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>>
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>> Subject: Re: [Fot] 89MM piston question
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>> everybody else seems to be using 89.
>> HaHa not everybody, rules say 87mm, there are still a few guys running them (and winning)...
>> Glen
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob Kramer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>>
>> To: van.mulders.marcel <van.mulders.marcel at telenet.be <mailto:van.mulders.marcel at telenet.be>>
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>> Sent: Fri, Aug 31, 2018 11:26 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] 89MM piston question
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>> I've always used 87 MM due to the rules but everybody else seems to be using 89. The procedures are the same so It'll be the same. I blew a head gasket last time out, compression into the cooling system and blew off the bottom hose. I guess it wasn't tight enough, and scuffed two pistons before I could shut it down. 
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>> Bob Kramer
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>> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 12:43 PM, <van.mulders.marcel at telenet.be <mailto:van.mulders.marcel at telenet.be>> wrote:
>> Bob,
>> It is definitely necessary to make that modification to the liners. The relieve should correspond to the shape of the combustion chambers : about 4 mm wide on a 89mm engine.
>> Marcel
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>> Verzonden: Donderdag 30 augustus 2018 00:05:43
>> Onderwerp: [Fot] 89MM piston question
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>> Do the guys running the 89MM pistons and liners need to relieve the liners to clear the intake valve, or does the extra MM make the difference?
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>> Bob Kramer
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>> On Tue, 
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