[Fot] Rebuild

[Bud Rolofson]

The first and most important thing on a 1300 is to make the middle oil feed passage larger. It serves cylinders 2 and 3 while the other two oil passages (front and rear) serve only 1 cylinder. You will end up with a grenade going off in your race engine eventually if that one thing is not done. Ask me how I know.
I wish I’d known that fact beforehand.

Bud

> On May 2, 2021, at 5:57 AM, Rod Pierce via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Hello Everyone,
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> I am a new member and new to racing Spitfires.  In fact, my first experience with racing, competition school in Waterford MI, didn't  end well for my engine (see attachment).
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> I am planning to rebuild an extra small journal 1300 and I am requesting advise from the very knowledgeable people on this site.  I have all the spare engine parts I could ever need and a great machine shop near by so mainly I am interested on advice on where to buy parts( pistons, rods ,rings etc..).
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> There are many sources on the internet but since I have never built one of these before I am interested in your input.
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> Also, while I'm at it, I would like to improve my transmission and rearend.  I am open to anything from minor improvement to a complete swap of my transmission or rearend.
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> Thanks for you help.
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>    engine.jpg
>  <https://drive.google.com/file/d/14_TgnXZojdxnO4GKhupaHnZitL41CR8i/view?usp=drivesdk>
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