On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Spontelli, Ramon wrote:
> Here are some of the highlights:
>
> 1. Buy four rods.
>
> 2. Braze material onto one side of the big end.
>
> 3. Grind the brazed material 'til the big end is the
> same width as the Alpine rod's big end.
>
> 4. Grind the rod journals on the Alpine crank to something
ETC...
Hmmm... Before I did all that, I would put a 2.3L Ford in it.
Seriously, I think I will just keep the revs down. It will be one of 3
cars (even assuming I don't lose my head and buy another) and be used a
couple thousand miles per year. Any basic weaknesses in the design that
are not well known already probably won't appear till I am dead.
On the other hand, a fix that involved new rod bolts, yeah, I could pop for
that for the sake of future generations.
Ray
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons(at)northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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