fuel Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 what happened in regards to the engine locking up at track day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 what happened in regards to the engine locking up at track day? He seems to be updating every 15mins, so we should know within the hour? lols. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slacker.cam Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Cheers for the comments! I worked on this every day for 5 weeks straight so I have a lot of material to post up. As for anyone thinking about buying a racecar - DO IT. Holy shit it's fun. And not having to worry about driving it to work on Monday means you can break it and still enjoy the rest of your weekend As for what happened to the motor; I still need to take some photos. John (CXGPWR) and Ned gave me a hand to pull the motor out and we pulled it down on Tues night. I was worried that I was going to have pistons smeared all up the bores due to overheating but it looks like (to my untrained eye) it's oil starvation as the big end on cyl 4 is completely stuffed. The pistons should be reuseable and they're they only fancy bit in the bottom end so it's not the end of the world. Should have some photos up tomorrow - the damage is pretty impressive haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slacker.cam Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I love speed holes.You do great work. Come finish my car. Haha I caught the speed holes bug from UJ, and thanks! I'll come and finish your car just as soon as I've got my other one running (the one in my sig). That's been 6 years so far so another 6 and it may actually be a car again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slacker.cam Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 ^ lolWhat type of spotweld drills do you use? I need to start removing some unrequired steel from my Vectroid precage. The one I have is a Bordo drill. Think it's 8mm. I saw a sweet video somewhere on youtube a while ago that shows you how to grind your own from normal bits. Doubt I can find it now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 If your car has the early block, it may have the early oil pump, and they have been known to fail/crack the ring thing in them. They dont like high rpm all the time/sometimes people cut the counter weights off the crank and the extra vibration can cause them to fail. Thats if the oil starvation was caused by pump failure. And if there was indeed oil starvation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXGPWR Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Lush, your posts are making this friday morning more bearable. Very interested in the galv process, does he have a set up to anodise aluminium? He may or may not, but i have all the gear to do anodiseing aluminium! Its a fun process for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Updates!!?@!@ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanfels Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 I have a picture but video is better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 I think he is pretending to work at work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 He's working on it. Videos are online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Bet Dave was boned up all day, working on such a fine, fine engine. Hehehehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 It is pretty mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 Sounded super sweet and god it's loud with open headers haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmatt4 Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 hey man just out of curiosty what jets and tubes are you running on those carbs so i have a starting point for mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Good stuff! So dual sprints on Summit weekend? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 You should come too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 I'm keen if the trailer is still up here... Will try to convince dad to leave it here for another month . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Just drive down Markku 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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