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Bent rods When we have backfired and burst a panel I have checked the rods and both times had a bent one. The explaination being that as the...
For time machine When we have tuliped valves the first thing to show up was the valve clearances reducing. Any time anything changes there is an...
Bent E V If there is minimal clearance between exhaust valve and piston, there is one side of the engine(forget which one) which will hit first...
8mm The majority of screw blown cars ive seen run 8mm. I believe in classes were there are OD limits you can get closer to the limit with the...
Piston skirt collapsed We have collapsed some skirts when we got the tune wrong or some sort of cockup.:( Pulled the pin locks out, made up a...
Temp While we have never done nothing to keep the trans cool, Im pretty confident that if we did do nothing by the end of the day we would be...
Temp Our powerglide gets to 180* at the end of the track and we dont consider it to be to hot. We have approx 1400 hp in a 2000lb dragster...
Idle fire out the pipes Hi Jody, just to throw a spanner in the works I have also had fire from the pipes when it has been real rich at idle....
Ha Ha good on ya Mike I was wondering how you were going to get that 14,000-71 past tech.
My understanding of the original blower sizings was that a 6-71 came off a detroit desiel of 6 cylinders at 71 ci per cylinder. I dont believe it...
Dry water heads Unfortunately I dont have any experience with dry water heads. No doubt someone else here will know where to take a measurement....
? Are you now running water heads with no water or are you running solid heads ? Makes a difference to measuring temp. JC :)
If it has enough fuel in the blower/manifold when it starts it can hydraulic. Sounds like there may have been enough fuel comming out the chimneys...
Which rods are bent ? Is the blower an open or delta bottom? Is the blower set back? What alerted you to the bent rod problem? Jim
I will try to load some photos. I think the SS headers look great and unique.
When I made my headers I buffed the pipes and plates with a fine flapper wheel on a bench grinder before welding. This put a nice satin finish on...
Stainless I made a set of stainless zoomies over winter and are real happy with the outcome. They look good, easy to clean and have gone a neat...
One piece blue BBC
Another possiblity is a restriction on the inlet side on the pump, maybe a blockage, blocked breather or collapsed hose as Mike said. I have seen...
Clearance closing up My understanding is the serrations on the cap and rod bed in to each other and consequentially the clearance lessens. JC
