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« Reply #90 on: July 24, 2008, 19:27:00 pm »

well that's how gassers run, right?
so, i'd guess it's limited to a minute or 2-3?
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« Reply #91 on: July 24, 2008, 21:14:35 pm »

guys,
a question for the near future...
i want to break in my engine without cooling tins to easily check for oils leaks and so on..
i want to do some test runs on the street, so how long do you think i can drive without cooling ? Smiley
i have an oil temp gauge , but i m worrying about the heads.
thanks!


Without any tin?  I would do 5 mins,then let it cool off,then 5 more cool off,till the cam is bedded in,if you wanted to drive it without any tinwork,proberly 7/8 mins without much load on it

But you realise you have to remove the heads to put the under cylinder tins back in unless you have 2 piece push rod tubes?

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« Reply #92 on: July 28, 2008, 22:21:48 pm »

hey guys,
thanks to the help of donder;
i torqued the gland nut to 400 pounds and measured 0.12 mm endplay Smiley one thing less to do Smiley
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« Reply #93 on: August 06, 2008, 13:40:09 pm »

Webcam recommends that the cam should be broke in the "quite-normal" 20mins for first time and for a bit over 2000rpm. I think that can't be done without cooling available. It isn't that a big job to install cooling tins and fan housing, and we've found that it's easiest to do the first break-in in an assembly bench (picture of our bench, had to overdo it as usual) - then the oil leaks can be easily contained (we had warped oil filter mounting before so we had to take small precautions as shows in picture above).

On that engine we have 2275cc, webcam 86c with bugpack 1.25 rollers, CR 9.9 (0 deck and 1.66mm copper shims), msd 6al, 45 dells and hand-ported 044:s with 44 / 37.5 valves (54cc). It starts to pull from 1300rpm and kicks nicely at 4000rpm. It has been driven pedal floored on 6h endurances and works out wonderfully!

And onto the another questions on this thread as our engine is quite similar:
- GB equalizer was really a tight fit onto crankshaft and to the case
- CB 82mm crankshaft cleared the camshaft nicely without any work (with cb 5.5" race rods)
- berg lash caps were really tight
- we broke-in the cam with loose springs only, and after first break-in, we installed berg doubles and checked the head bolt torques

If sometime our engine is to be used in shorter races than endurance, I'll install 1.22mm coppers (CR -> 10.5) and 1.5:1 rockers, should be good for few ponies more!
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« Reply #94 on: August 06, 2008, 22:55:32 pm »

thanks dude!
i got my pushrods cut today...
it might be finished earlier than i thought Smiley
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« Reply #95 on: August 08, 2008, 19:16:17 pm »

Great to hear you are  finalizing your motor build.Put some more pics if you can.

Cheers,

Zvonimir
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« Reply #96 on: August 12, 2008, 19:53:09 pm »

i am tearing it down for the final time and saw that the cam bearings are polished ,
could this be due to the mockup: setting geometry ...?
i did it with the duals installed, so maybe its from the springs pushing the lifters pushing the cam and no oil pressure? Smiley
should i worry or not? Smiley
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« Reply #97 on: August 14, 2008, 18:00:12 pm »

i am tearing it down for the final time and saw that the cam bearings are polished ,
could this be due to the mockup: setting geometry ...?
i did it with the duals installed, so maybe its from the springs pushing the lifters pushing the cam and no oil pressure? Smiley
should i worry or not? Smiley


Hi ruff
That's from running the cam dry on the bearings, against valve spring pressure.
I have a "spare" set of old cam bearings I use for "mockup" while I check lift and geometry and all that.
You can take 0000 steel wool and polish the bearings and that should make them fine.
Or buy some new ones and you'll have a spare set for mocking up next time.
I use steel wool 0000 to polish thrust surfaces of cam bearings after getting end clearance of .002" set and grooving for extra oiling.
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« Reply #98 on: August 14, 2008, 22:23:36 pm »

thanks for the answer(s) jim :)i hope  i can put it together this weekend
figers crossed Smiley
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« Reply #99 on: August 14, 2008, 22:29:33 pm »

thanks for the answer(s) jim :)i hope  i can put it together this weekend
figers crossed Smiley

good luck and let us know if you need any help Smiley
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« Reply #100 on: August 15, 2008, 14:53:27 pm »

hey guys , now everything is taken apart,
would it be good if i cut the groove in my udos a la berg lifters?

what oil piston goes where? i ve got a plain one and the one with the groove..

Thank you! Smiley
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« Reply #101 on: August 17, 2008, 11:14:34 am »

some pics...
putting in the lifters..
and aligning the no2 main bearing
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« Reply #102 on: August 17, 2008, 11:17:11 am »

and some other:
plastiguaged the cam again to double check: 0.001-0.002" clearance
the second pic is where i m at now
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« Reply #103 on: August 17, 2008, 11:53:32 am »

hey ruff !!
hows it goin .

i see you started mock-up and clearance checking on march 18th .......

tommorow , its august 18th !!   Shocked



i hope the saying is true that what you get out of it is relative to how much you put into it !! (should be good for 200k miles  Cheesy )

i bet you cant wait to fire it up  Grin

(at this point i await sheep posting to have a dig at jim  Grin )

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« Reply #104 on: August 17, 2008, 17:14:25 pm »

dude what can i say, i am slow :d
waiting for parts and jobs to be finished took a lot of time too Smiley
and i want to do most of it myself
but i m gettin there ...one day
i m almost ready to join the casehalves
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« Reply #105 on: August 17, 2008, 17:19:55 pm »

lol

precision engineering takes time !!

though its better to say this to the boss when you DONT have the smell of coffee and cigerettes coming from your mouth Cheesy

i'm sure it'll be worth the wait buddy .
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« Reply #106 on: August 18, 2008, 14:42:31 pm »

case is closed  Grin
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« Reply #107 on: August 18, 2008, 14:43:32 pm »

and yeah i know..
it looks messy Smiley
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« Reply #108 on: August 25, 2008, 18:16:01 pm »

some progress has been made...

before:
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« Reply #109 on: August 25, 2008, 18:16:37 pm »

and after...
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« Reply #110 on: August 25, 2008, 19:50:23 pm »

couldnt resist to do some more useless work Smiley

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« Reply #111 on: August 25, 2008, 19:54:23 pm »

looking good!!
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« Reply #112 on: August 25, 2008, 21:09:50 pm »

thanks dude Smiley
we re gonna race soon Smiley
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« Reply #113 on: August 26, 2008, 07:24:49 am »

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« Reply #114 on: August 26, 2008, 21:01:42 pm »


looks like you,ve just shot ur load ian Cheesy Smiley
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« Reply #115 on: August 26, 2008, 21:51:25 pm »

lmao Cheesy
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« Reply #116 on: August 27, 2008, 11:20:42 am »

watch out for your keyboard! Grin
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« Reply #117 on: August 27, 2008, 12:14:24 pm »

looking good Peter,

Will your car be @ DDD ?

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« Reply #118 on: August 27, 2008, 21:01:12 pm »

I hope so!
i want to have it on the dyno as well Smiley
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« Reply #119 on: August 27, 2008, 21:09:49 pm »

hello Ruff,

how far are you from firing the engine

Cheers!
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