sonofthehill sets his sights on MK ULTRA
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Dooood, I don't plan to run the VVT pistons, my question was about engine balancing. It has already been answered.
I have over 250,000 miles on my motor, over 23,000 boosted miles on my very reliable MKTURBO, and my motor broke on the 196 1/4 mile. Not sure what broke yet.
I will likely run the stock 8.8 pistons I have been working on. My motor will not be an extreme build.
Thanks to everyone here for helping me to do this for so long!
I have over 250,000 miles on my motor, over 23,000 boosted miles on my very reliable MKTURBO, and my motor broke on the 196 1/4 mile. Not sure what broke yet.
I will likely run the stock 8.8 pistons I have been working on. My motor will not be an extreme build.
Thanks to everyone here for helping me to do this for so long!
And I misread your question. I guess you can tell me to **** off too!
A man after my own heart.
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The best noise cancelling headphones on full blast can't get rid of it. I thought the boost solenoid somehow ended up in my helmet at first but I switched it off and the noise didn't change.
I can't even bear to rev it much past 3 grand now. You should see it start up though, idles fine at 14.7. The log shows me pulling something like 12.7kpa of vacuum slowing down. It must be a broken bearing cap bolt or something like that.
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Went for a nice bike ride this evening on one of my old Sheldon Brown specials.
Can I get a thread title change please?
Maybe something like sonofthehill breaks his motor but the rods didn't come out, now he'll have to pedal his bike down the 1/4 mile for a while. I know Vlad can come up with something good.
Can I get a thread title change please?
Maybe something like sonofthehill breaks his motor but the rods didn't come out, now he'll have to pedal his bike down the 1/4 mile for a while. I know Vlad can come up with something good.
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Also, I haven't heard the name Sheldon Brown in a while. What a stand up guy. It was pretty sad to learn about his passing. Used to use his site as a reference all the time in school for bike co-op shenanigans.
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Sorry to hear about your motor. But really, you should put those rods in a museum. The fact that they held up to so much abuse and weren't even what went is incredible.
Also, ditto on the Sheldon Brown reference.
Also, ditto on the Sheldon Brown reference.
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Only if you post pictures of yourself wearing hustlers manlet bibs.
Also, I haven't heard the name Sheldon Brown in a while. What a stand up guy. It was pretty sad to learn about his passing. Used to use his site as a reference all the time in school for bike co-op shenanigans.
Also, I haven't heard the name Sheldon Brown in a while. What a stand up guy. It was pretty sad to learn about his passing. Used to use his site as a reference all the time in school for bike co-op shenanigans.
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Yeah, he died when I was in college and was first getting into bike racing and wrenching. It was a neurodegenerative condition afaik.
I read a ton of his posts on bikeforums and on his site when I was first learning to do stuff and kept coming back to them because they were just that good.
I read a ton of his posts on bikeforums and on his site when I was first learning to do stuff and kept coming back to them because they were just that good.
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RIP Sheldon Brown.
My rods are technically still contained, not even a drop of oil anywhere.
Looks I'm a bus next Wednesday, should be pretty slow, I will just try to cut good lights and run my time. I will post the timeslips for laughs.
My rods are technically still contained, not even a drop of oil anywhere.
Looks I'm a bus next Wednesday, should be pretty slow, I will just try to cut good lights and run my time. I will post the timeslips for laughs.
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Whelp, I did a thing.
A big fat easy button appeared, so I pushed it
This is after a primary cleaning and measuring, the bores and end play are good. I decided not to crack any of the bolts as it looks to be built with every attention to detail. I will clean it again then pull the car in for disassembly. Perhaps I can get this running and broken in by Wednesday August 2nd.
I am proceeding with the other block because I ultimately want a different compression ratio, but I can take my time now. This is still lower compression than before though, so we'll see how it goes.
A big fat easy button appeared, so I pushed it
This is after a primary cleaning and measuring, the bores and end play are good. I decided not to crack any of the bolts as it looks to be built with every attention to detail. I will clean it again then pull the car in for disassembly. Perhaps I can get this running and broken in by Wednesday August 2nd.
I am proceeding with the other block because I ultimately want a different compression ratio, but I can take my time now. This is still lower compression than before though, so we'll see how it goes.
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Not TSE, I wish.
The origin is uncertain, which is why I was considering opening all the bearings and checking the clearances and ring gaps. However, upon inspection it appears someone took great time and care with it. It definitely has Manley rods and what appears to be JE slugs(although it looks like they say CP on the bottom .)
Not sure about the ring gaps without disassembling it though. I will run this while I continue to build 2 other blocks. If it smokes or eats oil, I will hopefully have a known good spare not far behind.
I just want to be able to take a real car to the next drag race. I did fix the leaky hose on my wife's car, so if it's not broken in by then, I can still go. It's no where near as fun in a slow car though.
The origin is uncertain, which is why I was considering opening all the bearings and checking the clearances and ring gaps. However, upon inspection it appears someone took great time and care with it. It definitely has Manley rods and what appears to be JE slugs(although it looks like they say CP on the bottom .)
Not sure about the ring gaps without disassembling it though. I will run this while I continue to build 2 other blocks. If it smokes or eats oil, I will hopefully have a known good spare not far behind.
I just want to be able to take a real car to the next drag race. I did fix the leaky hose on my wife's car, so if it's not broken in by then, I can still go. It's no where near as fun in a slow car though.