11-04-2015, 08:50 AM | #81 |
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Re: 5 main, chev, crankModel A engine
I will see if I have a picture of the front cover and the front of the cam.
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11-04-2015, 12:19 PM | #82 | |
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I will have to use a V8 dist because of the uneven firing order. |
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11-05-2015, 03:18 AM | #83 |
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Thanks George I see and understand now my hat is off to you
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11-13-2015, 02:04 PM | #84 |
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Worked a little more on the engine to day. I'm going to use floating wrist pins with chev pistons. So today I put retainer ring groves in the pistons for the wrist pin retainer rings..
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11-14-2015, 02:23 PM | #85 |
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picture of expanding arbor and piston getting the grove.
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11-16-2015, 02:05 PM | #86 |
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Shortening the wrist pins so they will fit in-between the locks. I have one picture showing the grooves for the retainer pins, but it is not to clear. Next is to make spacers to locate the rod in the center of piston. |
11-20-2015, 03:02 PM | #87 |
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To day I made some rod spacers for the crankshaft to put the rod in the right location on the crank, because it was made for two rods on each throw.
When I get ever think made and fit, I will have to take it all apart and clean it good. |
11-20-2015, 03:26 PM | #88 |
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Very interesting,please keep pictures and dialog coming !!!
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12-01-2015, 02:48 PM | #89 |
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Trial fit of over head cylinder head on 5 main block.
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12-01-2015, 10:57 PM | #91 |
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Hey George,
Wow, that is awesome work !! Looks to be coming together just as you described previously. I can just see some guy, in the future, finding this engine somewhere and opening it up and saying...whattheheck ! Now I get the idea of maybe what guys were trying out (experimenting), when I see some of the stuff that I've seen in engines that I've opened. Nothing as creative/rad as you and your innovations though ! Sure hope that you can/will post a video of first start up and run of this engine. Last edited by hardtimes; 12-01-2015 at 10:58 PM. Reason: .... |
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12-02-2015, 02:49 PM | #94 |
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Putting in main bearing oil lines.
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12-03-2015, 03:22 AM | #95 |
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Hey George, if the hydraulic lifters don't work out you can use solid lifters and adjust
the valves for .006 thousands. We used to do it all the time on chevy V-8's with hydraulic cams to cheat the rules. Also how are you going about balancing the crankshaft. It seems like your going to have to balance it like a V-8 using bobweights in which case your going to have to cut down the counter weights quite a bit to make up the the loss of weight of the other rod and piston. Maybe the spacer should be made bigger and of steel. My 2 cents. |
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12-03-2015, 05:12 PM | #97 |
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George,
Great! Can't wait to hear about the engine. Are you and Marilyn coming to the Grassy Creek Parade? Hope so. Thanks, Hugh |
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I will try to get some better pictures when they are connected. But they will run through main bearing support boss in to the lifter boss block, that I made for the lifters. I drilled a hole in the main bearing supports that has a champer . Then I flare the end of the line that fits in the champer. The insert bearning will keep the line down in the champer. just as clear mud right. |
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