Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:56 pm
Awesome news Perry, I knew someone could balance that crank. 
Glad it's working out Perry.
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:18 pm
Gettin' all the parts together can be a real balancing act sometimez' HUH?
Glad it's working out Perry.
Glad it's working out Perry.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:47 pm
good news PerryPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:23 pm
Glad to hear it's coming together, Perry! That is a great car/engine/project...Cheers, WC1
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:42 am
It sure will be nice to hear noise from your camp once again Perry.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:12 pm
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:30 am
Thanks guys!
Momentary setback on Friday. When they machined the block, the align bored the cam journals. Before they did this they supposedly called around and found cam bearings for .020 over cam journals, and went ahead and bored the block. Guess what? No one makes cam bearings for an oversize cam bore! I was on the phone most of Friday afternoon talking to every Donovan/early Hemi expert (ok - I didn't call Lippy and Leon....) and they all said the same thing "they really didn't do that did they?"
Novotny and I talked Saturday and decided to machine up a set of aluminum bearings for it. Another gremlin thwarted...
On a lighter note - I went racing Saturday! Helped Johnny make a few shakedown runs on the new combo in his FED. He managed a 7.71 on the first full run out of the box with a pretty lazy motor. It was good to get out to the track for a day.
Momentary setback on Friday. When they machined the block, the align bored the cam journals. Before they did this they supposedly called around and found cam bearings for .020 over cam journals, and went ahead and bored the block. Guess what? No one makes cam bearings for an oversize cam bore! I was on the phone most of Friday afternoon talking to every Donovan/early Hemi expert (ok - I didn't call Lippy and Leon....) and they all said the same thing "they really didn't do that did they?"
Novotny and I talked Saturday and decided to machine up a set of aluminum bearings for it. Another gremlin thwarted...
On a lighter note - I went racing Saturday! Helped Johnny make a few shakedown runs on the new combo in his FED. He managed a 7.71 on the first full run out of the box with a pretty lazy motor. It was good to get out to the track for a day.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:12 am
That sounds like a productive and fun weekend.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:18 am
fun - yes!
productive? If you're talking about non-race car stuff - yes! On Sunday I got the storage barn rearranged so I can put my truck inside, got the lawn mowers out and ready to run, planted some trees....
New crankshaft - $2000
New rods - $1200
New valve springs - $375
Not working on the race car for a day to do things on the honey-do list - priceless.
productive? If you're talking about non-race car stuff - yes! On Sunday I got the storage barn rearranged so I can put my truck inside, got the lawn mowers out and ready to run, planted some trees....
New crankshaft - $2000
New rods - $1200
New valve springs - $375
Not working on the race car for a day to do things on the honey-do list - priceless.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:01 am
Stay after it Perry!! BTW, I need a 3/8 stroker crank for a 392. For real, no joking, got one? It's for R.C. Williams twin Gotta love this early stuff. 
And tell Johnny Congrats on the nice shakedown pass!! Cool!
Gotta love this early stuff. And tell Johnny Congrats on the nice shakedown pass!! Cool!