Re: my crankshaft troubles/intake mainfolds

[jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>]

i will give a tip that i had to use with mine since the valves i have
are oversizerd and the head is shaved to an ungoddly specification....i
shaved the piston top the first time out...now i am going with a custom
piston design to compensate for the high compression i should be
at(12.5:1)
jonas
ps let me know how the intake thing goes i know some people who would be
interested...i already got my euro intake though

Kevin wrote:
> 
> This relates to the intake manifold thing.. a bit. :) Since we just got a
> TIG welder, I'm going to be playing around with making my own aluminum
> sheetmetal intakes, possibly with mustang throttle bodies or something,
> It's still in the design phase, and my dad is just starting to teach me how
> to weld, so it'll be a bit. Any suggestions will be good.
> 
> update on my crankshaft situation. For whoever remembers, my crankshaft
> went, cause by too much axial load, caused by BAD BABY SITTING! oh sorry, I
> mean caused by the clutch adjusted too tight.
> 
> So I got a new crank, bearings, clutch, oil pump, etc. I buttoned up the
> engine today and got the clutch and tranny installed then it got dark.
> Tommorow it will be finished finally after 1.25 weeks. Woohoo! I can not
> WAIT to drive my precious scirocco w/ lightened flywheel and new clutch.
> :):):)
> 
>         There was a problem today however besides the numerous trips to the
> autoparts store for bolts and stuff. Today I figured out a JH w/ G-grind
> and a few thou shaved off the head and block is an interference engine
> unfortunately. We had the belt off and just installed the crank and my dad
> is turning it w/ a rachet on the end and the crank stops.. so he pulls
> harder and it turns a bit a gets really hard. so he puts kindof a lot of
> force on it but it doesn't move.
> hmmmmmm we're thinking what could be wrong... we just plastigauged all the
> bearings and checked axial play.. I pulled the plugs to release compression
> and it still doesn't budge. Then it hits me! OH SHIT! Your hitting the
> valves! Well, The cam got turned by the backwards pressure of the piston
> pushing the valve(s), but I'm hoping to god that we didn't bend anything.
> After I get it back together it's gonna be a tense time when I do a
> compression test. wish me luck
> 
> Well I'm off to other things, later
> 
> Kevin Fry
> aka aventari
> icq#21583385
> 
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