Everything posted by siteunseen
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.01 Ring with Standard Piston
We got that neon goal post and it is now at Betty's! You are my friend now, like family. It's nice to have that connection. Cliff
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.01 Ring with Standard Piston
The guy I work for here in Gadsden is from Anniston. His family has had bbq restaurants since the 60s. The Goal Post was the first now they have Betty's BBQ. I work at Pruetts BBQ. Not familiar with the pizza shop you're speaking of because I always eat for free at Betty's. I'm 40 minutes north, up hwy 431. What's the name of the pie slingers place?
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.01 Ring with Standard Piston
Okay, you got me now. If Anniston is considered huge you are isolated.
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.01 Ring with Standard Piston
If it says anything over .43 get new rings I'm not thinking you should bore the cylinders, just get new rings. Maybe I'm not understanding but that's not unusual so I apologize if I'm simplifying too much. You think you live in the middle of nowhere! I have one machine shop and one machinist. His brother does exhaust work. Anyhow, don't do like I did and over think yourself to pieces. These are simple compared to most motors and you have a lot of guys just waiting to help here. It's cold out and we are sick of the news on television. PLEASE give me something Z related to talk about!
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.01 Ring with Standard Piston
3.4855. That's a darn good recollection.
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.01 Ring with Standard Piston
http://www.kangamotorsports.com/blog/setting-ring-gaps Piston and piston ring manufacturers provide specification for their ring gaps dependent on the performance application. These are normally specified as a gap times by the cylinder bore diameter. For our high performance street applications these were our values: Top Ring = Bore x 0.0045 = 3.4855 x 0.0045 = 0.0157 inches Second Ring = Bore x 0.0050 = 3.4855 x 0.0050 = 0.0174 inches Oil Ring > 0.015 inches Given that we can only measure to 0.001 inches with our feeler gauges we rounded up or down the values to: Top Ring = 0.016 inches Second Ring = 0.017 inches* Oil Ring > 0.015 inches
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Starting Carb Conversion: Flat Tops to Paltechs
Edit: That looks damn good! That front one has a nipple on the backside for distributor vacuum advance. Is it open? Here's what I used to begin a basic tune. Thank you! @240260280
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I used cast iron rings with a quick/rough hone on my 2.8 block. My machinist and the internet instructed me to do down hill lower gear foot off the pedal. It sucks the rings to the cylinder walls for faster seating of the rings. The other is up and down rpms for short amounts of time, nothing steady too long. That car runs great and had solid numbers on all 6 when I did a compression check years ago. 165 I think? On my 2.4 I used chrome faced moly rings with a specific hone for those rings. 83mm rings are hard to find without spending big bucks so I got Hastings from my machinist. I've never checked the compression on that motor but it runs so good I don't want to. I would stop by and talk to a machinist, they don't like talking on the phone, it's a waste of time for them. Machine work on these L motors is very basic, not too expensive. You need to find an older shop. They quit making these in 1984 but an older guy will say he's worked on thousands and would have to remember what to do. My best advice, if you haven't already got it, would be buy this book and read it 3 or 4 times. I was able to to rebuild mine without knowing anything about car motors. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1931128030/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3- COVID-19
He needs a mask, no matter Covid. Looking at that schnoz makes me want to puke.- Machining cylinder head for more compression?
My '73 pistons aren't valve notched like your's. Maybe a European, N. America thing? I would highly recommend new nuts for the TC rods. They're one use locking and I can tell you from experience and many other's experiences I've read, reuse of the old ones and they'll eventually come off. Small price for 2 new pinch nuts and peace of mind. Looks good. 👍- saturday night music thread
Playing with Les Paul! That's almost as cool as playing with Freddy Fender!- saturday night music thread
This guy is amazing but really weird looking. Me thinks he has a problem with stage fright maybe? Great guitarist though. A KFC chicken bucket on his head. That is too funny. @kats- 1976 280 Z from Ohio to Dubai
Or visions of her leading her blind boyfriends around?- What's the most needed Z part that's currently NLA?
Seems like there is an aftermarket source but I filed mine to a half circle and they fit. No problems after 5 years. Here's the thread that has info.- saturday night music thread
Seems as relevant today as it was in the 80s. Change some names and whatnot around but basically 2020.- What's the most needed Z part that's currently NLA?
240Z motor mounts were a pain for me. The dowel pins are all for 280Zs now.- Squirrel alert!
Whatever she wants!- Squirrel alert!
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We sell Brunswick stew and you are right, every piece of meat we have left at the end of the day goes into the stew. No squirrel meat though.- Machining cylinder head for more compression?
Or you could start straight off in #3 hole on the cam sprocket. It advances the valve train components action. Intake valves open sooner as well as exhaust valves. 8 degrees if I remember right. Read it in the Racer Brown article. I lost some top end, maybe 500 rpm but they're street cars. Red light to red light, no top speed racing around here Edit Hole #2 would be better. A happy middle. I've thought about going back one but that's it, just a thought. They pull hard from about 2,000 to 6,000 or a little more. They're loud that high and I live in fairly small town.- Squirrel alert!
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Neck, head who cares. Trump says "they'll follow rules and laws in my administration". Sorry about the crap shot lady but you went there, you got hit. Stay home like I did.- COVID-19
Imaginary assassinations???- COVID-19
vi·car·i·ous /vəˈkerēəs,vīˈkerēəs/ adjective experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person. "I could glean vicarious pleasure from the struggles of my imaginary film friends" Imagination - .01 Ring with Standard Piston
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