Torque plates are like lawyers and nuclear weapons. If you've got one, your
constantly tempted to use it.
They're a race engine prep tool for building engines that don't have time to
wear in. the purpose is lowest possible friction and best ring seat right
from the first revolution. No one bothers with that for a street engine or a
lightly prepped pseudoracing motor (some people really race in vintage, and
prep their motors just like they were headed for Le Mans, others are really
doing the 8/10ths thing). You can get away without it for club racing. But
if you were building a serious race motor and didn't do it, it would mean
you hadn't learned the lesson that when you "get away" with shortcuts in
racing it means you live most of the time in mid pack.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net
To: fot@autox.team.net
Sent: 2/24/2004 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: What's a Torque Plate?
I was concerned about cyls #1 and #6, so asked Wally Hicks if I should
use a
torque plate on my TR6. He did not seem to think I would need it with
the
moderate engine (CR 10.5:1) I am building.
Shane Ingate, Circle-B'd in Maryland
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