For all those who do build their own engines..........is there any thing
much more satisfying than hearing that devil start up and run smooth.
Always a great feeling. EVERY TIME. (and sometimes a wonder too)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg "Lunker" Hilyer" <Lunkercars@earthlink.net>
To: "'Friends of Triumph' Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>; "Bill Bartlett"
<BillBartlett@wingnutracing.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] who builds their own engines?
> Gotta' put in my 1.75 cents worth -yeh', I'm that cheap! I too BMO [build
> my own]. Kas of coarse has it dead on and Tony is pretty spot on too.
> Being a car guy I don't do my own dental work and being a perfectionist
> it would take me 100 years to build my own house. On the other hand about
> the only thing I use a torque wrench for is the head because it's
> necessary and the lug nuts because it's convenient.
> My cheapo approach doesn't really involve cutting corners. That's where
> the detail part comes in. As far as I can tell, getting it right the
> first time is the path to cheap. Knowing how I built it and what I expect
> of it dictates how I maintain it. For me, every other year tear-down has
> worked. Each of three times now I've been able to find concerns before
> they became problems.
> One was a very stretched timing chain. Probably explained why I was
> getting astronomical revs but was also about one race from wearing a hole
> thru the cover or worse.
> Another was finding a cracked crank before it came apart [see
> astronomical revs above]. I totally thank cryogenics for that find.- I'm
> cheap but DO want to get it right.
> The third was thrust washers. Improperly installed [by me] or inferior
> material I'll never know, but it was caught in time.
> On the other hand, there was a thread recently about Spridgets. A friend
> of mine [who I can pretty much keep up with or better] has been sending
> his engine back to Speedwell every other race for two seasons now and is
> now ready to go for every four races! If you can afford that, go for it.
> I really only submit this so as not to discourage those those who are on
> the fence as far as BMO. If you THINK you can, with lots of patience and
> attention to detail you can! If you're pretty sure it's not your thing,
> don't. Only hitch is that those who do will always have at least a bit
> more satisfaction - as long as it works. Having said that I will do as
> best I can to avoid The Big One.
> As far as the tally goes Bill, keep in mind that those who follow the BMO
> are probably also the most likely to talk about it. No offense to the
> others but there is a good amount of pride that goes along with BMO.
>
> Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
> TR4 #314
> Albuquerque NM
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