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From: "Greg Solow" <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:17:23 PM
Subject: Fw: [Fot] Never be beaten by equipment
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From: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
To: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>; "Friends of Triumph"
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Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:43 AM
Subject: Fw: [Fot] Never be beaten by equipment
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> From: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
> To: "Robert Blake" <rblake36@yahoo.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 12:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Never be beaten by equipment
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>> Piston scuffing can be caused by lack of lubrication on the cylinder
>> walls, especially at low rpm when using "steel" billet connecting rods
>> that do not have any provision for oiling the cylinder walls at low rpm,
>> as do the stock rods. We have seen this happen in 3 consecutive rebuilds
>> of the same engine with 3 different makes of pistons, even with "coated"
>> piston skirts. The fix was to modify the rods to squirt oil onto the
>> cylinder walls each revolution of the engine.
>>
>> Greg Solow
>>
>> The Engine Room
>>
>> Santa Cruz, Ca.
>>
>> 831 429-1800
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