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thx!
On Apr 26, 2023, at 10:43 AM, Greg Hilyer <lunkercars@yahoo.com> wrote:
Scott,
What I=E2=80=99ve done with Formula Vees is to literally =
=E2=80=9Ckick-start=E2=80=9D the dyno drum - Get two big guy on both =
sides of the car to get the drum rolling with foot power. Just a few MPH =
helps a lot. If need be to get it moving, you can also use the starter =
motor in first gear (ignition off) for the first couple revolutions =
(it=E2=80=99s really not as hard on the starter as it sounds), put the =
clutch in, and let your =E2=80=9Cmules=E2=80=9D kick the best they can.=20=
Sounds hokey but if it works for a 50hp Vee it should help your clutch =
too.
Greg =E2=80=9CLunker=E2=80=9D Hilyer
Albuquerque NM
> On Apr 25, 2023, at 11:52 AM, Scott Janzen via Fot =
<fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> =EF=BB=BFSo, I=E2=80=99m putting together my car with a fresh engine. =
With a new engine, I almost always spend a few hours on a local chassis =
dyno - seat the rings, set the timing, check performance, play with carb =
jets, etc. Way better than showing up at an event with adjustments not =
made or an engine that blows up on the first run.
>=20
> Anyway, I have a new quartermaster 7-1/4=E2=80=9D clutch assembly and =
flywheel that I would like to put in. However, I have to slip the clutch =
a lot to get the chassis dyno spooled up, and if I do 5-10 pulls, =
that=E2=80=99s a lot of clutch slipping. Am I going to toast the new =
little guy?
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> The alternative, which is of course not very attractive, is to put the =
full size flywheel/clutch assembly in, do the dyno runs, then pull =
everything out and swap it. Basically an engine/trans pull, as swapping =
a flywheel with the engine still in the car and the transmission out =
just sounds painful.
>=20
> Thoughts?
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class=3D"">thx!<br class=3D""><div style=3D""><br class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Apr 26, 2023, at 10:43 AM, Greg Hilyer <<a =
href=3D"mailto:lunkercars@yahoo.com"; =
class=3D"">lunkercars@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">Scott,<br class=3D"">What I=E2=80=99ve done with Formula Vees =
is to literally =E2=80=9Ckick-start=E2=80=9D the dyno drum - Get two big =
guy on both sides of the car to get the drum rolling with foot power. =
Just a few MPH helps a lot. If need be to get it moving, you can also =
use the starter motor in first gear (ignition off) for the first couple =
revolutions (it=E2=80=99s really not as hard on the starter as it =
sounds), put the clutch in, and let your =E2=80=9Cmules=E2=80=9D kick =
the best they can. <br class=3D"">Sounds hokey but if it works for a =
50hp Vee it should help your clutch too.<br class=3D"">Greg =E2=80=9CLunke=
r=E2=80=9D Hilyer<br class=3D"">Albuquerque NM<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">On Apr 25, 2023, at =
11:52 AM, Scott Janzen via Fot <<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">=EF=BB=BFSo, I=E2=80=99m putting together my car with a fresh =
engine. With a new engine, I almost always spend a few hours on a =
local chassis dyno - seat the rings, set the timing, check performance, =
play with carb jets, etc. Way better than showing up at an event =
with adjustments not made or an engine that blows up on the first =
run.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Anyway, I have a new quartermaster =
7-1/4=E2=80=9D clutch assembly and flywheel that I would like to put in. =
However, I have to slip the clutch a lot to get the chassis dyno spooled =
up, and if I do 5-10 pulls, that=E2=80=99s a lot of clutch slipping. =
Am I going to toast the new little guy?<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">The alternative, which is of course not very attractive, is =
to put the full size flywheel/clutch assembly in, do the dyno runs, then =
pull everything out and swap it. Basically an engine/trans pull, as =
swapping a flywheel with the engine still in the car and the =
transmission out just sounds painful.<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">Thoughts?<br =
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