SAY THERE DOUG and DICK: you can sure bet that DOUG th' MUG from da' east
(NY) has been "listenin' in" to your conversations 'bout flattys and
clutches....am hangin' on every word an' soakin' like a sponge. Thanks a
Lot for all the shared knowledge fellers!
Ain't this list great folks ????
-Hot Rodz Forever, DOUG ...Gone to a big end of the
year "stock car" swap meet in eastern NY ta' see what "treasures" lie there.
...mebbe even some ol' "Obsolete" Flattmotor parts if wer'e really
lucky!
>From: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
>Reply-To: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
>To: lsr_man@yahoo.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Clutches
>Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 15:22:10 EST
>
>In a message dated 11/05/1999 11:24:58 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>lsr_man@yahoo.com writes:
>
><< Subj: Re: Clutches
> Date: 11/05/1999 11:24:58 AM Pacific Standard Time
> From: lsr_man@yahoo.com (Dick Jurkowski)
> To: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
>
> From what I could see, it looks like the flywheel
> has two distinct sets of holes for mounting the
> pressure plate, and one circle seems to be just
> about 1" smaller than the other. The old truck
> motor I have sitting on the ground next to the
> rod is from a 4 speed 3/4 ton truck and has an
> 11" clutch. I'll pull it off tonight and see if
> it fits in before I go out and buy anything. If
> it's too big to install with the pan on, I may
> just buy a 10".
>
>#Dick,
> Be VERY careful about what clutch you select. I worry about
>garden-variety aftermarket clutches exploding when you disengage the clutch
>to shift at high RPM's. I had a couple of used aluminum clutches sometime
>back, including an 11" Schiefer(sp), but sold them.#
>
> This motor is all New/Old in the strictest since
> of the word. I bought the motor from a friend of
> mine named Jess Harwood who runs a small hot rod
> shop back on the edge of the Ozarks. He got the
> motor from the widow of a friend of his who ran
> an Arkansas speed shop since before WWII, and was
> somewhat of a legend back in the
> Arkansas/Missouri/Oklahoma Ozarks (probably
> building moonshine cars). His friend built the
> motor to be the "ultimate" flattie back in the
> '50s, then used it as a display item in his
> office. It had never been run. When Jess got it,
> he pulled the heads, and dropped the pan to check
> everything out. He said it had an Isky cam but
> didn't know the grind. He measured the bore and
> stroke and determined that it was a 3 3/8 X 4 =
> 286 CID. He commented that it had one of the
> best porting and relieving jobs he had ever seen.
> Its running 3/2s on an Isky manifold and Evans
> heads. Jess buttoned the motor back up and test
> ran it on the stand - that's when he called me.
> When I heard it run, I bought it on the spot.
>
>#Sounds OK to run as-is. It would be nice to put a few street miles on it
>before you lean-on-it.#
>
>I plan on breaking it in slowly at the local drag
> strip (read slow shifting and easy on the clutch
> and red-line), then taking it to Maxton. I'm
> bolting it into a 2x4 custom made frame with
> solid bolted front I-Beam from a 49 Ford P/U, and
> solid bolted Chevy Camaro 10 bolt with 3.08:1s
> and posi. The body is (apparently) a 1923 Dodge
> roadster. My plan is to run 26.5 tall H-rated
> street tires on the back. The computer says it
> should be a fun ride. I'm still looking for a
> good cage for it, and plan on using a ballistic
> blanket around the bell housing - unless you can
> give me better guidance on that.
>
>#Check the SCTA rulebook regards using a ballistic(sp) blanket vs a steel
>scatter shield#
>
>I've constructed the front and rear (lack of)
> suspension so that if I decide I want springs at
> either or both ends after I try it, everything is
> bolted and is lined up right where I can make an
> easy conversion. The wheelbase is a little
> shorter than i'd really like, at 98.5", but that
> was the frame I had to work with and I didn't
> have the $$$ to just go out and start fresh. If
> the mechanicals prove to have potential, I may
> put together a longer wheel base frame for the
> next season. Any guidance will certainly be
> appreciated.
>
>#Sounds like fun, keep the group posted.#.................Ardun Doug King
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