small ball syndrome....
how close is your intake from your..........
uh never mind...
yes it looks like it indeed happened a few
duty cycles ago
may have even been a little piece or two
(of some round debris) coming
dislodged from the base of one of the intake guide
holes
Joe
Rick Yacoucci wrote:
>Boy you guys have got me rolling.... thanks for all the good answers
>It looks to me like a small BB but have no idea how it got in there
>I remember one morning I fired the engine and it was running on
>three cylinders I revved it up and it started firing on all four again.
>The funny thing I ran that engine many more times that year at
>El Mirage , World Finals and on the dyno and it still made the same
>power. Go figure I try to smooth all the sharp edges out of the
>chamber in hopes of preventing detonation.
>
>Thanks Rick
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rap.midco.net>
>To: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
>Cc: "Rick Yacoucci" <turborick@TurboRick.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 5:45 PM
>Subject: Re: Look what I found !!!!
>
>
>>yeah, your busted..... cuz that stuff had higher specific
>>gravity than allowed in the gas class
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>Russel Mack wrote:
>>
>>>Rick:
>>>several comments (pick one)
>>>
>>>-- leave it to "tricky Rick" to machine vortex generators into the squish
>>>zones of number 3 cylinder only-- hmmmm. Is that how you compensate for
>>>taking out the balance shaft?
>>>
>>>-- wait-- I see the problem. The pistons are so big there is no room for
>>>cylinder liners!
>>>
>>>-- so that's where that 0.045" stellite checkball went!
>>>
>>>-- despite all the bullet holes, I think you really dodged the bullet
>>>
>this
>
>>>time.
>>>
>>>Russ, #1226B
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
>>>[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Rick Yacoucci
>>>Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 1:17 AM
>>>To: land-speed@autox.team.net
>>>Subject: Look what I found !!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>When I pulled my engine apart out of 988 Neb II
>>>
>>
>>
>
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