In a message dated 97-12-02 01:28:31 EST, darby@tri-lakes.net writes:
> This reminds me of a happening at a NASCAR event last summer. According to
> an ESPN report, officials had so and so's engine pulled down immediately
> after a race and found the cylinder bore to be over the limit. Reportedly,
> the driver's pit chief asked for a re-measurement after the engine cooled
> down a bit, and guess what? The bore was in spec and was declared legal
> after all.
Thanks for that input, David. I believe that confirms my experimental data.
Cold holes are small holes, and conversley, hot holes are big holes! When
material shrinks due to cold, holes in the material shrink also.
Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN
'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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