Leave it to Ted Schumacher to come up with, "A Better Idea". Good Work,
Ted, now everybody can steal your idea. Did you patent the process?
This could start another round of "Litigation Messages"
Joe
Ted Schumacher wrote:
> joe, i think everyone is missing the point. if the engine is rebuilt
> correctly with the end float tolerance at the tight end (.004") it won't
> make a lot of difference. the engine does turn over easier with the
> clutch in since it takes lass effort to overcome the clutch drag than it
> does to oevercome the drag from the 90 weight gear oil. the secret to
> the thrust washer problem on this engine family - which also includes
> tr6 - is to pin the thrust washers to the block. this is done with
> brass pins - we use .100" diameter brass rod - and drill through the t/w
> into the block. since the brass is softer than the t/w material, as the
> surface startws towear. the brass does not hurt the thrust surface of
> the crank. some extra work, but our engines, both street and race,
> don't lose t/w's. ted
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> Ted Schumacher
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