Yeah, but on your Bugeye, what did you do? You built a 948. Other guys just
say f it,and use that as an excuse to go 1275.
There are plenty of 948s out there. They're out there, with folks willing to
give them away.
Also, I've never had a crank that failed magnafluxing. Where did those come
from...Matt?
I've never broken a crank or have a rod failure in a 948 race motor. I've
never had a billet crank, or Carillo rods. I've always used a strapped
center main. I've always made sure the cranks were ground correctly, and
plastigauged them when they went together.
I did have one crank (all mine are nitrided) have the restrictors back out
and score a bearing (after 5 hard seasons). I've had pistons start to melt
down, most likely due to lean or timing issue, but the bottom end has been
fine. I've had a scored cylinder wall when the motor ate something on the
track. My last race motor in Redrum had a spiral lock walk out on the
Venolia piston, and bugger up the piston & score the wall. (I'd pulled it
apart to inspect the bearings after 4 years).
You have to accept that some guys just want to go faster, and use a bunch of
excuses to run the faster 1275 motor. I'm sure some will wisely seek out a
square body so they're not illegal, and can run a 1275 all day without any
sanctions or class bumping.
Is a 1275 nearly stock motor cheaper than a race 948? Sure... but as soon as
you get into a race head, anything other than stock pistons, the costs of a
race 948 and a race 1275 are pretty close to equal.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bud Pazur [mailto:bpazur@excel.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 1:57 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Distributor Choice
WST wrote:
so any claims of blocks or cranks as
impossible to find is total bullsh*t.
I didn't say impossible, I said harder to find. All I know is that Norm
magnafluxed 4 cranks I brought him before he found one he would put in my
new
race 948.
Bud Pazur
'60 Bugeye - Street Car - 1275cc - 'Whitey'
Race Bugeye - 948cc - 'Redd'
Race Spridget - 1275cc - 'SilverStreak'
"The Buddha ... resides as comfortably in the gears of a ...transmission as
he does in the petals of a flower."
- Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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