The TR4 does feed two rods from the center main and the first press in cam
bearing.
Didn't some Spitfire racers drill the crank to connect #1 to 2 and # 4 to 3?
I seem
to remember this being done in the past and I think it helped. Any old
Spitfire racers
out there?
Dean Tetterton
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From: <Gt6steve@aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:26 AM
Subject: TR4 puzzler - oil system
> I may be showing my ignorance here but does the TR4 have three mains like
the
> Spits? # 1 main feeds #1 rod. #2 main feeds two rods, 2& 3 and rear main
> feeds #4 rod and cam? So the center main feeds two rods while the outers
only
> feed one? Or am I all wet?
>
> Steve, who's not real clever on oiling lately...
>
> It seems that when a rod fails, it is mostly #2 and / or #3.
>
> What puzzles me about this is that I would think it would be #1, but that
> seldom happens. Why would I think this?
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> I may be showing my ignorance here but does the TR4 have three mains like
the
> Spits? # 1 main feeds #1 rod. #2 main feeds two rods, 2& 3 and rear main
> feeds #4 rod and cam? So the center main feeds two rods while the outers
only
> feed one? Or am I all wet?
>
> Steve, who's not real clever on oiling lately...
>
> It seems that when a rod fails, it is mostly #2 and / or #3.
>
> What puzzles me about this is that I would think it would be #1, but that
> seldom happens. Why would I think this?
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