JC are you happy with or not???
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Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: "J.C. Hassall" <jhassall@blacksburg.net>
To: "FoT" <fot@autox.team.net>; "TR List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 11:46 AM
Subject: [Fot] '64 TR4 - it lives!
> I'm pleased to announce that after almost 14 years of silence, my TR4
> engine has once again found its voice, and sweeeeeet it is! At about
> 2230 3 JUL (we have very forgiving neighbors) it barked to life (tubular
> headers, no muffler yet) on the first crank. A *huge* "thanks" goes to
> Dale Osterndorf, my buddy and owner of a show-winning TR6, for helping
> out and keeping me sane as the preparations neared completion. The
> first run only lasted about 5 minutes due to a lean condition - the
> headers glowed red. On 4 JUL we covered about 30% of the Weber throats
> to richen the mixture and ran in the Isky 777 cam for 15 minutes. I
> kept a room fan blowing on the headers the whole time just to be sure.
>
> Engine prep: re-profiled, ported and CCd the head (all chambers +/- 0.2
> cc), 10:1 CR, port-matched the tubular header, 5 angle valve job, all
> seats hardened and blended into ports. Unshrouded the intake valves and
> cut matching "eyebrows" in the sleeves (as an aside, I cut the head
> 3/16" from the intake valve lip, which caused head gasket sealing
> problems); Jack Drews' custom head gasket saved the day. Intake ports
> enlarged to match Canon manifolds. Weber 40 DCOE carbs with custom
> throttle linkage. Rods lightened, balanced dead nuts, magged and shot
> peened. ARP rod and head bolts. All pistons balanced dead nuts. All
> rotating components balanced as an assembly (had it not been for the
> "racket" and heat, you wouldn't have known the engine was running - it
> was rock solid steady!), Aluminum flywheel with 6 ARP bolts. Lip-type
> rear seal. Alternator, extensive use of extra fuses, Crane XR3000
> ignition with Pertronix PS60 coil, Magnecor wires, NGK plugs.
> Clearanced the oil pump (had 50 PSI using a drill to pre-oil the engine,
> 100 PSI cold, 70 hot). Competition push rods, lightened and balanced
> tappets. 0.062 shims under the rocker pedestals to maintain geometry,
> radiused rocker arms. Justin Wagner silcone valve cover gasket.
>
> I'm sure there's more stuff, but this list is long enough. This car
> will be about as close to my old DP car as I can get and still be street
> legal / driveable. The rest of the drive train and the suspenders have
> been heavily modified as well, but that's for another email.
>
> Yahoo!
> --
> J.C. Hassall
> Blacksburg VA
> 64 TR4 in autox preparation
> 95% finished, 90% to go
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