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Re: [Fot] '64 TR4 - it lives!

To: "J.C. Hassall" <jhassall@blacksburg.net>, "FoT"
Subject: Re: [Fot] '64 TR4 - it lives!
From: "Craig" <wensley_Tr@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 07:47:09 -0400
JC are you happy with or not???
Hmm
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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