Al Liest built a few 360 Sprint motors with Carrillo look alike rods. Many
failures. I took one in to UALs NDT facility and had it X-rayed and sonic
tested. Showed a good sized void in the beam. Al went back to Carrillo's.
Rich Fox
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 02:59 AM
Subject: Re: Mule motor parts...
> Are you sure the rods are Carrillo or just look like them vastly different
deal.
> Some companies are having Carrillo look alikes made in the orient..
> What type of cam ? solid ,hydrulic or roller..
> What is the valve spring tension vs rpm from the data logger..
> What do you mean by the lifter bottom being punched out..
> Dave
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
> >
> > The last thing that might help us solve this mystery is that the push
rods
> > are straight as an arrow.... but Many of the lifter have the bottoms
punched
> > out of them..... so I suppose it's possible that a lifter failed and
stuck
> > the cam..... From initial inspection it's hard to see but it looks
like
> > only 3 of the valves actually hit a piston when the cam quit moving....
> >
> > Keith
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