Based on the past, I think the likelihood of a "flavor of the month" problem for roadsters is minimal. I believe that would be "wishful paranoia". There are only so many to "buy up" anyway. I think t
The other good reason is if you have a head which has a lot money in it, but has been cut significantly. In that case, flat tops will work pretty well without hitting the head. Jim
Just thought I would pass on a recent experience with a local machine shop. Building a stroker r20 for a customer. I had my shop (used them for 20 years, literally) do all the hard stuff on the head.
After Bob ran they did choke the snot out of the carbs since it was somewhat upsetting to the SCCA to have a beat up old Datsun wipe the Nationals! That rendered the 2000 pretty much noncompetitive f
Mike Young and I had some crazy bet going and the loser was going to have to build a U-16 engine!!???!! (It would be tough since the R-16 crank is quite a bit shorter! ;-0...)
Bob is QUITE a character. Both he and his wife Terry (another piece of work) raced the roadster. Then they got into Z's. Last I heard they had bought a Winston Cup car, but that goes back a while. Ty
In the last (winning) years, Bob spent all his time running his company (made clothing on contract) and paid to have the car built/maintained. He provided the money and just showed up to drive. The k
Ronnie is dead on. If you don't see the reason for forged pistons, an O-ringed block, blueprinted lower end, and a precise timing and fuel control system, this is not a project for you. I would sugge
I would talk to Pertronix then, they will make good on them. Were you triggering a coil directly? That should work OK unless the coil has too low of an impedance. The preferred way is to trigger a MS
...... so EFI would be the way for me. And don't worry No, don't do it with stock pistons. They crack under regular street use. A bit of detonation under boost and you will have a Victor motor. (The
In general I would agree that for typical street use o-ringing is not desirable and forged pistons are not required. However, to make the kind of HP gains that would begin to justify the cost of eith
The unit was designed to switch the coil directly, and yes, triggering the MSD would be a walk in the park electrically (compared to collapsing the coil), so it should hold up really well with the MS
17 lbs boost?, on pump gas?, w/o EFI?, w/o a Spark Computer & detonation sensing? oem pistons? All I can say is you must be much better at this than the rest of us. Jim
I think that would be a tough one Gordon, the 4 speed bell housing is part of the 4-speed case itself. It doesn't come off. If Barrie does have 3/8-24's on a 5-speed, I thing somebody helicoiled, kee
Mike, I never suggested that you didn't have a turbo roadster. There are lots of cobbled together turbo rigs on lots of cars out there, why not on a roadster? I wouldn't even doubt it would outrun a
Of course, and that is exactly why that stuff was invented. So that a turbo, street driven engine could make power, on cheap gas, for everyday driving without blowing itself all over the parking lot