I went on a fun run on New Years day and had to climb from an
altitude of 1452 asl to over 3500 ft asl on a steep grade. Two problems
arose. One may be caused by the size of my engine in the Bugeye and the
other by a shortcut during the engine rebuild. First, I had a He** of a
time keeping up with the other cars on the grade up, even the Minis. I
had to pull over to let most of the pack pass me. I am sure that 948
CCs was the major cause of this, but should I have adjusted the carbs
and if I did, should I have leaned them out or richened them?
Second, oil was all over the top of the engine around the valve
cover and I have determined this to be due to the fact that I installed
used pressed steel rockers on a new hardened shaft. Of course the
bushings in the rockers were out of round from prior use, but David
Anton did a casual inspection of the rocker assembly and said it should
be O.K., so I installed them. Someone behind me also said I was blowing
blue smoke between shifts which is probably another by-product of this.
I think the oil, when sufficiently warmed up, comes out the rocker
bushes at a faster rate than it should causing these problems. There is
no question I need a better rocker to shaft fit, but my question is,
does anyone replace the bushings in the pressed steel rockers?
Mike MacLean-Smoky, Oily 60 Sprite
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