[Fot] Fw: building a new engine

[Bobby Whitehead]

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From: Bobby Whitehead <igofaster at att.net>
To: FoT Triumph <fot-request at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thu, November 19, 2009 7:47:18 AM
Subject: building a new engine


After another season on my GT6 I'm considering building another, or spare, racing engine for the GT6. I would say I'm rather a novice at all of the ends and outs as I know a lot of you guys and gals can talk clearances and setups in your sleep.
I have one of Kastner's books on engine preparation (the little red book) and I've read it back and forth dozens of times in the last twenty years. However, with such a build idea from the past with relations to current ideas like forged pistons, Carillo rods, ceramic coatings and the such... I'm wondering, should I spring for some of the high end stuff like pistons and rods, or would I be better off sticking to the old school methods and going forward.
Kas obviously built some of the best stuff for the time in his era, but I know a couple of fast guys in small cars are doing some high end stuff now days and it shows at the race track.
My little GT6+ has had no engine issues although my MSD died at the track this month. I was smart enough to know I'd seen someone else loose one at a meet and had a spare in my trailer, which kept me racing this past weekend. All is well with the GT6 engine, it's just starting to show a little less oil pressure. I think I've got another season on it, I hope. 
thanks FoT for the forum, 
Bobby Whitehead
DP CVAR GT6+