[Fot] GT6 Crankshaft

[TR4 Tony]

Brilliant !

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> On 11 Nov 2013, at 22:55, John Hasty <jhhasty at gdhs.com> wrote:
>
> No mas pantalonies!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 11, 2013, at 5:09 PM, "Barr, Scott" <sbarr at McCarty-Law.com> wrote:
>>
>> << I don't want to beat you >>
>>
>> Someone's pants are on fire  ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf
>> Of Jeff Clark
>> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 4:03 PM
>> To: sjanzen at me.com
>> Cc: fot at autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 Crankshaft
>>
>> Thanks Scott and I don't want to beat you but I sure would like to race
> with
>> you, next year Watkind Glen is a strong possibility  Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 Crankshaft
>> From: sjanzen at me.com
>> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:02:10 -0500
>> CC: fot at autox.team.net
>> To: jsclark at live.ca
>>
>> So, you want me to tell you what's in my car so you can come out and beat
> me
>> next time?
>>
>>
>> Carillo rods
>> Venolia pistons
>> stock crank, balanced with all rotating assemblies and nitrided stock
block
>> and main bearing caps external oiling system to each main bearing a la
> Steve
>> Smith and others, but none of the extra drilling of the crank oil
passages.
>> TR6 oil pump, stock.
>> Aluminum flywheel with steel wear surface sourced from TSI years ago, with
>> steel inserts added at the bolt holes.  crank and flywheel drilled for an
>> extra dowel pin.
>> 12:1 compression (not much head left to machine) Valves and cam from
> Wishbone
>> Classics- Valves have a very slender profile for good flow.
>> Hardened seats, bronze guides, ported head (Wishbone Classics) Crank
> balancer
>> - supposedly adapted from a Ford 6 cylinder truck damper by one of the
> major
>> damper companies - I have the shop drawing somewhere if you want it.
>>
>>
>> Revs freely to 7,000 and beyond.  I take it there pretty much every shift,
>> every lap.
>> Dyno claims 178 HP - not sure I believe the dyno, but it's probably close,
>> though it's a pretty steep slope on the chart to get there, i.e., a lot
> less
>> power at 4,000 rpm.
>> I'm generally at 60-70 PSI oil pressure at speed and 40 at idle, hot.
Keep
>> the bearing clearances tight.
>>
>>
>> If you do all this you need to give up on the stock pressure plate and
most
>> importantly on the stock transmission.  TR6 trans conversion has been
> trouble
>> free for me.
>>
>>
>> Lastly, this is probably a good time to upgrade the ignition, if you
> haven't
>> already - I like the Advanced Distributor stuff.
>>
>>
>> If you want to make an extra set of the rear hub bits I might be
> interested,
>> and there's a guy who broke both of his (stock) hubs at Watkins Glen this
> fall
>> who definitely will be.
>>
>>
>> You should get Kas' (3rd?) book, which has as the last chapter a full
> write-up
>> on the development of Chuck Gee's car.  Some good info there.
>>
>>
>> Have fun this winter!  I guess I better work on some new headers this
> winter
>> and a few other things to up my game for next year.  See you at the track
-
>> rematch at Watkins Glen?
>>
>>
>> Scott Janzen
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 11, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Jeff Clark wrote:
>> This question is for the the Gt6 crowd .We have decided that after Road
>> America and seeing what a Gt6 race car is capable of this winter along
with
>> rebuilding the rear hubs using Datsun bits we are going to build another
>> engine. What is eveyone using for the bottem end ,pistons,rods
>> crank,flywheel?
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