[Spridgets] Holy Smokes rebuild

[David Riker]

1380cc engines are notorious for oil consumption and blow by problems.  I 
built one with Total Seal gapless rings and never had any problems with oil 
burning or blow by.  When I finally pulled the engine it was due to piston 
slap.  On teardown, you could see that bore wall flex and piston slap had 
done substantial damage to the bores,  but the rings were still doing their 
job.
 http://www.totalseal.com/

David Riker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Clarici" <spritenut at comcast.net>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 6:34 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Holy Smokes rebuild


> Fr Jack is embarrassed with his smoking Sprite and the complete
> valve/head job did nothing to fix it.
> I am going to rebuild that dead 1098 on my garage floor. The oil pan is
> extremely rusty, like I give it a few months and it will
> spring a leak or 2.
> I have an oil pan from a 948, is this the same?
> I know 1275s used a different pan, and this 1098 is a 2" main block. So
> do  use a 1275, 948 or some weird unique oil pan?
> I don't have any 1275 oil pans. Or worst case, are the pans from a 10CG
> and a 10CC engine the same? I can always pull the pan off the engine
> that is in the Holy Sprite when swap day comes around. I just don't want
> to use the one from the garage floor with it's flaking rust chunks on
> the bottom.
> //
>
> -- 
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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