[Spridgets] 995 Huffaker race engine question

peter at nosimport.com peter at nosimport.com
Mon Mar 30 20:16:35 MDT 2015


I do, and will be again in a few weeks.

Peter c

On 2015-03-30 19:12, Rick Fisk via Spridgets wrote:
> Don't think anyone is doing the Paul A. kit anymore. Gerard has a very
> nice rear seal kit that actually uses a seal. I haven't tried one, but
> it's supposed to be very good.
> 
> Sent from my keyboard
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> On Mar 30, 2015, at 6:48 PM, Ron Soave via Spridgets
> <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
>> I use the JB Weld fix (Paul A., now Gerard?). 5 years, no leaks.
>> 13:1 cr. It leaked massively before that. Seal fixed the problem in
>> 24 hours.
>> 
>> Ron Soave
>> 
>> On Mar 30, 2015, at 4:27 PM, "bmwwxman . via Spridgets"
>> <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Once more.... There is NO rear mail seal in this engine! It has a
>> scroll seal (unless it has been aftermarket upgraded with either the
>> Mo$$ motors kit or the Mini Mania kit. Both of these kits are
>> relatively new items). Here's a 12 minute video which describes the
>> Mini Mania kit installation and removal of the old scroll seal. It
>> is impossible to install the scroll seal backwards. You are thinking
>> of some other engine.
>> 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnOPAlVDcME [1]
>> 
>> Cheers!!
>> Jim
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:46 PM, WFO Herb via Spridgets
>> <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Sounds like the rear main seal is in 'backwards'.
>> Herb
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:16 AM, lotuspilot--- via Spridgets
>> <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Guys and Gals,
>> 
>> I just rebuilt a Huffaker race engine that had been stored away for
>> decades. I started it after the rebuild and all looked well after I
>> discovered that I had the distributor drive gear in 180 out. That
>> took me a while to figure out until I replaced all of the plug wires
>> 1 went to 4 and 4 went to 1 and 3 to 2 and 2 to 3.
>> 
>> Ok. Here is my real question after running for about 20 minutes with
>> varying engine speed, I noticed that about a quart and a half of oil
>> decided it didn't wish to stay in the engine any longer and was
>> being deposited on the driveway by way of the hole in the bottom of
>> the transmission. What happened here? What should I check?
>> 
>> By the way, the engine is running 11.5 :1 compression and all so
>> high compression. It sounded spectacular. I am dying to drive it
>> once I get you all to give me some idea of what may have happened.
>> 
>> Thanks a bunch for all of your thoughts.
>> 
>> Mike C
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