[Spridgets] 995 Huffaker race engine question

[CosmicMag1380]

Don't forget that the rings have to seat before they quit leaking pressure
into the crankcase... BTDT! I forgot about that when I rebuilt the engine
for a supercharger and installed it without the break-in time to seat the
rings. Oops. I know the puddle that a Sprite makes.

Kent
1960 Bugeye


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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-- 
Kent
1960 Bugeye
1983 Garage full of spridget parts!
2010 Arrow shed full of excess spridget parts!!!
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