Date: 20 Oct 2004 19:17:23 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: The Hinz 99T
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:04:27 GMT, Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote: > in article BD80DB9A.11DBC%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk, Paul Halliday at > pjghnospamyonder.co.uk wrote on 29/09/2004 21:37: > >> Keep us informed of progress - I'll keep an eye on your site. > > Any news? Car, or otherwise! I completely missed your "little one on the > way" comment at the time. Congratulations ... Not long now :) Hi Paul, thanks for asking. The 99T is doing well; I redid the head this weekend. The "misadventures with piston vertical positioning" trick bent the number 2 exhaust valve. Luckily the guy who gave me the most-of-engine for the bottle of scotch gave me a complete (cracked) head and a _box_ of valves. One of 'em was juuuuuuuust right. I may have invented a new way to measure the effective length of a valve, by the way - tapered hole, drop valve into it, measure to end of stem. Repeat with valves from box-o-valves, find one that's 0.001 inches different in protrusion, install, and call it a day. It's a little messier because it was bent, but I spacered it up from tapered hole, perpendicular to the bendage, for both valves so the overall effect is the same. (not sure if this makes sense, but it measured OK when I put the cam follower and shim back in so that's all that counts). So, the head is on, the timing chain tensioner is fine, and tonight it's water pump, starter, and manifolds. Goes back in the car this weekend unless I'm at the hospital for baby reasons. The 9-5, I haven't looked at yet. Probably will try to do it with the engine in the car, unless I need to replace the block which would suck a lot. I need to get the 99 out of the way before I can work on it, though, figuratively and literally. An interesting find was that on the KaBoom engine, the water pump does not turn when I turn the countershaft. Glad that both of those were good in the disassembled short-block I got for that bottle of Scotch... Updates will be updated as updates occur. Dave Hinz
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