Will you be around Motor City on October 14 or 15, Maguire?
It would be nice to catch up as I head through there...
far as I know I will be, but I am seldom scheduled firmly that far in advance. Let's touch base as time nears.
Posted 10 September 2012 - 13:45
Will you be around Motor City on October 14 or 15, Maguire?
It would be nice to catch up as I head through there...
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 19:22
The "internals" are full size? How can this be?
Posted 16 September 2012 - 01:35
It's only the castings that are 1:3, all the internals are full size, hence the lovely sound.
Posted 16 September 2012 - 08:13
Posted 16 September 2012 - 08:38
Neither do I.Somehow I don't think so.
Posted 16 September 2012 - 09:12
Somehow I don't think so.
Posted 16 September 2012 - 09:20
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Posted 17 September 2012 - 03:02
And a lot of modern engines strike water at 30 thou, not 300+ thou!! Probably why they are LOT lighter than the old sidevalve.Trouble was a lot of blocks would "fall through" before you got to 3 3/8"
I had no problems with a "99" block - maybe they were thicker in the walls than some of the later blocks
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Posted 20 September 2012 - 08:43
Yes I think we have had this discussion before. I have found imported blocks are far less rusty than our home grown.Far too many are very rusty. Though using Nascar blocks in Muscle Car is more for horsepower than getting blocks. Nascar blocks are stronger though generally no thicker. in fact often lighter.Or at least a Chev is.Yep...
That's why the Biante Series cars were allowed to run NASCAR blocks... they couldn't find a block they could bore safely.
Also, for older engines, I believe the more temperate climate in Australia has left a lot of iron-headed engines thinner in the bores over the years. Whereas in America and Europe the use of anti-freeze (with its attendant anti-corrosive properties) was commonplace, here your old Dodge truck got tap water - on a good day. Dam water otherwise.
Posted 06 November 2012 - 11:36
Edited by Magoo, 07 November 2012 - 00:44.
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Posted 12 November 2012 - 02:35
At most two SAE papers a year. The Japanese occasionally get into it in a big way.Sounds surprisingly like a full scale engine. I expected a higher pitched less throaty sound but really why should I have? I wonder how much research has gone into studying the acoustic properties of engines from an aesthetic rather than a strictly noise reduction standpoint? Seems to me like something Americans would do for some reason.
Posted 12 November 2012 - 03:15
Posted 12 November 2012 - 05:07
Indeed. Camry has a mufffler bypass valve as well!
Posted 12 November 2012 - 05:35
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Edited by Tony Matthews, 12 November 2012 - 07:57.
Posted 12 November 2012 - 12:25
Funny isn't it that cars and motorcycles sounded better before all this marketing department inauthenticity?
Posted 17 March 2013 - 21:28