Getting ready to build and thought I would check to see if someone had a decent 1600 gathering dust first. Also will need an alloy or light steel flywheel for...
A friend is putting together a 1750. He has had problems with the valves hitting the pistons. It has oversize valves, 10548 Euro Cams and new AE / Borgo ...
As Curtis said not enuf at all. .115 on the intake side indicates that if the cam is timed where he wants it that too much is taken off the piston if high ...
With my intakes set at 060-070" I "see" the outline of the valve on the piston when I take the head off. Must be getting very close. My exhaust valves are ...
The zip tie thing was a trick that I learned from a previous engine builder. It works very well as a plasti-gauge if you use a zip tie that's thicker than...
Steve Schwitters showed me a similar trick that I used just last night. If you get some really soft solder (lead?) and fish it in like the zip tie you can...
In a message dated 10/6/2006 12:11:33 AM Central Standard Time, cwood13@... writes: Steve Schwitters showed me a similar trick that I used just last night....
Anyone have any experience with the bushings that Tom Zat had that were aluminum, eccentric. Not certain if front or rear...please share, thanks, Steve...
What are the best choices and does anyone have a lightly used set they would be willing to sell me ? I have decided to convert my normal to an abnormale so the...
Steve, usually the word eccentric is applied to Tom Zat himself, not to his products! But all kidding aside, I'm not sure what the purpose of the eccentric...
Steve & Erik, Are you sure the aluminum bushing goes in the trailing arm? On the early chassis cars that I've been involved in the trailing arms have right and...
Wes, the stock 750/101/105/115 cars all have bushings at the front and rear of the trailing arm. The bushings have enough compliance to permit the required...
If anyone is interested, I just listed some 15x7 race wheels on ebay. They are Jongbloed 3-piece wheels with about 34mm offset. I bought them used from...
Thanks for the laugh! It would take Zat to invent something to "fix" something as screwed up as different wheelbase measurements, left to right! LOL! Steven,...
... right! ... There were a set on ebay. didn't look like they had enough compliance. No, I didn't buy em. I worked out a design with sperical bearings for...
Steve: You're right, they don't have enough compliance, AMHIK, learned that lesson long ago, that's why I had a set to photograph & post :-) Alan Ward makes a...
Many of you know my brother Curtis races a G-Production 1300 Giulietta. I'm writing on his behalf because he is on his way to Topeka for the SCCA Runoffs....
What about the oil pump itself? ... From: genericwood To: alfaracing@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:11 PM Subject: [Alfa Racing]: Urgent Oil...
With a dry sump? ________________________________ From: alfaracing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:alfaracing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Cudahy Sent: Monday,...
It is certainly possible that the dry sump pump itself is defective. We don't have another one like it to check. Curtis already "shimmed up" the regulator to...
Your dry sump pump should be pulling some serious vacuum in the oil pan area, leading up to that oil filter fitting. On the other oil inlet side of that...
Ahhh, *that* pump.. bs ________________________________ From: alfaracing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:alfaracing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Cudahy Sent:...
Did curtis limit the oil supply to the cam towers?? Spec for cam/carrier clearance is .0008 to .0029 (.0015 is plenty) Easy enough to see if there is...
Good question Richard. I asked Curtis if the head oil flow was restricted, and he wasn't 100% sure. But he is going to check with the guy who put the head on...
Here`s another thought. Before you pull anything apart, cleanout all the existing oil & replace with a pure synthetic RACING oil. Not Mobile or any with ...
Erik & Curtis: Sorry to weigh in late on a time sensitive issue. Years ago (Sebring '69) we were wrestling with a similar problem with a Lazenby dry sump pump....
Richard (aka Alfar7) nailed the issue with the oil pressure problem. I talked to Curtis on the phone this afternoon. Two of the cam tolerances on the exhaust...
