The grease seems to get thin enough when hot and in use... I'd think the oil would tend to leak out much faster? ... -- -STEFAN http://www.at-speed.com...
Ok folks, it was pointed out to me that some use oil instead of the grease that the factory says to use in the distributor drive area of the 2 stroke engine....
not the right time to attempt to "reinvent the wheel". the amount of alleged reduced friction gained is not going to gain you much and after much failure...
... .. I think that their concern was for better lubrication not minor HP gains.. ... Fill through the distributor hole, attach a hose to the vent fitting, no...
True but they put a little extra length of hose on the vent and they install new seal all to prevent the oil form leaking out. I mean transmissions don't use...
... I seem to remember the two-stroke that I had many years ago having a grease fitting in there. Maybe it's a pipe thread plug, and someone replaced it with a...
lester , the problem with using oil of any sort with the saab dist. drive area would be keeping the oil in the drive area! the rotation of the crank will...
... Most of them (on all distributors, not just strokers) are flattened and they're rarely replaced. I've actually seen them in some gasket sets over the...
Lester, As negative as I may have sounded on this matter earlier... I have great respect for the engine builder for that car. If it was his idea to put the...
Hey all - here I sit in South Bend and I find myself in a bit of a dilema. You see when we were planning our move across country (read: My planning) I was...
... I thought I had bookmarked a couple web sites that people had recommended in the past (you could try a search of the vSAAB archives) but can't find them...
Exactly my thoughts, just that I can't leave well enough alone. 2 stroke oil doesn't make sense from a lubrication standpoint as some weight of gear oil would...
... This reminds me of all the recent requests we have had for distributor drive gears. _________________________________ Cheers- William "Chip" Lamb West of...
Lester, I say go ahead and try it, what could go wrong ? I'd think the worst case would be getting it up into the distributor. If it doesn't work out and...
... No, I imagine the reason is that they were never greased. Oil will fling out much faster than grease. But do what you want, I guess we will have more of a...
I just went to our Yahoo groups site and combed around a bit a found I still haven't gotten the answers I was looking for: WHat is the stock spring Rate for a...
may i venture you need shocks more than anything? springs do get rusty looking over the time we are looking at , taking into consideration the age and exposure...
i believe bill has a valid point i had overlooked in the possible foaming of the oil. at that point your lubricant becomes invalid causing exactly what you...
the rear springs look spooky.. really spoooky. and though I expect them to not be as pretty as my coilovers on the Audi I think 30 year old springs probobally...
If you are serious about changing the "ride" vis-a-vis replacing your shocks, do see Chip (or Jack Ashcraft) about replacing the original lever-style with real...
... What you need is not "FAQ" but "RTFM"! Info from the factory service manual for 1972-75 models (excluding "certain export markets", hmmm): FRONT (same for...
... Stiffening the suspension will take you down the wrong road then. The stiffer it is the more nervous, twitchy and unstable it becomes. Racecars go stiff...
.. yeah but ALL transmissions use oil NOT grease. We are not talking about a high load here, it's just the distributor and oil pump max load. And it's gear...
Lester, this is not like a tranny. It is a very small and completely closed space designed to be filled with grease to the point of being forced out of the...
... Chuck was looking for a stiffer spring to use on his 93 race car and I looked in a late 96 factory manual and found that there were about six or seven...
... If you're worried about the oil foaming, use a non-detergent oil. That's what MGs used to use in their transmissions ... non-detergent 30-weight. Of course...
Thanks for the input. I have to say that I'm not looking for a race car's suspension. Merely a suspension that is going to keep the car from wallowing around...
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