<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I know you are not planning to run a WOT orr at Silver State and I don't know either what history your engine has but a set of rings as suggested by others (Russ, JB, and Dave) seem like a good suggestion.</span></div><div><span>Lots of 'unknowns' here. Just saying.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Dawg</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Asa Jay Laughton <asajay@asajay.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> tpr@teampanteraracing.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 5, 2012 11:45
AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [TPR] Checking the specs,Asa's current Mach I engine<br> </font> </div> <br>
Honestly Russ... it's been 10 years now. I'm beginning to even wonder <br>if the initial oil -was- non-detergent. I -know- it wasn't synthetic, <br>but that's the extent of what I remember. I probably ran it for about <br>500 miles and then changed the oil to whatever I was using at the <br>time. I think it was an off-the-shelf synthetic blend from Napa. I <br>moved back to Amsoil about five years ago.<br><br>I couldn't tell you what the clearances were, except to say they were <br>within factory specs at the time. If that means low end or high end <br>of the spec, I don't remember and apparently didn't document it either.<br><br>One thing I didn't do when the crank came back, was to make sure it <br>was clean. I made sure the journals were nice and clean but... I <br>didn't run a bore brush through the oil holes in the crank and I'm <br>betting
there was debris in there I didn't know about.<br><br>The carb will be the Holley currently sitting on the Pantera, -not- <br>the Carter AFB that was running extremely rich on the Mach I. The <br>Holley is already tuned pretty well for the Pantera... though I may <br>send it out to be rebuilt to the engine specs I'm putting in. No <br>budget for that currently though.<br><br>The cylinders still show cross-hatching, even so I had planned on <br>borrowing a ball hone to run in the holes prior to assembly. The <br>rings still have gobs of tension. I hate to spend even more money I <br>hadn't budgeted, on rings. What's the downside of using them again? <br>Especially if they didn't seat the first time?<br><br>... and further to that question, what rings would you recommend?<br><br>Thank you,<br>Asa Jay<br><br>Quoting russell fulp <<a
ymailto="mailto:musclebyrussell@hotmail.com" href="mailto:musclebyrussell@hotmail.com">musclebyrussell@hotmail.com</a>>:<br><br>><br>> Asa how long did you run the non- detergent oil for? And what were <br>> your clearences like if you remember. 600 miles should be enough to <br>> seat in the rings. But I would at least run a ball hone in the <br>> cylinders and put new rings in at this point. Also I would lean the <br>> carb down considerably to prevent any fuel wash in the cylinders. <br>> I'm still in thinking mode for the synthetic oil as I don't believe <br>> that unless you have a high grade of synthetic oil does it protect <br>> your engine . As is evident by your pics. That engine looks like it <br>> has 110,000 miles on it not 10,000!<br>><br>> Russ<br>> B.L. Machine & Russ Fulp Race Engines<br>> 1100 E. Orangefair Lane Unit E<br>>
Anaheim, Ca. 92801<br>> 714-870-8570<br>><br>><br><br><br><br>-- <br>Asa Jay Laughton - sent from somewhere other than home<br>******************************************************<br>http://www.racingagainstautism.com<br>http://www.teampanteraracing.com<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>TPR mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com" href="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a><br>http://lists.teampanteraracing.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tpr<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>