<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10123" dir="ltr">Amazing detailed report...I better pull my trailer out and buy it some new tires.</div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10126"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10125"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10124"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10205"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10127"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10202"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10201">From:</span></b> Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr@teampanteraracing.com><br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10204"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10203">To:</span></b> "tpr@teampanteraracing.com" <tpr@teampanteraracing.com> <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10200"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10199">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:45 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [TPR] Asa's progress 2015 08 26<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10128"><br>Good night in the garage. After getting home and some dinner, I spent a <br>little time on the Internet looking up spark plug photos and doing more <br>reading. After a careful scrutiny and some soul searching, I decided <br>NOT to go with the colder plugs. I haven't added -that- much horsepower <br>and what is there only gets used during this race for the most part. <br>The rest of the time is doing high spirited runs between here and work <br>and back and the occasional car show. The plugs had a good coloration <br>that indicated they were in the proper temp range.<br><br>So, with that in mind I hit the garage.<br><br>I was worried about that #5 valve being tight, so I put my 45 degree <br>angle mirror on the borescope and peeked at the valve faces. I suddenly <br>had a concern that the valve was sinking into the seat, or stretching or <br>something else -bad-. I didn't see anything bad, in fact the valve <br>faces appeared quite clean with only a very light gray layer of carbon. <br>With that worry out of the way I hooked up the remote start switch.<br><br>I'm glad I checked the rockers while turning over the engine. That #5 <br>intake suddenly was really loose. I have no idea why it seemed tight <br>when I did the valve check but now it was obviously loose, so I put the <br>crank back in proper position and adjusted it. Now it all seems fine. <br>I'll just thank God right now for his help and grace to make sure I was <br>okay.<br><br>Compression check on all cylinders showed about 130 on first crank and <br>about 180-200 max after five cycles. This was with the ignition <br>disconnected, and both the primary and secondary throttle plates blocked <br>open for maximum airflow. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.<br><br>With the top end inspected and adjusted, I put the valve covers back on.<br><br>DID I Mention!? When I first built this engine I used Form-A-Gasket 2B <br>on the head side of the valve cover gaskets. On the valve cover side I <br>only used Vaseline Petroleum Jelly. I also used a stud kit which made <br>placing both the gasket and the cover sooo much easier. Having the ARP <br>studs really makes getting the nuts on easier too, since they have a <br>kind of bullet nose that lets the nut slip on and then engage the <br>threads. Easy-peasy. All I had to do was wipe down the valve cover <br>side of the gasket, wipe down the valve cover, apply a new coat of <br>Vaseline and install the cover. Done. That was so much easier than <br>fighting with gaskets.<br><br>I used a crap-load of anti-seize on the spark plug threads. Well, maybe <br>not -that- much but I definitely should remember that I put it on the <br>next time I take them out. Snugged up the plugs and then put the new <br>rotor, cap and wires on. I still need a new coil to cap wire... darn <br>thing is kind of long.<br><br>After putting the air cleaner back on and reconnecting the ignition, I <br>tried her out. She fired right up so it doesn't appear as though I <br>broke anything. Another quick Thank you God moment.<br><br>Next is a tune, carb and timing adjust, warm up the ZF, drain the <br>transaxle, refill and then just get the new tires mounted.<br><br>Man, I'm almost there. This nearly nightly work on the car is getting <br>old quick. Hopefully I'll be done this weekend and have a couple of <br>weeks to relax... except I need to make sure the truck is ready to tow it.<br><sigh><br><br>:)<br>Asa Jay<br><br>-- <br>Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired<br>& Shelley Marie<br>Spokane, WA<br>******************************<br><a href="http://www.racingagainstautism.com/" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440685373617_10177">http://www.racingagainstautism.com</a><br><a href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/" target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com</a><br><a href="http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>TPR mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com" href="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a><br><a href="http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com" target="_blank">http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>