FWIW, this weeks National Dragster has a good article by David Reher on wet sump oil control/bearing issues on deceleration (after a pass).Bob Hollinshead wrote:Mark, what accumulator are you using? Do you use it for prelube too? Is it controlled with a switch?
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Now how much do you think lighting up the pistons will help? Help with shift recovery or just more power all over?
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My first thought is the piston is hyp, any weight I can get out is good for reliability, I do wish I would have gone fordged. I believe a foot brake car leaves harder with a lighter rotating assembly, I have goals and one of them is a 1.2xx 60 foot. Lighter is better......mdabbott2009 wrote:Now how much do you think lighting up the pistons will help? Help with shift recovery or just more power all over?
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Now with this being hypers are they 5/64 or 1/16 rings? Any special hone jobs to help keep rotating friction down?
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5/64 ring grove, round strait hone with clean Sunnen oil, nothing special.mdabbott2009 wrote:Now with this being hypers are they 5/64 or 1/16 rings? Any special hone jobs to help keep rotating friction down?
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280 grit to size, then I go to a 400 grit, delrin shoes, clean the stones, then spray them with super tech carb clean, take two strokes then scotch brite in the hone with very clean sunnen hone oil.wyrmrider wrote:vortec
how about a plateau hone
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Block passed the sonic ck very nicely, cam tunnel will work, block prep then the line hone, the heads.......well thats going to be a restoration.
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I was wondering about that. With getting the hypers lightened, it's getting close what a forged piston like an icon 779 with better ring package would cost.vortecpro wrote:My first thought is the piston is hyp, any weight I can get out is good for reliability, I do wish I would have gone fordged. I believe a foot brake car leaves harder with a lighter rotating assembly, I have goals and one of them is a 1.2xx 60 foot. Lighter is better......mdabbott2009 wrote:Now how much do you think lighting up the pistons will help? Help with shift recovery or just more power all over?
Im sure it will still run good tho...
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Keith you make a good point, and I considered those pistons, but.........how could I run the 1.2 MM ring I want to run?
Anyone have any HP predictions?
Anyone have any HP predictions?
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It won't make anything, if you don't stop posting about it, and finish it. That cam's gonna be an antique by the time you get it running.vortecpro wrote:Keith you make a good point, and I considered those pistons, but.........how could I run the 1.2 MM ring I want to run?
Anyone have any HP predictions?
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Well it's not just me then thinking the same.CamKing wrote:It won't make anything, if you don't stop posting about it, and finish it. That cam's gonna be an antique by the time you get it running.vortecpro wrote:Keith you make a good point, and I considered those pistons, but.........how could I run the 1.2 MM ring I want to run?
Anyone have any HP predictions?
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I thought vortecpro on class racer and camking on here where the same person until this post.