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Offline John Burk

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Re: Lakester sees the light of day
« Reply #45 on: August 18, 2015, 04:39:17 PM »
Bearingburner
A good way to line up the engine with the rear is a piece of 1.5" dia. cold rolled bar and accurately machined "washers" that just slide on the bar and just fit the pinion bearing bores and front and rear main bores . If the bar rotates within the washers with the rear and block bolted in place you're perfect .

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Re: Lakester sees the light of day
« Reply #46 on: August 18, 2015, 07:30:49 PM »
I have similar thing that I bolt in the main brg caps-- that aligns the rear
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

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Re: Lakester sees the light of day
« Reply #47 on: October 04, 2015, 10:46:43 PM »
We have been slowly working on the car. Have neatened up wiring, installed belts and seat.

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Re: Lakester sees the light of day
« Reply #48 on: October 28, 2016, 06:04:13 PM »
Got to driver the lakester Sunday after 16 years of building. Took it to a section of abandoned highway . It started drove(30MPH) shifted and most importantly stopped. The weather was cold and very windy with a coating of snow on the grass.

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Re: Lakester sees the light of day
« Reply #49 on: October 28, 2016, 06:19:00 PM »
 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

We are going to explore the racing N words NITROUS & NITRO!

Offline Jack Gifford

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Re: Lakester sees the light of day
« Reply #50 on: October 29, 2016, 02:08:35 AM »
Congratulations!
Will it be F/BFL as it's lettered? What's the engine- one you've run before? What overall gearing will you start with?
The engine I'm building will put my lakester in F/BF. Hopefully we'll meet at a race someday!
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F/BFL 1-mile Loring record 2020

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Re: Lakester sees the light of day
« Reply #51 on: October 29, 2016, 12:10:39 PM »
Turbo T-Bird 2.3 I believe!
Good to see you guys are ready to turn some wheels. 8-) :cheers: :cheers:
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Re: Lakester sees the light of day
« Reply #52 on: October 29, 2016, 12:58:13 PM »
Great work guys. 16 years and i'm bitching over 2!!!!!. :oops:
Wish the team all the best. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Mike.