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Offline bvillercr

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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #30 on: July 09, 2007, 01:10:26 AM »
These are the products we used.  On the left is a roof coating that we used as a waterproofer under the two water tanks.  It is also paintable.  When we put ice in our intercooler box it get so cold the condensation settles at the bottom of the floor boards.  We also used the roof coating in the wheel wells over the oil based paint to help keep moisture or salt from getting to the metal.  The roof coating will get another coat of oil base on top of it to give it a better shine for cleaning.



This shows the bottom of where the two tanks sit.  We put silicone in all the places that water might settle.  Just need to put one more coat of oil on it and were done.



Here we cut some steel out to cover the oil galley so we can keep more oil in the lower end of the block.  Used Devcon to adhere to the block.



Putting the crank in and checking clearances.  The red strip is a piece of wax to check how much clearance is between the crank and the bearings. 



Hammering down the caps.  Had to double check one bearing clearance because we thought we might of hit the cap too hard and squished the wax before we torqued it.



Our gage for measuring clearances.





checking end play of the crank.



Crank is set and in for good.



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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #31 on: July 09, 2007, 04:18:41 AM »
Nice work. Thanks for all the photos, you will be the inspiration for alot of people :-D
John Gowetski, red hat @ 221.183 MPH MSA Lakester, Bockscar #1000 60 ci normally aspirated w/N20

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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #32 on: July 09, 2007, 10:31:11 AM »
Nice work  :-D.

Something you might want to consider is instead of the silicone get "seam sealer" from a store that sells auto paint.  I think it will stick and last longer than the silicone.  Paint the surface, let it dry, apply the seam sealer, wipe the joint with your finger and then repaint the joint.  It is used extensively by auto painters and really does a great job and is inexpensive and will seal the seam forever.

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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #33 on: July 09, 2007, 09:14:02 PM »
should be getting the dry sump system this week, and the procharger next week.  Still a lot to do.

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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #34 on: July 09, 2007, 09:28:33 PM »
Ya got 32 days to finish and be on the salt, stay off the computer and keep working. lol
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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #35 on: July 11, 2007, 01:53:20 AM »
Putting the Arias (cp) pistons in the block.



Still have the stickers on the car.



Saving some money putting our engine together ourselves.



The dykes upper ring.



Long rod engines require notched buttons for the oil ring.





Pistons are in.



This last piston was one reason our record in 03 was so soft.  The valve end broke and was getting tossed around on top of this piston all before the first timed mile.



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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #36 on: July 11, 2007, 02:01:18 AM »
Intercooler is finished and will be picked up tomorrow.  I will post more pictures then.

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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #37 on: July 12, 2007, 10:28:54 AM »
Intercooler is welded up and ready to cool.



A little set back.  The rods hit the pan so we had to grind the pan to make clearances for the rods.




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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #38 on: July 12, 2007, 12:18:02 PM »
I like everything except those piston pin buttons...the alum to steel will tack together and turn ever so slightly back and forth with the pin and then hammer that oil ring. next time make them out of Teflon. other than that your doing a great job... hope it runs as good as your work.
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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #39 on: July 12, 2007, 12:20:42 PM »
What can I say, we've been using those buttons for years and so have many racers without any of those problems that you speak of.  And when this car does run it is usually well over the records at bonneville.
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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #40 on: July 13, 2007, 01:07:15 AM »
Getting ready for the new blower to come, so we had to take our old blower system out of the car.





Put one of the water tanks in the back of the car.  This is the engine water tank.  The larger intercooler tank sits on top of this one.


Put all of the studs in the block for the heads, they will be put on eventually.



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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #41 on: July 13, 2007, 01:39:18 AM »
Ya got 32 days to finish and be on the salt, stay off the computer and keep working. lol

Glen, one of the first post that I did I stated I would soon be addicted to this site.  I have to check in every so often.  Oh and leave a picture here and there.

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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #42 on: July 13, 2007, 11:49:01 AM »
Still lots to do, waiting on some parts for engine assembly.

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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #43 on: July 13, 2007, 03:30:30 PM »
It looks like you guys have spared no expense on the engine build. It ought to run really good. Hope it goes like you expect it to. Good luck and go FAST.

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Re: Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)
« Reply #44 on: July 13, 2007, 09:30:32 PM »
thanks Gary, if runs like we want it to it will be a big leap in the record.  Good luck to you as well.