Milwaukee Midget

[fordboy628]

  At the risk of sounding like my 7th grade teacher, Sister Mary Whacksalot from Our Lady of Perpetual Guilt:    (a 42" blackboard pointer was her favorite instrument of torture . . . . . .)

Been there, done that. Different name though.

Yeah, those nuns, it's a worldwide order . . . . . .       

[tauruck]

I don't think Chris ever had anything to do with them.

He's still pretty normal.

[Milwaukee Midget]

I don't think Chris ever had anything to do with them.

He's still pretty normal.

 

I've been called a lot of things in my life - normal isn't one of them.

 

[SPARKY]

Reminds me of the time of my 40th b'day my mom asked me when I was going to grow up and quit all my messing and playing around--- 
     was just before I met Ms Linda---

I was happy to tell her that " Mom if I haven't changed by the time I was 40 the odds were pretty long against it!

[wisdonm]

We all have to grow older, not up.

[Buickguy3]

   Ah yes, The good old "spirit of the rule". Know that one well.
    Doug 

[fordboy628]

midgerooski,

Any word on painting?   On engine assembly?    On SummerFest?   

Or are ya just knockin' back the "Polish Moon"?   

7/9/14 approaches . . . . . . . .

 
RoberttheBruceboy

[Freud]

Ms Linda certainly hasn't aged as have you.

You have gained age and lost track of reality.

She has no signs of aging and is absolutely a joy to be around.

Let her negotiate any financial issues that you create.

Contact someone that you don't know if you need guidance.

FREUD

[Milwaukee Midget]

Dynothon is upon us!

Latest info at this link . . .

http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,13916.msg254959/topicseen.html#msg254959

Place your bets, boys.

Don - Just got the text - That's a gorgeous TD.  Join us Thursday?

[38flattie]

Good luck, Chris!!!

[Milwaukee Midget]

Thanks, Buddy.  It was a weird one, today.

This is a repost from the Dynothon thread - for a complete understanding, click here -

http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,13916.msg255033/topicseen.html#msg255033

Okay - quick report.

Mark and I arrived at 9, and got right on it.  It was a slow go - had to fabricate a pair of motor mount brackets - the ones we used last year were left in the car - which is at the paint shop.

We set about setting up the ignition, carb, manifold, primed the pump, installed the header, oil temp sender, the whole laundry list.  By 12:30, we took lunch, and got back at it about 1:15.

Mark went about setting up the carb linkage, re jetted the carb to Illinois altitude, and I put together a preliminary advance curve map and downloaded it. 

After spilling about a quart of gas from the fuel line - it had been set up for dual carbs on the engine before us - we finally got it started and running by about 3:30.

Mark says he thought it sounded good - we put a load on it and ran it for about 20 minutes to bed the rings in - but we 've got a leak under the front cover.  I pulled the cover, and the cam belt was drenched.

It doesn't leak enough to stop us from testing, but we're heading in early to see if we can get that fixed.  If not, we'll just top it off, dial up what we can, and I'll fix it when we get home.

I checked the valves - a few tightened up on the exhaust on a hot check - about what you'd expect - but everything else was within a thou or so.  I'll redial it in the morning.

No numbers yet.  Stay posted . . .

Mark - pick you up at 7:00.

[Milwaukee Midget]

99.1 @ 8k.

I asked HAL for 100.

His response?



Geez - you'd think I'd asked him to open the pod bay doors . . .

[gkabbt]

Too FUNNY!!!!    
MAJOR congrats on the 4.2% increase.      

Talk with you later today.

Gregg

[Milwaukee Midget]

It's interesting sussing out what's happening with this thing - it tends to defy some conventions.

Our biggest gain during the day came by deviating from Dema's prescription, so we retarded the cam and tightened up the valve lash a touch.  Mark says he's happier with the BMEP #, and we've got a curve with a minimum of 90 hp all day.

There's one other thing - last year when we ran 118.693, we were driving the water pump with the engine.  This year, we're running the pump with an electric motor, so the power available will go to forward motion rather than heat dissipation. 

The windage tray and scraper may or may not have been a contributor to power production, but there's likely less air in the oil, which let me roll back the oil pressure with a higher degree of confidence.

I suspect the better low lift flow of the exhaust valves helped the torque, despite having to notch the pistons to make them fit.  And despite the size of the engine, it seemed to respond to yet a BIGGER header again.

As to the piston coating, I suspect the benefit of that will appear once we're flat out against the wind for better than a minute.

Mark's conducting a leak down today.  We tested hot Wednesday, 3 1/2 - 4%, but that was only on 20 minutes of run time, so the jury's out on the gapless rings.

It's proving itself to be virtually bulletproof, and I'm thinking that if the sound doesn't scare you, and the driver lifts on the shifts, it should go all week with nothing more than jet changes and valve checks.

[wheelrdealer]

MM:

9/10ths all I can say is RATS! I guess 99.1 reliable is better than something that makes a little more but won't run all week. You are more disciplined than I am, I would have blown it up trying for the last 9/10th's.

BR