40 horse's of fury

joebug1956 · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:56 pm Post subject:

Here is a video of the motor running:

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joebug1956 · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:12 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the pistons! Got it all back together and put about 70 miles on the car today!

Got the valve seat re ground replaced all the exhaust valves and springs. Replaced the cracked piston and rod also. Finally got to drive this pile today and it was great! Been a long time !!!!!!

This morning:

VIDEO:

RockCrusher · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:06 am Post subject:

Yep....the spring was the root of the failure....that sucks. Don't get time to come to the vintage forum too much but your thread caught my eye. Just not much call for vintage work in our area or I'd be doing more of it if I could.

Hope you can grab some new or NOS springs for that thing so you don't have a repeat performance. Sound like someone stuck a twig in the fan before it broke the head off? That was my experience with a broken spring before. Anyway...good luck and glad you found some new pistons.

RC
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joebug1956 · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject:

joebug1956 · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:54 am Post subject:

Whoever built the motor used all new stuff except the springs. The valve springs had some minor pitting in them and looked to have been used. I'm thinking the spring broke, rocker arm pushed the valve in and had no way to return itself to the seat. After a few times of smacking the piston the valve broke, and was then wedged between the head and the piston.

Jacks · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:44 pm Post subject:

I wonder the same thing. How does a rebuilt engine with "new valves..." have a valve "head" break loose in the cylinder and imbed itself half way through the piston in 10 minutes of running???

64vdub · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 2:32 pm Post subject:

What was the problem? Deck height too close? Connecting rod come apart? Just wondering cause I'm building a very similar setup right now.
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joebug1956 · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:45 am Post subject:

got some pistons on the way. Should be running by the weekend.

John Moxon · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:56 am Post subject:

joebug1956 · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:30 pm Post subject:

rezidu · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:19 pm Post subject:

Damn Joe.....that sucks! Get that junk fixed.

joebug1956 · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject:

Got the motor timed, and carbs sync'd. Ran nice for about 10 minutes then locked up. Tore it down today to find the head of #4 exhaust valve halfway through the piston.

Jake Martinez · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:40 am Post subject:

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John Moxon · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:52 am Post subject:

WW sell the elbows, not cheap though: http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111129615OK
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WesleyGarrard · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:22 am Post subject:

Weren't they just some ghia elbows? The Australian setup you may be thinking of were actually curved intakes using side draft carbs. These used a regular thin line air cleaner.

joebug1956 · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:41 am Post subject:

Jake: Im trying like hell to get it done for bugout! Gonna be some late nights this week! I like the filter ideas, I have been debating getting the old school style elbows from an austrailian carb setup i've seen. Cant remember the name of them though.

didget69 · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:24 pm Post subject:

skyto · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:30 am Post subject:

didget69 · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:02 pm Post subject:

Nice build!

But don't ruin the engine by running simple mesh 'airfilters'. Those screens are only used to keep the engine from inhaling rocks, squirrels, and small children, NOT for filtering sand, silt, and larger micron abrasive particles from the air.

Have you considered finding a pair of period filter housings that would allow you to run modern filter medium, be it K&N or similar? Maybe a pair of early Mann or Knecht filters from a 356, or modified oil bath filters from a 36 or 40 horse motor that have more performance-oriented filtering medium inside - with the airhorns/velocity stacks hidden inside.

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Jake Martinez · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:04 pm Post subject:

will this be at bugout? i woul like to take some pics of it for my senior project.
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