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Another Sprite race gearbox rebuild, and another third gear stripped - but this one is a straight cut gearset so I was surprised to see this. He...

I drained out the extra quart of oil and ran the engine today for the owner and it didn't leak a drop! He was pleased, paid me and hauled it off....

Got a little more bark with the straight pipe!

2nd test run today, after I retorqued the head and reset the valves.... VID 20210725 1544211 - YouTube

And it runs! I wasn't too sure how this one was going to turn out when I saw how terrible the head was, but it looks like it's going to live! In...

Made a lot of progress on this motor today, I got the rings on the pistons and the pistons in the bores, rods bolted up and torqued. These ARP...

Working on getting the rings installed this morning.....I thought I had these pistons all clean and ready but I noticed a LOT of very hard carbon...

Well, in the past I used a chain hoist to lift the engine, but I can't do that in this shop. But to answer your questions, yes - my back...

When we went to work on Don's Honda motor for his Pup last year we discovered there was no way to use the hoist to put the engine in my engine...

I had the rings sent that way last Thursday and they only showed up today! In the meantime I got a few things done in preparation - I made sure...

Replacement rings still haven't arrived from California. I guess "Priority Mail" doesn't mean the same thing to me and the post office. Sent last...

Inside of the block looks like new, doesn't it?

Well, DHL was as good as their word and delivered late this afternoon - BUT - unfortunately either I ordered the wrong rings or they sent the...

This one is more of a beginner's motor than an all out race motor, tho last time on the dyno it made 108 at the wheels. All out race motors are...

Since I completed this one he's run well at two different race weekends with no issues. Since I finished this one and the car seems to be running...

Ha! I dunno....seems like an irresistible force meeting unmovable object sorta deal.... Still waiting to hear back from Nick so I'm working on...

Ran into a snag....the first motion gear (bottom one) is not going into the right place, but stands proud of the case by about 1/8", so the rear...

Goin racin this weekend at Blackhawk Farms, be back Tuesday

Waiting on a bearing and circlip that didn't make it back from the transmission shop with the gearbox, other than that this one is ready for final...

I sent the carb off to Joe Curto on Long Island to have it rebuilt, Joe is the man when it comes to SU's and they did a terrific job on this HS4...