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So a couple more projects have arrived - this one is another 998 Automatic destined to be installed in a Mini Pickup. This one will also get a...
Today was a fun day! Dan and I actually got to drive the Innocenti - and boy howdy does it run! Film at 11! [IMG] [MEDIA] Dan came up to...
Chuck, there would be a LOT of us in that club!
Yep. It pops right off now, even tho I really haven't done any tuning on it yet, but at least I got the throttle linkage sorted, so now it's...
Well, it took me long enough! Red letter day! It's alive!!!!!! [IMG] Of course it's run in the engine stand in the past, but this is the first...
Don, right knee is getting replaced finally after 10 years of bone on bone crunchiness!
So I went over to the plague infested shop today and picked up the block and pistons, I think I got out unscathed, they carried the stuff out and...
What's the old Chinese curse? "May you live in interesting times"? My machinist friend called me this morning to let me know he'll have the block...
This car will be coming into the shop this weekend, but other than ordering parts I doubt much will happen till early springtime. It hadn't been...
Well, between health issues and other drama the poor Inno has been severely neglected....today I managed to get a few things sorted, the front T/S...
Pistons came in today, so I ran them over to the machine shop. The head and crank are already done so I brought them home with me. [ATTACH]...
I don't think the gas was the problem, I think he just mis-timed it and didn't realize the sound he was hearing was not a rattle but detonation....
Consensus is detonation, that's what broke the ring land too.....
Heard back from the machine shop, the bores are good, we can simply give it a good hone and keep the same size pistons. We're going to put all new...
One of the mysteries of this engine is what happened to the screen over the end of the oil pick up tube? You can see in these pics the imprint of...
My next project arrived last night right while the trick or treaters were coming thru the neighborhood. It came in what has to be the nicest...
All the other pistons are fine, I don't know about the spark knock, but it def could be and he just didn't understand that's the noise it was...
So, further info.... I cleaned the head up and pulled the valves out - the guides look fine, valves will only need a slight touch up and they'll...
I'm an old fart....... :)
The cam looked good but a few of the lifters were worn, I'll leave it up to Willie B if we go with a new cam or just replace the lifters. This...