Let me see some Charged Mopars!
Oh I don't know, Bill. Even a chimp can learn from repetition. LMAO
If we learned from repetition, we'd know a LOT, by now!:banghead:The last go-round was the most time-consuming. It started running ragged, so I ran a compression test and it showed only 50 pounds of compression on #1 and #2 cylinders. I assumed the worst, (a blown head gasket between those two cylinders) and proceeded to yank the head off. A REALLY thorough inspection of the gasket, block, head and all other components (valves, springs, cam and lifters, cylinder walls, etc) revealed that EVERYTHING was in perfect condition! I had three other people (who were good mechanics) look at all this, and they agreed... nothing wrong. NO blown head gasket!
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I talked to a lot of people about this and the consensus was, that my carb ( a
very rich-tuned one,) had washed all the oil off the cylinder wall and there was virtually NO SEAL between the rings and the wall. That prompted me to order an O-ring cutter tool from Isky and cut the block for O-rings (something that should have been done upon initial assembly.) Lots of time-consuming problems ensued with that operation, which used up all of the good summer weather...
Bottom line: by the time we got it ready to run again, the good weather was gone. We oiled down the cylinder walls before we re-assembled it and then, tested for compression pressure and found it to be back up around 150... more to our liking.
So, we're once again, ready to race this thing, once we get some good weather.
We have a different carb on it now, that is correctly tuned for blow-thru, so that particular problem shouldn't happen again. I just hope that episode didn't damage the rings.
I turned 75 last week. I'd REALLY like to see this &%@*%@! run on a set of clocks before I die of old age... It's been FOUR YEARS in the making... ridiculous!:coffee2:
