Dumbo The Flying Elephant

[Larry Hill]

Thanks to Jeff Taylor I got to use a Total Seal ring filer, what a great piece of equipment. It wont change your life but it sure will make it easier and more accurate faster.

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

I got to use a Total Seal ring filer, what a great piece of equipment.

I have one as well and I like it a lot. It is a step up from some of the others I have used.

[Larry Hill]

Im a grade 7 2/3 average, NHRA rounds down. Gators closed with grade 8

[Larry Hill]

Sometimes I find out stuff quite by accident, like ring butting during test instillation of piston and oil rings in ring compressor. After measuring, the math is easy. 4.127 bore, 4.122 ID of 4.125 ring compressor and a ring with .015 end gap. The ring ends crashed into each other. Just another day at the office.

[Larry Hill]

Final cleaning of the block today and then putting all the stuff back in it. If it runs well my documentation should help me follow the bread crumbs to build another, if its a dog I will know what not to do. My goal is build the next one better.

[Larry Hill]

After speaking with the manufacture of the ring compressor and the problem I was having. A new one of the correct size is on the way with a call tag for the smaller one. Not trying to be political, but there is something to be said of dealing with American company's.

When I first started doing this, racing stuff, who would have thought the thickness of a hair (.003") would have caused a problem unless it was a bearing clearance.

[Larry Hill]

New ring compressor arrived today just like they said it would and it was as advertised 4.125". Thanks ARP