Re: crankshaft construction
Posted by:
coburn benson (IP Logged)
Date: February 12, 2002 04:12AM
<HTML>With the torque on a Stanley crank and its size we still see failures [S ] plural,,,When the piston comes disconnected [this only seems to happen w/full head of steam] the piston attempts to kill the front axle,,,,AND you rrreally should NOT safely hide behind said axle haha,,,IF it happens on the down stroke it tangles w/ awhole bunch of even more expensive stuff,,,,,ths is why the owners handbook says to go gently,,,w/care,,,,,But its fun,,,I have found the fun has its price and if youre gonna race ,,BE prepared to pay the fat lady OR the piper,,,Personally,,,er aaaah oh well The whole engine is marginal,,but it gets the job done,,I THINK,,,,,,,OR ARE there enough sports out there to make it worth wile to make a competition engine??? XXXXXXX I have seen a pressd crankpin work in a steel flywheel ,,Polish the hole,,AND it was assembled w/.003 press w/a nut to hold it[Vincent--500] we raced it,,It was fine if we were in 4th place but to to 2nd ,a lot of things became flexable,,ie /crankpin etc After all,I think the useage will dictate the $ put into the mods and the details,, and it still will not be bullet proof,,NOW have we got it together how we're gonna get this monster STOPPED ! ! !I dont think hooking the beake pedal to the reverse will do the trick,,an seat belts ,,,probably not either,,Daytona 2005 is comming soon,,who can we tease to get their gas cars ready,,They'rs no fun to race alone Cheers Ben</HTML>