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Troy, that's a beautiful crankshaft and Ford must've gotten wind of your project; article on page 62 of the latest R&T (Sept '13) reports that the 2016 Mustang GT350 package will include a 5.4 liter, flat plane crank V8, rated "close" to 600 HP, naturally aspirated. This is also the issue...

Alan, it does seem to be quieter when running on battery power than mains. Someone mentioned using the scope for checking dwell, so here's a dwell waveform as an example. This is from my 550 Maranello's ignition before I converted it to COP:

I have one of the USB 'scopes similar to your 2nd link. It's noisier than a quality scope, but it gets the job done for 10x less. Unless you're chasing millivolt signals, it'll probably work for you - anything above a volt or two is fine, even if there's a fair amount of ripple & noise that...

Ouch!! The hydraulic lifters for my 550 are only $22 each. Were yours 33mm diameter? At $88 from the dealer, or $82 from Ricambi it'd be worth a shot trying to rebuild them. Try Dave Helms @ Scuderia Rampante Innovations for rebuilding. Also, Eurospares has them new for 34 GBP, however make...

Darren/Henry, try posting here: Wanted Classified - Lextreme: Lexus-Toyota V8 Forum

Andy, I think they're on about their Green Stripe product, although they didn't specifically mention it: Gates Green Stripe Hose Is Fully Compatible With Today's High-Tech Coolants - Hose - Products | Gates Corporation Gates New Coolant Hose Beats Price, Performance of Silicone - Hose -...

Found the culprit with the help of the digicam. The inner threads for the fitting came too high and interfered with the chamfer surface for the o-ring. So the o-ring doesn't have a full, unbroken surface to seat against. Hmmm. I've put the plastic washer back on the fitting, then put the...

Cheers Russ & good to hear from you. I did swap the first square section o-ring out for a thicker round one. I may try an even larger one, however. Thought the plastic washer would do the trick, but no joy with it. I've visually inspected the surfaces, and didn't see any damage, but that...

I have a leak in a high pressure hydraulic circuit at a BSPP male plug fitting. This plug is the type that has a machined recess for the o-ring, and there was a square cross section o-ring there. It looked flatter than it should have, so I replaced it with a round section o-ring from a Dowty...

Those pics are actually hosted on another server like PhotoBucket (example only). To post pics like those, you'll need to first upload them to the external host, then "hotlink" them by clicking the "mountain icon" button as shown below. Then when the popup box appears, you paste in the URL of...

Scott, the 360 and 430 are still relatively new models and are going to be expensive. A quick search on Ferrari Chat's Classifieds brings up a 2.7 version F355 motor with ECU's for $16K. Seller represents it to be "like new". There is even a 550 V12 on there for $10K, albeit in rough...

If you want a flat plane crank, and a high RPM screamer that sounds like a Ferrari, why don't you just buy a Ferrari V8 instead of trying to make some of these other motors something they're not? It sounds easy enough to get a flat plane crank built for a cross plane motor, but working out all...

Michael, as I've not used Evans or any other propylene glycol based coolants myself, the assertions I've made are based on the math, plus the experiences others have reported, including the statements by Evans themselves. With the diesel, you already have an engine that is running some 10-15%...

Alan / Rick, I'm also mystified by the statements Evans have made about fan cycling, as well as other claims, and perhaps it's as Rick says for the fan cycling. In most of our cases, however, since the fans are electric and are kicked on/off by temperature switches/sensors, it would be the...

There's a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding of heat transfer in the hotrod circles, and anyone who says/believes that Evans cools better than water has been misinformed because it's just plain wrong. Here's the simplified heat transfer equation: Q = 500*GPM*deltaT*Cp Q is the...

I was initially going to mount mine with the rams on top, and I think RamLift Pro actually prefer it like that with the pistons pointing down, as there's less chance of debris getting into the system. The final iteration will probably have the rams on the bottom, only because of the...

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OT from John's thread, but we were just chatting about another extraordinary motor on a different forum so I thought I'd mention it here. This gentleman, Andreas Georgeades, who is very well known for his exotic motorbike engine builds, is now building an H16 motor from 4 x YZF600 Yamaha...

Thanks Mike, your experience is something I'll definitely need to retain for the future 'cause I've always thought the 044's were the champs of the high pressure pumps. Bosch even make a version of the 044 that's rated for 8 bar, albeit it only makes around 160 L/hr @ that pressure.

Mike that's interesting; it's the first I've heard of an 044 pump not meeting demand, and high pressure applications is where it usually excels. According to the pump curves, it should make at least 225 L/hr at 4 bar if it has an honest 12v going to it, or even more volume if the voltage is...