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Good stuff, Materials are part of my daily life... too much actually. All plastics are not created equal. The epoxies we are talking about are in...
For cutting anything over .25 accurately I would recommend a water-jet. The lasers leave a pretty rough cut over 1/4 and look more like it is...
The reverse rotation 470 is really quite a brilliant thing. As I understand them the only thing different is a cam gear drive and the reverse...
That end rod weight is about right too so what I programmed was really close. . Glad to do it for us all. Having a reciprocating top end mass with...
My simulation showed up to 5k the freestanding liner was still stable, movement pretty much undetectable. But once movement became detectable it...
Greetings all, Proving the obvious for all the other nerds like me... that just got to know. I have done some simulations of our cylinder liners...
I read about your issue on that one. It could be a weak liner, but by the sound of it it started at the top and worked down, lack of a deck to...
I am going to put some info out that I have been collecting and thinking about, there are some good minds in this forum to pick it apart and open...
Although I have not confirmed it I found the Chevy Vega distributor looks to be the same as the 470's and looks to take the same cap. Can anyone...
Late block - early block. slowly getting acquainted with the differences. From what I have found there are the 76 to 82 up to SN 6218035 kind and...
Makes sense, but since that is a pretty rare event without rebuilding the rest of the engine, for me, glue it shut it is. Making a cover or...
Lifter Gallery Cover I have a question. I have been thinking to do the mod that machines off the lifter gallery cover bosses to install roller...
Indeed the marine environment may be a major factor, where I am boats die from neglect and poor maintenance. (Near Red Deer Alberta) I have gotten...
Thanks, I had seen that it had been quite a while, but just to let the gang out there know I am still searching for plans and someone with body...
Good to see some activity on this thread again, it has been really quiet for a long time. I am still looking for Watson roadster Body Parts, Any...
4.5 is the limit - I have been able to model it pretty well and that is where it lands. you have to go to a 2.2 journal and not all rods would do...
On the subject of water pumps, I am thinking the industrial seals will work fine with water-less coolant as, as far as I have been lead to believe...
Hi Rootie, I came across you on this roadsters thread and noticed in posting 118 you show a sheet of Watson Trevis plans. In over a year of trying...
This Engine is right along the lines of a Gaerte Roxex which was based on a half SBC built with NASCAR components. That engine was aimed at the...
Sean, I just got off the phone with Mahle. Their tech support is excellent. He checked blueprints of the headgaskets, all they had were from...
Hi Dennis, It is a brand new Mahle gasket out of the 470 "kit" I got. Those notches would never be an issue on an iron decked 460, but with the...
Chiming in on a couple of things If anyone has a profile of a rod or measurements they want modeled for clearance I will see if it works for you,...
It does depend a little on the rod as Gearheads points out. The only actual model I have gotten is Bill Miller aluminum rods which I thought odd...
I want to thank Dennis for the work on an index. This board is by far the most valuable repository of information out there on the 470 and I too...
Thanks Mark, great chat, you are a wealth of information we will have to keep in touch
Thanks, Bob Neilson is one name I have not come across, if anyone can give me a bit more of a lead that would be really good I get a lot of leads...
Is anyone roadster minded out there?
I have blasted blocks before but always done them before they go in for machining so the re-builders do a flush on them, then I will follow on...
Thanks flatrod. That helps confirm my suspicions and some stuff I have heard from 460 builders. It is the same for them doesn't cause them any...
Greetings everyone, A question to the Board. Does anyone know if the crank journals are supposed to be centered on the bores on this engine? I...
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