yeah all insured. Its a 500 mile round trip (not nice on UK roads, if this one isnt here by midday thursday, Ill be taking a trip upto middlesborough to get one from him. Its only around £80 to hire a van and diesel for the trip

LOL:) good luck! :)

LMAO@Bwild.
so you recomend driving boats around a dry dock then? ;oÞ

no....just keep water on the outside of the unit,and only in the cooling system of the engine :)

for sure, hydrolicing an engine is not the best route to go LOL

I just filled my bores and intake system and turbo with oil from the sump LOL

ouch.
what prevention measures are you using to keep that from happening again?

The engine I will be using has stronger internals and closed deck block etc that reduces bore flex etc. Hence hopefully the pistons and rings will stay intact this time

are you using forged pistons?

This time yep

Haven't you people heard of a Franklin? The air-cooled engine was a favorite of Lindbergh! Also, if most of you people are into rebuilding cars, the first thing you learn to do is engine work...like grease under your thumbs!

perhaps you could tell us something we dont know?
we are trying to keep this a friendly board.
I've been wrenching on cars,trucks,motorcycles,boats,and heavy machinery for 30 years.I know all about "getting grease under my fingernails".

Ive had my nails messy as hell with grease etc.
VW used air cooled engines and have now changed to using water cooled on them all

my Kawasaki 4wd ATV has a 300cc air cooled engine.

a fair few bikes and quads do I guess

A 1928 Franklin Boattail Roadster which blew 2 rods and now has the engine "inserts" to do 90 on a highway. Needless to speak, the car hasn't been pushed that far, but it will surely pass out any road meat on the highway today going regular speeds. It's hillarious to watch the looks on people's faces when an "ole clunker" can out do them from a stoplight!

what kind of engine is in it?

A rebuilt original 1928 Franklin engine. You can't tell the difference from looking at the engine when the hood is up. All the mechanics took place consealed to the public eye.

still cant be that quick though surely

and especially thru the National Franklin Trek held every year in NY....Alot Of time, effort and 3 years in the process made this come about. Any Franklin automobile driver stands in line waiting to drive the car......talk them after!!!!

.........put back into the car BUT
I broke a lug off the crankshaft pully that drives the cam belt :o( It is a lug thats used for the crankshaft timing sensor :o( So have to source a pully now

anvil in a sandpile?LOL:)

unless you belong your "brand" of antique, old, vintage, classic or streetrod group of autos.

?????

a turbo per cylinder on a chevvy
LINK

Put your foot to the floor and you would break your neck LOL

Sorry Steve for mis-interpeting your last post. I thought you might be looking for a part but I know know differently. You "streetrod" people are in a slighly different class than hubby's "early auto" people. I give almost anything to have my first car back....1962 Chevy Impala Converible....the best car I ever owned!!!!

If anybody is going to fly... Say Hi to Jesus for me...
Daniel Snyder

The last few years, Britian has had a ban on tobacco advertising on racing cars etc like F1. so they tobacco is removed during this races (some othet European circuits are similar) Now the government is thinking of banning it from tv all together.

So say there is a F1 race in China, where they are allowed tobacco advertising...they would ban the race from being shown on UK tv.

now how silly is that

Something similar happened back in the 70s. At the Australian Grand Prix one of the cars had the brand 'Durex' written all over it so to keep up public standards the tv director decided that no camera shots of the car would be broadcast. Unfortunately, that particular car was in the lead for most of the race and, I believe, eventually won it!

That's what gets me about the British government though. It stops tobacco advertising and is now talking of banning smoking in public places but the Goverment makes a fortune from the taxes imposed on both tobacco and alcohol.

And then there is the fact that I bet half if not more of motoracing is sponsered by tobacco. So they would start losing revenue due to main events such as F1 and Rallying would decide to bypass the UK. And the UK is the centre of motorsport for alot of the series's. So it would also cause job losses etc etc. The roll on effect would be ridiculous.
The costs of motorsport are spiralling and becoming harde and harder for the teams to find big sponsors. Its unfortunate .

Hi everyone? I have a motor in my ass!!

LMAO ;oÞ

finally got around to removing the pistons from my old block
http://forums.sidc.co.uk/attachments//my_piston.jpg

looks like she got a little warm,Steve! did it warp the heads too?

nope, all else is ok, not even marked the bore.

in the northern hemesphere to think about winter.
Does everyone have their personal and recreational vehicles ready?

sold mine to get the scoob LOL but then its 4wd so not too drastic even if it does still swap ends easily when snowy LOL

are you using "permanent"antifreeze in your subaru?

edited to correct spelling of Subaru ;oÞ

a mix of water and glycol

50/50? thats what I use.Some later model cars,trucks,and vans use what they call"permanent"antifreeze.it has a red color,and doesnt blend with the green glycol...so beware.

ours doubles as summer coolant also

right...thats the purpose of the polyethylene glycol mix...heat transfer and protection from freezing.

so I guess too much is a problem one end of the year and too little is a problem at the other end LOL

thats why they recommend a 50/50 blend

The futures of the past

Thats a cool site Pafl :oD

bringing smiles to kids like these >http://forums.sidc.co.uk/attachments//DSCN2158.JPG

>http://forums.sidc.co.uk/attachments//why.JPG


with 40 of these a LINK (yep that green one is mine LOL)

more piccies LINK

that is really cool stevie, thanks for sharing!

Its what this time of year is for :o)

Steve,can you cut the links in half? the page is huge!!LOL;-)

done LOL Due to the resolution etc of my pc's i hadnt noticed