yep it almost made me put my little model a engine back in the box with the feeling i can never attain to that level of work im about to start on my second camshaft hope fully i will get it right this time
sorry for the delay in reply yes those rods are bearing bronze
that block in the photo is a little flat four it drives me nuts its so small i only work on it when im feeling well and up to the paitence level reqired the crank for that is with the block i were playing with the cam grinder to...
these are all i have at the moment but if you want i can post the specs that i roughly adhered to when making the internals i would have to double check some of the dimentions as some didnt scale exactly
hello and thanks
yes i am still working on the little ford at the moment i am making the manifolds getting closer to a trial run i will find some more photos of the internals
hi there
no i purchased the castings with no drawings and none availiable i sat down with the original spec sheet for the full size engine and worked to fit with what i had
i made one crank and found the stroke just a little too long so started again this time success
bore 17mm stroke 16mm...
thanks for that diesel pilot i were trying to think of the earlier version and it would not come to mind untill i were in bed we knew them here in nz i think as the renault dauphine
very interesting thanks we are loosing these skills fast the guys at work run when there is any thing with a mag and i retire soon so who will step up and learn wish we could find a youngster interested