Air compressor engine

[canadianhorsepower]

The manifolds are done.

Anybody know how to clean up a solder joint? The silver solder has left a black scale on the tubing and fittings. If there is no way I'll sand blast and paint them flat black.

Vibratory tumbler with plastic shell in it will do
Then with peanuts shell and they will come out like chrome brass.

even today those numbers for a street BBC are impressive

 

[stevehuckss396]

I dropped a big pile of parts off at the anodize shop and I wont see them again until next Tuesday. With the bench being almost clean I spotted the circuit board sitting there. I now have that scratched off the todo list.

 

[stevehuckss396]

I made the cam blank. I think I have decided on the rotation of the engine so I now need to get a fixture built and a cutting table made up.

 

[canadianhorsepower]

Hey Steve what was b & s in your 396 did you run roller in it.
I had water in my eyes when I saw the pictures on Pete's blogwoohoo1

 

[stevehuckss396]

Hey Steve what was b & s in your 396 did you run roller in it.
I had water in my eyes when I saw the pictures on Pete's blogwoohoo1

Dart Block 4.25 stroke and 4.5 bore 541CID
Dart 345 heads 2.3 / 1.88 valves
714 lift cam
Roller lifter and rockers
Eagle crank with H-beam rods
8.1:1 blower piston
871 blower
250HP nitrous with 175HP jets
Custom TH350 trans that is stronger than a TH400 with alot less HP loss.
Twin Holley 750 blower carbs

Best of everything! Drove it for 7 years and only hurt it once. Smashed some valve springs. No big deal.

 

[canadianhorsepower]

scaling one never crossed your mind:idea:

 

[stevehuckss396]

scaling one never crossed your mind:idea:

It did about 2 years ago. Finished the engine but never made the blower. It is on the list behind the mini bike. Drawings are good to go.

 

[canadianhorsepower]

I specially like the plans in the middle pictureRof} are you planning of eventualy sell plans for th blower?

 

[stevehuckss396]

I specially like the plans in the middle pictureRof} are you planning of eventualy sell plans for th blower?

You can get the plans for the v8 and the blower. They have been available for about 2 years. You can see the 15 month thread here. Pack a lunch it's about 80 pages.

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f31/small-v8-8892/

 

[canadianhorsepower]

You can get the plans for the v8 and the blower. They have been available for about 2 years. You can see the 15 month thread here. Pack a lunch it's about 80 pages.

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f31/small-v8-8892/

Steve,
thanks for the afternoon at the theater, 127 pages of it
now have to go to the hospital I broke my jawth_confused0052th_confused0052

 

[Lakc]

The manifolds are done.

Anybody know how to clean up a solder joint? The silver solder has left a black scale on the tubing and fittings. If there is no way I'll sand blast and paint them flat black.

I believe you pickle it in citric acid, powder available at the local grocery store.

 

[t.l.a.r. eng]

A weak solution of muriatic acid [pool cleaner] will do the job nicely and leave everything sparkly clean.

Usually one part muriatic to four water will work wonders in just a few minutes soak.

 

[stevehuckss396]

Made my fixture today so the camshaft should be done this week. For those of you who have not seen this method of camshaft cutting I attached an explaination.

View attachment Offset turning the camshaft.pdf

 

[canadianhorsepower]

I dont get where the go :hDe: and cant see it in the tutorial. Can you elaborate more

 

[stevehuckss396]

The bottom hole is where the lathe center goes. The top arrow is the actual camshaft. It rotates in the fixture and the pointer allows me to rotate it 5 degrees at a time.

 

[canadianhorsepower]

The bottom hole is where the lathe center goes. The top arrow is the actual camshaft. It rotates in the fixture and the pointer allows me to rotate it 5 degrees at a time.

HA oh: now I get it, the degree wheel does not rotate
only the pointer is move around to get the proper degree of the cam??

 

[canadianhorsepower]

then you cant rotate the pointer 360 degree

 

[stevehuckss396]

then you cant rotate the pointer 360 degree

Yep that's correct. It's all covered in the article

 

[canadianhorsepower]

if a make an adapter to have the degree weel adjustable #1
and secure piano to the bracket #2 then I could go 360 degree
without removing the disk ??

 

[stevehuckss396]

25% Done cutting.