Great news Greg! You have done a lot of work in the last few weeks!
Rick
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| Author: | Rick Covalt [ Mon May 07, 2018 6:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Great news Greg! You have done a lot of work in the last few weeks! Rick
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Mon May 07, 2018 7:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Quote: Great news Greg! You have done a lot of work in the last few weeks!
Rick Thanks, We'll see if it fires and if it has any leaks.. Greg |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Thu May 17, 2018 4:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
5/17/18 This has to be the worst Build I have ever done - I must be getting senile as I tried to fire the thing up over a week ago.. Lots of crankity crankity crankity but it would only pop and wheeze.. I got to thinking about the problem and realized that I centerlined the Cam on #1 Exhaust rather than intake. Well that will cause your engine not to fire. Other things that went wrong.. -Massive Oil leak on Pan rail / Scraper -Water Pump Leak - Smith Brothers sent 11 out of 12 screws with threads - Discovered 36-1 trigger wheel was cracked and wiggily; tried to weld it - Turned it into scrap, so I bought a Holley 60-2 Wheel and futz'd with some settings in tuner studio.. got that working. Old DIYAutotune 36-1 6 3/4" Wheel - They start with 1/2" center hole - enlarged it to 1" with a notch for keyway. - it cracked along the egde where it was clamped by spacers. Tried to weld it which made it garbage.  Comparison of New and old wheel - Holley 60-2 already had a 1" center hole - perfect for my Moroso SBC Mandrel drive which uses 1" Mandrel with keyway.    It's nice to have access to the Cam Gear and chain when you cant time the cam correclty on the engine stand    We'll See if engine build #3 with new Head, Block, Crank will be any better then Engine #1 or #2. Greg Greg |
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| Author: | sandy in BC [ Thu May 17, 2018 6:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
<flog> will bring results.... |
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Thu May 17, 2018 7:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
We all go through cycles of doofyness. You got it goin', which is the important part! Persistence solves almost everything. Lou |
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| Author: | Rick Covalt [ Thu May 17, 2018 3:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Quote: realized that I centerlined the Cam on #1 Exhaust rather than intake.
Sounds like we may be brothers!!!
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Fri May 18, 2018 8:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Quote:
Sounds like we may be brothers!!!
I thought you already had one of those? Maybe More Like Ryan's Brother? Does that mean I am an Honorary Covalt Clan Member? I have camped at many Covalt facilities, drove a Covalt Rent a racer, and rented storage for vehicles. o I even Invited you to a party at my House once. Greg |
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| Author: | NCDemon1971 [ Thu Aug 09, 2018 12:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
I may have missed it but...What radiator are you using and did you weigh it? |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Quote: I may have missed it but...What radiator are you using and did you weigh it?
I can get that Info to you. I dont believe it Have the weight,but if I do It might be in the first 9 or so pages of the post. I was going to order another one of these rad's for the 64 Dart. Greg |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Thu Aug 09, 2018 12:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Ruster Radiator is summit racing Part# 380645 - Universal, AL, nice and small, Works well, No Built in Drain or petcock however. Not sure on Weight - Maybe call summit customer service and ask about the weight. Greg |
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| Author: | NCDemon1971 [ Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Thanks Greg, I will see what they tell me. |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Looks like I finally got the car sorted out for this year. Megasquirt did not play nice with 60-2 trigger wheel no matter what tuning tricks that I tried.. I finally gave up and got a 36-1 trigger wheel from holley that had a 1" hole in the middle as it is skookum and easily mounts to the moroso mandrel on the front of the balancer. Once that was sorted I started to have oil pressure problems... pressure going down with rising RPM's. That turned out to be a crushed down -10AN supply line from block to oil pump. Got that fixed with a new section of braided hose as well as an inner spring to help keep the hose getting sucked in on the inside from the oil pump. Car runs but .2 to .4 slower than old motor so far.. Maybe it needs to break in and get more passes before it's fast? Its good to have a working race car again... one that dosent have a gallon of water mixed in the oil sump. See you guys at Clay City. |
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Sat Aug 25, 2018 2:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Super! Glad to hear it, Greg. The Slant Six World Forever Nationals would not be the same without you and Ruster in attendance. 2 weeks to go... Lou |
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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Very good to hear Greg! Ruster ROCKS!!
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Wed Aug 29, 2018 7:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Congrats Greg!
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