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Right around 15lbs

No change with the new sealer.....I'll try 1 more time tonight.  Shame because its running so nice. I changed the throttle control table to have a temperature axis to control idle so now it starts and holds idle nicely as it warms up.  

I'm starting to suspect shimming the liners did a lot more harm than good and if I pulled the heads I'd find the liners that are leaking are back to 0 or negative deck height because there just isn't enough meat in the deck at the flange to hold them.....that's my guess anyway.  but I'll sealer again before I call it and rethink the liner height design.

Changed my mind. I think there WAS a coolant leak but its fixed or mostly fixed and what I have now is oil. I have straight water in the coolant and I pulled the plugs hot to check them a couple hours ago, it can't still have water on it and the intake ports of the offending cylinder are very slippery. There has always been a touch of blue smoke, particularly from the front bank....like say cylinder 7.

This looks like oil.





....now the question is from where exactly?

Well dang. It is a never ending quest.
I see now why early engines were air cooled and had external oiling and everything was open.
This sealing up stuff is hard to do.

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Wade Williams
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And on that note, that is a lot of oil....from where exactly I wonder??

Not a great pic, but for sure there is a hole in my weld


It's pretty deep no way I'm welding it with the heads on, I'm thinking I'll grind it and pick an adhesive until the heads are off again

Looking at the new tires there is quite a difference. Technically its 285 to 295 so 10mm wider and checking tirerack specs that looks true on section width....but tread width I'm going from 9.6" to 11". I just dropped them off for mounting so I'll find out tonight how wise this plan is.

So the tires did not go as planned. The discount tire place told me they no longer mount used tires, too dangerous. I stopped by a small place I drive past and he tried, he got 1 but they are just too wide for his machine. But 1 is enough for a test fit....







Clearly I was just being a big scaredy-cat and 315s would probably fit.....but they really want a wider wheel......what the?! the wheel company now has 10.5, 1,11.5 wide blanks....hmmmmmmm

Ever evolving, bigger is better. Just go big ger!!

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Wade Williams
Master Ferrari Tech
Restoration Tech
Engine Machinist
Fabricator
Racecar Driver

Turn it up to 11!, even the wheels

now most likely, I'll forget this nonsense, a least for a year or 2.....and it does still need to run properly.....