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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 08-18-2021, 08:41 PM
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Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

Of course I did. I drive a Model A.
There were 2 1928 Chevs, a Rugby (sold over there as a Star) and my Model A. All of the cars had a problem but keeping them going is part of the challenge and...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 08-17-2021, 06:07 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

Maybe a little diesel fuel in the tank filled with ethanol fuel will behave differently from when no ethanol is present. Using it with straight petrol is a BIG no-no. It will destroy your engine in...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-26-2021, 08:50 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

The blocks were cast and machined in China. If you follow the development of this engine and Todd Buttermore's (?) efforts, you will see that they have tried to have it done in the US but couldn't...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-07-2021, 12:12 AM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

We were talking about wear on the skew gears at the cam shaft. If they fail, the engine will stop but like you say if the failure was at the tang, it would not and the bottom end would be toast.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-05-2021, 09:35 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

When Ford started running pressurised bearings in the B engine, what pressure did they run? Not much. I believe the early V8s only ran about 11 psi. I have a diamond B engine in one of my cars and...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-05-2021, 05:32 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

Ditto.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 04-05-2021, 03:34 AM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

Agreed. He should find another engine builder, IMO.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-25-2021, 04:35 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

I can't speak for Lawrie but I doubt accommodating headers was a consideration. Headers are not possible here.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-22-2021, 08:40 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

Love Benson's story. It reminds me of one of my wife's cousins who was very good with languages. He had been working for a multinational pharmaceutical company in Vietnam for a while and had become...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-20-2021, 07:55 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

All sorted with the help of a friendly Barner in the US
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-19-2021, 05:35 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

Lawrie, I am being told time and time again that things are in such a mess in the US that getting anything out is nigh on impossible. (I am still waiting for a parcel sent in July last year.) The...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-09-2021, 08:56 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

Terry, I tried ordering from Jeggs but ran into trouble with their website. I suspect they put on too much security when access is from outside the US (understandably). Holden, now closed down, was...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-09-2021, 05:29 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

IMO, one of these new motors will go better than an original and last longer, yet from the outside look exactly like the original. Win - win! Sure, they might cost a little more than a rebuild but...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-08-2021, 11:31 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

Like I said, Genebob, it all depends on how much the customer is prepared to pay. IMO, an original block sleeved properly with the right materials could be better than a new one.
Whether made in the...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-08-2021, 04:57 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

A few years back, I saw the pile of blocks Brattons was about to throw out. After looking at some of them, I concluded many were quite salvageable. The blocks with cracks were marked at the crack and...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-07-2021, 05:18 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

Many of the items on that list could be sourced from the old engine and I see no problem doing that. After all, they would be reused if the old motor were rebuilt.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-01-2021, 06:58 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

Intake valves seat on the cast iron of the block, just like the originals. They don't get anywhere near as hot as the exhaust valves and don't need hardened seats.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-01-2021, 06:03 AM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

If you decide that rebuilding your current engine is too expensive for what you will end up with and decide to go this route, IMO, the best way to source the required "extra bits" is to cannibalise...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 02-06-2021, 04:21 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

We're getting a bit off track here but China is trying to break up America's allies one at a time and once there are none left, they will come after the US. Wake up, America.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 02-04-2021, 04:20 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

I know it would cause downstream problems for the whole world for a while but how long do you think the Chinese Government would last if Australia stopped sending iron ore to them? Would a new...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-06-2021, 09:40 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

That Bloomberg article does not mention the reason behind the shortage of energy in China, just that is exists. I'm sure you will have heard about the way China has placed high tariffs on Australian...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-21-2019, 06:27 AM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

I'm sure things are just the same over there as here. Decisions on what a company will do are made not by those who know the business but by accountants who know nothing but counting beans!
In my...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-21-2019, 01:52 AM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

Steve, Well said!
But the same applies here and I'm sure all over the world so don't feel special
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-20-2019, 05:56 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

I thought of this thread a day or two ago when talking to one of our club members. He hasn't taken poart in many runs lately - he is a pattern maker and they are flat out at work making switching...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-05-2019, 10:13 PM
Replies: 531
Views: 263,613
Posted By Synchro909
Re: The Terry Burtz 5 main bearing engine blocks are back on track.

I fully understand this but let's think about it. We have the same situation here in Australia - in fact since GM and Ford closed local production, I know people who will not buy either brand because...
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