Thread: I bet you thought.....

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Steve, yep, going to a car show gives us a little kick in the tail to get moving on our own stuff.

Paul, I have to admit, this isn't the quietest engine I have ever seen. Yesterday it was quiet but today after it had cooled down I fired it up again and there are definitely some mechanical sounds going on in there. Once it got up to a higher operating temp it did quiet down, but it looks like Scat and Keith Black might have been right about stroker noise when cold. I can see how that would be, the pistons are so short and hang about 30% out of the bore when all the way down, so they have to rock a little in the bore.

But oil pressure is great, it rpms like gangbusters, and the cam sounds nice and lumpy, even with capped up exhaust. I let it idle again today for another 20 minutes or so, and I guess if there were a problem I would have seen it by now. So I'm done worrying about it, just going to get the body done and start driving it.

Oh, by the way, Dan and I went to the local PPG store yesterday and he bought the etch primer and DP90 so we can start shooting his body. I think once he sees the body in some color other than the bare metal it has been for a long time it will push him to get it done faster.

Don