Fuel injection plugs,,,this is for Greg H.........I can feel

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Hi Greg,
       And I was just starting to like this guy.......truly no offense Howard 
but you've got alot to learn..........I used to have people call me for 
advise just so they could tell me they've been doing it for over twenty years 
and I need to wipe behind my ears and  all I could think 
was...man......twenty years and you still can't get it right????...just a 
youngsters thought....
-Carl Summers

In a message dated 5/1/99 9:33:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, owly at mcn.net 
writes:

<< Subj:	 Re: Fuel injection plugs
 Date:	5/1/99 9:33:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time
 From:	owly at mcn.net (Howard Wilkinson)
 Sender:	owner-diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu
 Reply-to:	diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
 To:	diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
 
 Greg:
     More power to you if you can accomplish that...... I happen to
 live in the real world, and deal with old fashioned Ford & GM engines
 such as the FE series and the Small block & big block GM engines.  The
 comment on life expectancy is based on 20+ years of working on these
 engines.
     I'd love to see a gas engine with a 500K life in a farm truck, and
 a bcsf below .35............. With the technology people are using
 around here the service life I spoke of is realistic based on real
 life experience, not labratory environments..... some go over 100K
 TBO, but not many, and it is a struggle to achieve a bcsf of .50
 (impossible with a Holley carb).  I've worked on a lot of engines over
 the years, but apparently not seen the bearing setup you
 describe...... I presume you are refering to Ford 239 engine when
 speaking of "flattys", and assume you speak of a single bearing
 spanning an entire rod journal (2 rods)..... I've owned vehicles with
 these engines, but never had to work on them.
     I'll believe the .35 and 500k figure when I see it in real life!
  >>