Transplant

[CLsnyder]

----- Original Message -----
From: Howard Wilkinson <owly at mcn.net>
To: <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: Transplant


> Jim:
>     Please explain the term "floating rod bearings"......... I've
> never heard it before...... The only "floating rod bearings" I've
> experienced are those which spin between the bearing and the
> rod.......... Definitely a bad deal.... forshadows doom!
> H.W.
>
Some engines were MADE with spinning inserts - bearing material on both
sides. Others use a loose cage rollers, with the rod being the outer race,
and the crank the inner. Obviously the latter are NOT pressure lubed.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Davies <jimd at vcc.bc.ca>
> To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
> Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 12:24 AM
> Subject: Re: Transplant
>
>
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 1 May 1999, Robert Harris wrote:
> >
> >> Nah - some insane whacko is building a unique engine from various
> scrap parts
> >> and ancient hot rod ideas. When it get's finished, it will be
> vaguely fordish
> >> and definitely unusual and maybe not too expensive.
> >>
> >Floating rod bearings too?
> >
> >
> >
>
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