Fw: [Diy_efi] Lumpy engine in closed loop cruise

[Mike]

Yeah sorry meant to say side cam in block,
i'm answering my emails to fast with oil on my hands
after taking off the sump on my car, found the big
end bearing on cyl 1 to be scored and heat damaged
as if some starvation, going to take others out shortly,
twas interesting taking the sump off whilst leaving the block
jacked up on central point under tranny <sigh>

rgds

mike


At 12:27 PM 10/23/05, you wrote:
>In a message dated 23/10/2005 05:09:07 GMT Standard Time, niche at iinet.net.au writes:
>Nope, side valve with pushrods, completely flat head, bowl in pistons etc.
>Can post some pics if interested.
>
>Rgds
>
>Mike
>
>Sorry Mike, 
> 
>Can't resist joining in, this time he's on the money, your terminology is incorrect.  World wide the accepted meaning of "side valve" is:
>1.    Camshaft in block
>2.    Valves in block directly actuated by camshaft.
> 
>No-one has built engines like that since the fifties except for e.g. retro drag motors, referred to as (oh yes) "flathead" or "flatties".  Except perhaps the old Rover straight 6, with one overhead valve and one side valve ("F" head), replaced in the late 60's by the then "new" Olds/Buick 3.5 litre V8.
> 
>An OHV engine has the valves in the head, actuated by pushrods from the camshaft in the block.  It is irrelevant whether the head has a combustion chamber (e.g. BMC "A" series, Ford "Kent" cross-flow) or is flat, with the chamber in the piston (e.g. Ford 3.0 V6 "Essex", 1965-76 approx).  What matters is the position of the valves.
> 
>Give us dinosaurs a break, some of you guys out there are so knowledgeable about modern stuff you tend to lose sight of the basics!  :-)
> 
>Will C
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Mike
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