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Reading another post on an engine teardown got me thinking...
Why two head gaskets?
Upping the compression would, as I understand it, give us a little more power. I've never been one to turn down a little extra HP!
My engine is pushing 13000 lbs of Alberg 35.
If the engine is overbuilt/understressed, this shouldn't give it any problems. I seem to recall from my Scout forum days, that ideal gas engine compression is around 14:1, but that's a little hard to get to work in a non-ideal engine, so often they put it around 12:1. What are the specs on the Atomic 4 compression?
Just curious...
Has anyone ever built a fire-breathing A4?
Hotter cams, shaved head, oversize pistons, megaphone exhaust pipes, etc... I can imagine the looks on the go-fast boats when I fire up my sailboat and shoot a flame out the back
I know, I know. Its unsailorlylike.
My two other passions - IH Scouts, and Honda Hawk GTs, have folks that share traits of the A4 group. Take something "outdated" and make it work better than a lot of the "modern" stuff. Both groups also find it hard to find competent mechanics for these oldies and so do most of the work ourselves.
Why two head gaskets?
Upping the compression would, as I understand it, give us a little more power. I've never been one to turn down a little extra HP!
My engine is pushing 13000 lbs of Alberg 35.If the engine is overbuilt/understressed, this shouldn't give it any problems. I seem to recall from my Scout forum days, that ideal gas engine compression is around 14:1, but that's a little hard to get to work in a non-ideal engine, so often they put it around 12:1. What are the specs on the Atomic 4 compression?
Just curious...
Has anyone ever built a fire-breathing A4?
Hotter cams, shaved head, oversize pistons, megaphone exhaust pipes, etc... I can imagine the looks on the go-fast boats when I fire up my sailboat and shoot a flame out the back
I know, I know. Its unsailorlylike.My two other passions - IH Scouts, and Honda Hawk GTs, have folks that share traits of the A4 group. Take something "outdated" and make it work better than a lot of the "modern" stuff. Both groups also find it hard to find competent mechanics for these oldies and so do most of the work ourselves.