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Author: | The_Half_Bus [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:28 pm ] |
Post subject: | Austin Engine Builder? |
Where can I find and buy one of those Tommie Smith bus engines? |
Author: | Chris P [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Austin Engine Builder? |
Probably check with Tommie |
Author: | The_Half_Bus [ Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:34 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Austin Engine Builder? |
Author: | Fitz [ Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:17 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Austin Engine Builder? |
Wonder why he has not chimed in. |
Author: | The_Half_Bus [ Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:34 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Austin Engine Builder? |
Stage 1. Parts gathering process |
Author: | RyanW [ Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:40 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Austin Engine Builder? |
I have heard those engines are WAAAAYYYYY overrated. |
Author: | The_Half_Bus [ Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:57 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Austin Engine Builder? |
And so it has begun Super excited about this... Here is the list of parts (so far) for the Double Cab engine build: 2110cc Aluminum bubble top case CB 82mm crank AA 90.5 pistons Unitec I-beam Rods Stock heads CB cheater cam (2280) Adv. 274 Dur. 222 Lift 359 CB Big foot lifters Swivel Feet Rockers Weber 40 IDFs CB Dual Carburetor hex linkage Empi Welded/balanced fan Empi Alternator Kit Empi Oil Breather Kit Gene Berg External Oil Filter Scat 36hp doghouse shroud kit (Will be powder coated white, figured that would look nice in a rusty white Double Cab) Lightened flywheel Bottom end dynamically balanced by Lyle Cherry Trying to decide on exhaust. Really glad I met Tommie |
Author: | mk-Zero [ Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:09 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Austin Engine Builder? |
Make sure you test fit and trim all your tin before sending to powder coating, especially the fan shroud. The raised roof cases necessitate quite a bit of trimming of the shroud. You don't need big foot lifters either, save money and weight and get standard ones. Stock heads will severely limit your engine, consider some mildly ported 40x35.5's. |
Author: | tommiebsmith [ Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:40 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Austin Engine Builder? |
mk-Zero wrote: Make sure you test fit and trim all your tin before sending to powder coating, especially the fan shroud. The raised roof cases necessitate quite a bit of trimming of the shroud. You don't need big foot lifters either, save money and weight and get standard ones. Stock heads will severely limit your engine, consider some mildly ported 40x35.5's. Yep.. Already told him .. we have to dry fit to the long block all the tin.. before sending to the powder coater.. as for the big foot.. lifters they are priced the same as regular ones.. the stock heads have a mild port clean up on them.. in a bus they may only limit so much.. with the cheater cam and 40IDF's on a stroker motor they make for some great bottom end torque.. and in AUSTIN the hill country.. it is pretty awesome to have clean bottom end power.. at this point the lightened flywheel is the only thing I really didn't like .. around here on clean running heavy VW's the stock weighted flywheel is what I like.. but the rotating assembly has already been balanced.. so we'll leave it be.. |
Author: | mk-Zero [ Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:02 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Austin Engine Builder? |
No point in adding extra valve terrain weight, all it gets you is less power... I have .418" lift at the cam and 310 duration and I'm runing stock diameter lifters. The less weight you have to push around the better. I would still go with a pair of 40x35.5's with mild porting, with stock size valve you are wasting the big crank and pistons. Remember the stock heads were actually designed to act as rev-limiters. You may have some torque down really low with those tiny heads, but with a properly sized head you would have that much (if not more) torque down low *and* way further out in the rev range. Soem extra revs come in handy if you need to pass someone. Throw an kf8 in it while you're at it. Maybe a -7 if you want to be more conservative. |
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