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                           Stratus-List Digest Archive
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                     Total Messages Posted Sat 09/20/03: 2
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Today's Message Index:
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     1. 08:50 PM - Re: Stratus Valve Guides  (RLucka@aol.com)
     2. 09:56 PM - Re: Re: Stratus Valve Guides  (Don Walker)
 
 
 
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Time: 08:50:47 PM PST US
From: RLucka@aol.com
Subject: Stratus-List: Re: Stratus Valve Guides

--> Stratus-List message posted by: RLucka@aol.com

In a message dated 9/16/2003 3:12:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
zenith-list-digest@matronics.com writes:

> 
> And there are a lot of valve guide issues with motors that have been kept
> well within temps. The failure rate is way too high for an aircraft motor
> and knurled guides are unacceptable. It's a LOT more than 3 failures!
> 
> My not so humble opinion is also partly based on the question of how many
> guides have fell out of poorly maintained auto engines that have been
> overheated horribly...answer...none that anyone knows about. 
> 
> Overheated or not, guides should never fall out and they have been doing so
> on this motor with remarkable regularity.
> 
> Once again, take your heads off and send them to Ron at ram engines who will
> make a properly sized guide and put a step on the outside...No more
> problems, it's the best $500 I ever spent...I might live to old age now...
> 
> Frank...3 failures!!
> 

Frank

$500 seems like a lot of money for replacing valve guides.  Did Ron do 
anything else for your heads?  It seems that there is more to it than I can see
for 
this much money.

Dick






________________________________  Message 2  _____________________________________


Time: 09:56:58 PM PST US
From: "Don Walker" <dwalk3dw@msn.com>
Subject: Re: Stratus-List: Re: Stratus Valve Guides
Seal-Send-Time: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 23:57:24 -0500

--> Stratus-List message posted by: "Don Walker" <dwalk3dw@msn.com>

Yeah, Dick, He is shaving the heads off to 3.5 inches, using larger, stainless
steel valves, porting the intake, modifying the length of the guides to suit the
cam, fitting to tolerance of .001, custom  machining guides with shoulders,
and using new springs.  Don Walker
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: RLucka@aol.com
  To: stratus-list@matronics.com
  Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 10:50 PM
  Subject: Stratus-List: Re: Stratus Valve Guides


  --> Stratus-List message posted by: RLucka@aol.com

  In a message dated 9/16/2003 3:12:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
  zenith-list-digest@matronics.com writes:

  >
  > And there are a lot of valve guide issues with motors that have been kept
  > well within temps. The failure rate is way too high for an aircraft motor
  > and knurled guides are unacceptable. It's a LOT more than 3 failures!
  >
  > My not so humble opinion is also partly based on the question of how many
  > guides have fell out of poorly maintained auto engines that have been
  > overheated horribly...answer...none that anyone knows about.
  >
  > Overheated or not, guides should never fall out and they have been doing so
  > on this motor with remarkable regularity.
  >
  > Once again, take your heads off and send them to Ron at ram engines who will
  > make a properly sized guide and put a step on the outside...No more
  > problems, it's the best $500 I ever spent...I might live to old age now...
  >
  > Frank...3 failures!!
  >

  Frank

  $500 seems like a lot of money for replacing valve guides.  Did Ron do 
  anything else for your heads?  It seems that there is more to it than I can see
for
  this much money.

  Dick