birvin wrote:
I read your thread on that, is the lip to wide or the metal part of the seal? I ran into that on another project one time and all I had to do was file the metal down to the right size. I talked to Johnny at oddatv1 and he said the ones that he has are to manufactures specs. I'm not sure what he charges for them but if they are the right part then you can't go wrong.
I read where you were working on a head to make it water cooled, are you finished with it yet and if so how is it working for you? have you found anything that you think you should do different? I saw the plate you put in to make it have more of a directional movement of the water, is that to cool more in a certain area or more evenly across the head? I know I am full of questions but I want to do this once and get it right. LOL Also are you making the cylinder water cooled? I am going to do both (if one is good, two is better). Any help would sure be appreciated. Here is a couple of pics that show the piston and cylinder, The cylinder didn't have any major damage to my surprise. But I want everything right when I go up with it.
The project is not complete yet. I am still waiting for the water pumps.
The "plate" is so that the water flows around the head. If you don't put a divider in then the water will just go the easiest route and go in and straight out.
The cylinder is also water cooled.
I have two threads here - one is called making a fl350 water cooled head and the other is called making a fl350 water cooled cylinder. Check them out. Use the search box to find them.
That piston looks like two I replaced on my brothers machine. These machines just get to hot for various reasons everyone knows about already. I like tinkering with engines so I don't mind playing around and I have a nice heated shop attached to my house. Don't even go outside in the cold.
With regards to the seal read the OH NO thread.