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touring power, build an engine !!!! |
orangecrate |
Dec 7 2019, 11:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 16-September 13 From: Apache Junction AZ Member No.: 16,394 Region Association: Southwest Region |
So I been workin on the orangecrate off an on for what seems like forever... seems I now have rod issues. Knock knock.... Any way I'm lookin at building a motor, or rebuilding. Inexpensively (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) I have only 2 real conditions I want to meet. 1- It will run 80 mph all day thru the desert in the summer in Phoenix and sit at stoplights with out cooking itself. 2- It will pull the 6% grades that you hit leaving the valley at 70 in the summer without cooking itself. 75 would be nicer. Guess I"m talking a torque motor. This is a stock 72 with stock gearing. And maybe one size up tires. Did I say it needs to be reliable? Like Phoenix to Portland and back any time of year reliable. And inexpensive.. I'd love to buy a Raby motor but $$$. Oh yea. I will be doing the assembly myself. And I'd like to use as much of the 1.7 as possible if possible. Thanks for the input. Build away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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orangecrate |
Dec 9 2019, 08:11 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 16-September 13 From: Apache Junction AZ Member No.: 16,394 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Been doin a little figuring and thinking . Based on some very rough estimates and the reliable (ha) butt dyno, I figure I need at least 100 hp to reach my goal. What I really need is torque, as we're talkin hillclimbing here. 70 mph up a 6% grade for 6 miles in the summer in AZ. That's just keepin up with traffic on I 17 North outta Phoenix. Is that possible with a well built (balanced piston, rods, flywheel) 1.7? Or am I overly optimistic. Or just ignorant?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) How many of you have pulled that sort of grade in our little cars??
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