Recent content by danthompson58

Hello Brian, thanks for the kind words on my engine. I have painted a couple and have left some bare metal and I enjoy looking at all of them. You are fortunate to have a nice display area, as mine are put on a shelf in the shed and dug out occasionally to hopefully take to a show. Cddeshon ...

Hi Mike, my engine is disassembled at this time, but if memory serves me correctly there is no valve overlap on this engine. It took a bit of experimenting with the valve timing, but the exhaust valve closed at or near TDC on the exhaust stroke. The piston went over TDC with both valves closed...

Cddeshon, thanks for the kind words on this engine. This has been a fun build, I have the engine completely disassembled for painting and will start assembling in about a week. I still need to fine tune the ignitors after things wear in a bit. It's good to hear yours is running dependably and...

K2, thanks for the information on the pictures. I have been using paint to resize the pictures and it has been working great. After a few months of pondering the paint issue, I have decided to paint it. The original Frisco Standard engines were green so that is what I want to do. I will not...

Nice engine, thanks for the video. Dan

LeZap, thanks for the kind words on the build. This engine uses the low tension ignition as well, I have been using a small 12 volt battery and the primary side of a old ignition coil for spark.

I made a couple of small oilers today, they have a small opening at the top and I will put a drop of oil in it occasionally. I spun the engine over for a few minutes today with a drill and the ignitors removed. After final assembly the compression seems good and will bounce the engine back when...

I have been making slow but steady progress on this engine. The water pump and eccentric drive have been built as well as the engine valves, intake rocker arm, manifolds and the fuel tank. I have also been working on all the little stuff that adds up, building gasket dies, cutting gaskets and so on.

Yeah, got to work in the garage today and got most of the igniter trip push rods built. Now I just need to drill a hole in each one for the return spring arm. The arm needs to be made from .040 music wire and I'll wait until I have some before drilling the holes. I used 6% soft silver solder to...

I have been making some progress between doing yard work and a few odd jobs that have been put off. I have finished most of the work on the heads, built and installed the valve guides and most of the ignitors are done.

Andy, Sounds like a great and interesting project building a full size Frisco engine. I have seen a few different full size engines running at shows. I enjoy all the moving parts and the sound of the exhaust. The model of this engine that I've seen operate is a pleasure to watch as well. I...

I have been working on the heads, it's a bit of a challenge to get all of the dimensions to work out.

Maury, Thanks for the information on re-sizing the pictures. I'm using a new computer so everything is a major "learning curve". My part time job is definitely interfering with this engine build, but making steady progress. Pictures of machining flywheels, building and welding connecting rods.

I apologize for not sending any more pictures. For some reason I'm unable to load the pictures because it fails and says the file size is too large. At this time I don't know how to re-size the pictures. Any help would be appreciated. I have been working long days in the shop and progress is...

Here's a couple more pictures, next I built the crankshaft then bored out the cylinders and installed the sleeves. The sleeves were bored undersized .003 and honed to final size after the pistons were built.