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    • mayhugh1
      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      A pulley turned from wood was bolted to the crankshaft flange on the tester. What I was about to do next deserved a little more thought...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      Yes, see post #111.
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      Thanks, Charles. I'd never heard the term before (my copy of Ivan Law's book doesn't mention it), but after reading up on it I think...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      First up for the finished ring gear was a sanity check of its center-to-center spacing when meshed with a commercial gear of the same...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      A 3/4" disk of 4-1/2" diameter Stressproof arrived from Speedy Metals in time to start work on the flywheel/ring gear. Its sawed ends...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      I really have no CAD/CAM experience except with 2007 and 2010 SolidWorks and 2007 Sprutcam which is what I started with 20 some years...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      The bell housing was designed around models of the already completed block and 775 motor adapter. The hope is that the adapter will...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      Charles, Yes, that's the reason the flywheel was turned down just under the ring gear. I can press a flange onto the the crankshaft...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      An electric starter with ring gear engagement has been a nice-to-have feature of this engine since the beginning of its build. The...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      A few small parts later, and I had a functional water pump. The impeller was machined from Delrin and pressed onto a 3/16" shaft. Its...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread Lawrence Merlin V12.
      Peter, I just came upon this thread and must say its a marvelous piece of work. If you have any construction photos I'm sure we'd all be...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      Few More Photos ....
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      Several water pump variations were used on the small block Ford: forward vs. reverse flow, driver or passenger side inlet tube, and with...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      I once tried a corncob mill and I seem to remember having good success with it. I have one variable pitch cutter but its only 3/8". I...
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      mayhugh1 replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.
      I tap the holes manually using a shop-made tap block - nothing complicated, just a block of Delrin with a hole drilled in it for the tap...
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