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Go check that out.....if anyone wants pics, I will have the car here for 2 more days waiting for parts...
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Go check that out.....if anyone wants pics, I will have the car here for 2 more days waiting for parts...
Go check that out.....if anyone wants pics, I will have the car here for 2 more days waiting for parts...
Jake,
This came up earlier. I was told this engine takes better than a day to do a complete tune-up service on it, due to its complexity. Is that about right?
This came up earlier. I was told this engine takes better than a day to do a complete tune-up service on it, due to its complexity. Is that about right?
Beautiful!
ed
ed
I don't know which post makes me quiver more...Jim's Right Seaters Anon, or your chainsaw massacre!
What a trip!
MM
What a trip!
MM
Everything about the engine is complex. It took a day just to get it out of the car in perfect condition...
The valve adjustment is atleast a day in duration.
The valve adjustment is atleast a day in duration.
You should hire George then, Jake. As a teenager he tuned one up in a couple of hours.
I heard adjusting the valves is a bitch but would imagine tinkering with all of that complexity would be inspiring. It is one of the prettiest engines ever designed, inside and out.
I heard adjusting the valves is a bitch but would imagine tinkering with all of that complexity would be inspiring. It is one of the prettiest engines ever designed, inside and out.
Erik, you sniper you....(O:
OY!
Erik, adjusting the valves is pretty simple via a "finger" follower between the cam lobe and the valve.
Yeah, but donchya gotta find somebody whose finger has been pre-muushed to the appropriate thickness?
This one is a 65,000 dollar rebuild!
The problem with 547 engines is not tune-ups, but rather any kind of major service that requires teardown and rebuild. There's a lot of trial and error shimming involved to get all of the gear drives right. It's a bit diabolical - you can do a preliminary assembly, check, tear down, shim, reassemble, and recheck, and repeat this whole process several times before getting things within spec. No, i haven't done it myself, but I've seen it in process.
There is (or was) a master mechanic in Germany used by most Carrera and Spyder owners for rebuilds; he was written up in "Excellence" years ago.
Ducati used some neat solutions for some of these problems in their bevel gear drive OHC motorcycles (sliding shaft couples and ball bearings with pivoting centers).
Porsche and Ducati both used out-of-phase gears, that is, the gears did not repeatedly mesh in the same pattern with a 2 to 1 cog ratio; this made gear wear patterns more evenly distributed.
(Message Edited 8/20/2003 4:21:16 PM)
There is (or was) a master mechanic in Germany used by most Carrera and Spyder owners for rebuilds; he was written up in "Excellence" years ago.
Ducati used some neat solutions for some of these problems in their bevel gear drive OHC motorcycles (sliding shaft couples and ball bearings with pivoting centers).
Porsche and Ducati both used out-of-phase gears, that is, the gears did not repeatedly mesh in the same pattern with a 2 to 1 cog ratio; this made gear wear patterns more evenly distributed.
(Message Edited 8/20/2003 4:21:16 PM)
Bill-
Now THAT, my man, was funny.
Now THAT, my man, was funny.
Hey Bill, maybe one finger could be mushed to 10 mm and the next 11mm and on you go...the only problem is when you need a 20 mm.
Ron
Ron
Ron
No sweat You just take the 10 finger and the 11 finger and jam 'em in there. When it gets to a real sung (read drag)fit ur there - or at least close. An if nobody else has fingers matching ur thickness... who will ever know??
No sweat You just take the 10 finger and the 11 finger and jam 'em in there. When it gets to a real sung (read drag)fit ur there - or at least close. An if nobody else has fingers matching ur thickness... who will ever know??
Yes, but then the 11 mm will be mushed to 10mm. Then you will have two 10mm and no 11mm.
Ron
(my wife just walked by, looked at my post, shook her head and walked away....women just don't understand)
Ron
(my wife just walked by, looked at my post, shook her head and walked away....women just don't understand)
If ignorance is bliss you guys must be ecstatic...
hahaha...:o)
hahaha...:o)
Ron,
You too!? My wife thinks I should get a life. She's usually right.
You too!? My wife thinks I should get a life. She's usually right.
Yeah, Me too! I get the rolling eyeballs.
BD
BD