PeteStupps Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Branching out from JohnD's crankshaft damper thread (Survey on crank damper pullies - General Discussions on anything - Sideways Technologies (sideways-technologies.co.uk)), here is the full Autocar article alluded to. Hopefully the image files have come out alright - you'll need to enlarge them to read. I found it very interesting, with much more technical detail than in Graham Robson's book on the Works cars. This goes into camshaft timing, compression ratios, piston design and clearance, ring sizes, oil pump modification, rocker shaft flex and various other nuggets. Anyway hope it's of interest to others: Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteStupps Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 Realise the photos might be hard to read so I've stuck PDF version in Google Drive here, in case that's any better: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S2oU5Ei1alYBcl36-0FiZxG_trJJ_ELf/view?usp=sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Is there a new thing on the board? I KNOW I posted thanks to Pete, but I can't see my post. What I do see is a line "Unread replies". Isn't this a bit unnecessary? I'd prefer to see a full thread, maintaining continuity, rather a one filleted because I've already read some posts. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Thank you Pete that's excellent. @John D it's working OK for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteStupps Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 You're all very welcome. I liked the bit about them lengthening the oil pump (think someone on here suggested trying that recently - possibly John?) and feeding it from top and bottom to reduce cavitation. @JohnD I've been seeing the 'unread replies' line for a while, it disappears if you refresh the page. Don't mind it myself, helps stop me reading threads twice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I was mistaken, my thanks appear nowhere. I know I wrote my thanks on my mobile, so no doubt I messed up sending it So, Pete! Thank you! As you say, the article only mentions crank vibration in passing, but anyway, it's a most interesting read. You can't find any more on your so-well stocked library shelves, can you, please? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteStupps Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 Glad you found it interesting John. I'm afraid my library is not as comprehensive as you seem to reckon, sorry to say. I've got two of Graham Robson's books about Triumphs, i'll see if there are any other bits worth sharing. I only came upon this article because Robson mentions an Autocar road test of the SAH "stage 2" Spitfire. So I did some googling and bought an old back issue from ebay, and that stage 2 review mentions the above article from an earlier issue. So I then I tracked it down. It was the olden-days equivalent of going down an internet search rabbit hole, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) Ah! Very enterprising, Pete! I assumed from some of the pictures that you had a bound volume of Autocar 1965, and saw your shelves lined with them! John Edited August 5, 2022 by JohnD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I have an old Autocar compilation of Triumph road tests including one of the rally car. Must dig that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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