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Winton or bust!

Started by rodomo , Dec 07 2006 07:23 PM

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#476 rodomo

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Posted 27 January 2010 - 09:57 PM

Yes, correct, and I didn't.

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Posted 27 January 2010 - 10:36 PM

Yeah not long at all. I was just over there on an espionage mission of my own. I've noticed that rodomo is working hard to come up with his own improvements, but I have no doubt that they will be insufficient in protecting his position.

He's not posting because he's still out there in the shed working hard to think of things that I haven't already beat him to

manabu koto ga dekiru tame ni wa , mazu , anata no kokoro wo batta .......masuta wo hiraku hitsuyō ga ari masu :ph34r:

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 06:26 AM

thanks for the part number.

i remember when i first did them i used a marine seal, which is the metal cup and dbl lip. probably what yours is. not sure why i went away from it??

my seal is too small in the od to meet the hub, so it was only sealing with the flange part. didnt leak any grease though. but yeah, i only packed the bearings, not the hub.

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 06:44 AM

Time to crack out the really expensive high temp grease then...?

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 07:40 AM

really expensive

Sorry, I don't understand this part of your post? :dontknow:

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 08:31 AM

Its what normal people expect when building cars :tease:

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 09:54 AM

Yeah, Iv'e heard that........throw money, throw money, throw more money.
I'm trying to use my brayn but.

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 10:56 AM

And it seems obvious that Rodomo enjoys using his brayn and making things himself, whereas throwing money is not always so enjoyable. Especially if it doesn't improve things.

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 12:32 PM

And it seems obvious that Rodomo enjoys using his brayn and making things himself, whereas throwing money is not always so enjoyable. Especially if it doesn't improve things.

Exactly. Why not save a bit of money and use a bit of ingenuity ?
Keen to see what comes next.

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 12:53 PM

Thanks guys..............I'm all choked up :huh:

Very touching Mick :cry:

And...........regardless of what they're all saying about you behind your back, I reckon you're orite.

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 05:23 PM

I do like your way better, it doesn't hurt quite as much

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 09:35 PM

Entry form for PIARC sprint. Be there or be scared... er square

http://www.piarc.com...Sprint Regs.pdf

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Posted 29 January 2010 - 09:50 AM

Thanks for that..............
I'd better get my finger out..........
And look at the budget.

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Posted 29 January 2010 - 12:06 PM

how is the pi relay looking later in the year?

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Posted 29 January 2010 - 03:46 PM

You'd better ask team captain Mick? :dontknow:

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Posted 01 February 2010 - 08:29 PM

There has been a secret test day................ :ph34r:

This thing has so much grunt now it smashes rocker gear at idle! :spoton:

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Posted 01 February 2010 - 09:42 PM

How did you go with the rollers Rob?

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Posted 01 February 2010 - 09:56 PM

Good thanks Heath. I've got nice curly hair now.

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Posted 01 February 2010 - 10:02 PM

I think Harvey Norman has a hair straightener on special if you want to go back to straight hair.

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Posted 01 February 2010 - 10:08 PM

Good thanks Heath. I've got nice curly hair now.

LOL:lol:
Your hair must be mighty tough Rob, breaking those rockers like that !

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Posted 01 February 2010 - 10:54 PM

At the end of the day..................the rocker gear wasn't the only thing that got smashed :ph34r:

Edited by rodomo, 01 February 2010 - 11:03 PM.

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#497 76lxhatch

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 05:26 AM

You don't need grunt to smash rockers like that, oops...

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 07:10 AM

But surely the Nos saved the day!?

btw anyone out of the loop reading this thread must just be thinking "what the f*ck are they talking about? what is going on here?"

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Posted 03 February 2010 - 12:05 AM

You don't need grunt to smash rockers like that, oops...

Correct again!
But do you think for 1 minute that I'm going to admit that the rocker geometry was up the shit after the head was shaved and the block decked? :huh:

Surely more grunt sounds better?

I'm a bit confused as to what happened to be honest. All I did was took the head off, replaced the gasket, fiddled with the dissy and jets? :blink2:

The saddles were being shim adjusted but it did 2 & 1/2 laps when the head gasket spat and when I pulled it apart then, there were no broken rocker parts.

The only reason for this that I can think of is that perhaps I had the saddles arse about?

I had the arrows pointing to the valves.

Both of my manuals (1 Gregories and the other Max Ellery) contradict each other.

Anyway...........The second pic is what occured between the trailer and the scrut. pit.
Change plug, change lead, pull rocker cover off to find this.

Fitted another saddle (I carry them anyway) line up for the 1st stint and hear "PING" then a dead miss, this happened at idle.

So.............
Jump in the Rangie (no A/C and 35 degrees), drive home (25 mins) grab the roller rockers that I was saving for the "Mick Seeker", back to the track, (another 25mins) (did I mention no A/C and 35 degrees?) fit rollers at track and get in 10-12 laps in the arvo.

AND SMASH MY P.B. BY A SECOND AND A HALF IN 35 DEGREE HEAT!!!!!!! :nudie:

Look out Mick, look out Ronnie..........HERE COMES THE GREASE SLAPPER ! ! !

p.s. Heath, I have no idea what you're talking about and I think you should stop snorting it.