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keith0alan · Post by **keith0alan** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:47 am

I sure hope not. I've paid for ticket, have hotel reservations, canceled the trip to Solvang and plan to drive accross the country to get there.

keithw

ole skool · Post by **ole skool** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:50 am

Mark,

No official word I could find on the Classic Motorsports site. Everything on there looks like it is still a go. Where did you find this?

Wade

ole skool · Post by **ole skool** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:51 am

Dig a little deeper:

http://www.datsunroadsters.com/mitty/aprilfools.jpg

keith0alan · Post by **keith0alan** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:52 am

Seems like that if Mazda went broke we might have heard about it in the news.

keith

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Russell Roach · Post by **Russell Roach** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:50 pm

Mark,

Jesus man my heart skipped a beat for about half a second! You got me on that one ...I owe ya buddy boy

See you all there 21 days til I leave and counting. The engine should be back in the car by Tues and dynoed later this week hoping for a little over a hundred at the wheels...won't be bad for a little ol r-16

Russell

Post by **spl310** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:01 pm

Hey Russell,

I was wondering if you have a crank scraper in that engine. I loaned a couple of engines to a guy that makes them, and got a couple of prototypes as payment. I have not installed them, but they look like they would work. I am just curious...

Russell Roach · Post by **Russell Roach** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:11 pm

EL Sid,

Why yes ..yes I do have one of those fine Ishihara/Johnson teflon crank scrapers lessening the rotating mass/oil ropes.

Thanks once again after the fact. Got your beer money in my pocket.

Russell

Post by **spl310** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:13 pm

OOoooo.... You got the teflon version. I got the plain old steel one. Should be fine for the street if I ever get brave enough to try it...

Russell Roach · Post by **Russell Roach** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:50 pm

Sid,

Go for it, only thing be sure and don't use a regular gasket, I tried it can you say split and smoke boys and girls. Use the 3m gasket in a can.

Russell

Post by **spl310** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:46 am

Hey Mark, sorry to hijack the thread, but I figured that you would not mind...

Russell, did you do any dyno testing - before and after? I have heard some pretty phenomenal claims (by the manufacturer - but they seemed to be straight up folks) about power gains. Would be interesting to know the reality...

Russell Roach · Post by **Russell Roach** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:52 pm

Sid,

Nope never did dyno testing, what are their claims i'd be curious to know if they are on a cut/knife edge crank or unmodified crank.

Russell

Post by **spl310** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:00 pm

I forget the exact horspower gains that they stated, but they were along the lines of 10 percent or so. Pretty stout. They have a Geo Metro that they tow a trailer with to go get engines and such. They said that before the put the scraper in it, it would not do the job...

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