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I will preempt the following comment with this statement: I have been a Hoosier Tire dealer for 30 years. Additionally, I stress that this opinion is SOLELY mine, and carries ZERO validation from Hoosier. In light of Hoosier currently being the only manufacturer of a nationally competitive tire for ...

..... but if you look at my rockers, I don't go to the extremes that I see on some others. While I do typically remove some from the screw end, I never remove any from the spine, and I DO see it as a wonderful thing to not be forced to weaken the beam by removing any material from the underside of ...

Brian,
Thanks, I'll give him a call tomorrow.
The heads I referred to had been done by one of us builders as a means of claiming that some mods had not been done by him but were there from when he had them cast. Get the picture?

I have been off line for 10 days, having driven to MI for a surprise 50th. anniversary party for my only Sis and wonderful Bro-In-Law, along with spending time with my 96 year old Mother who just licked pneumonia, a very septic gall bladder the size of an eggplant, along with two other infections, a...

Brian,
OK, w/o getting into the finite details of the spring, you did mention that you sell them, so might I ask what the price is for a set of 8, with and w/o retainers?

Since you intend to change valve springs to no longer be free, as they always have been(as long as they were magnetic), which will make approximately 30 of my customers engines illegal, would you mind sharing with me what you perceive to be the advantage of a smaller boss/spring? Is there an advanta...

If I read your post correctly, I believe there is a flaw in your proposed technique of measuring the deck height that could find a large percentage of the engines to be illegal. Because the width of the rod bushing is what determines how square the piston sits in the jug, and that bushing is often l...

Hardingfv (Brian H.)... I really don't see any justification or need in going away from steel retainers. I initially turned quite a few of our chrome moly units down to suit the springs. This was quite time consuming, and then had several hundred made from the same material but smaller. To me, the m...

"Citation modifications are a book in themselves and not very relevant to this conversation"! what?!? How can you just have stated "IF IN DOUBT, DON'T" in the previous post to mine and then come up with that? May I please be granted that same status? Same goes for the phrase &qu...

OK, from what I am reading here, taking even a skin cut off of the valve cover surface constitutes an illegality, right? What do we then do with those blatant "Citation owner-cheaters" who saw off a substantial chunk in order to clear the rear suspension. How about all of the cases where t...

[quote="brian"]Some engine builder prefer to increase the clearance on new cylinders. Cylinders are delivered with usually .025 clearance between the piston diameter and the cylinder. Generally speaking, this is increased to about .045. Brian, are you sure that you don't actually mean .002...

I can't believe there is still a push for forged pistons and o/s or reworked cylinders. Makes me question the motive(s). Unless the application is a much higher revving engine, or much higher compression, the forged pistons are not only unnecessary, but an actual disadvantage. I see no problem with ...

Tom Kaufman, forever Vee person, originator of the VDF Formula Vee, and all-around great guy has had a very serious accident, shattering his left leg, and will be laid up for an extended period. You can read more about it at "Go Fund Me" under "Tom's Medical Fund" and if you find...

"The committee is therefore continuing its efforts to obtain a supply of complete piston/cylinder sets (from AA in China) that will meet the needs of the class going forward". I don't get it. I keep hearing this, over and over, making we wonder what the objective is. How about making one ...

Lastly, what is the opinion of the committee on having the top 2.0mm ring groove moved up to the maximum height that the rules would allow, and what is that dimension? Hi Mike, I was not aware of any upper ring height in the rules? (other, than the piston must be dimensionally stock) We have taken ...

Dietmar, I had to laugh when you told me of the set you received. I have to wonder how many other such sets were sent out like that, and if anyone thought "well, they must know best", and then installed them like that. The word I get is that the late style cylinders (which, as previously s...

Dietmar, First, thank you for your work on the piston issue. When I spoke with AA, I was informed that resizing the groove to 2.5mm was a major change in the process. Doesn't seem that big of a deal, but, that is what I was told. There was also the issue of not being able to obtain the 2.5mm rings. ...

The FV Ad Hoc Committee met on January 7 Members attending: Steve Oseth, Stevan Davis, John Petillo, Stephen Saslow, Phil Holcomb, Alex Bertolucci, Bruce Livermore, Dietmar Bauerle Steve Oseth reported on his trip to the PRI Show and his discussions with piston manufacturers. Having spoken with sev...

[quote="hardingfv32-1"]1) Because of their stock size. You could use the K/S piston in Chinese cylinders if you want. What is the cost of the K/S pistons and is the combination with the Chinese cylinders cheaper than $400 forged pistons and used cylinders? Understood. I was just wondering ...

However, if one considers that forged pistons should be more durable and show less wear than cast, and that they should need minimal "race preparation", the cost might not be considered prohibitive by some. Also, with the Euro at a lower level, we once again discussed the pistons still av...

Mike: Be assured that the Ad Hoc Committee will take into account all the "variables" that you have mentioned and probably more. We are not planning to simply recommend ANY forged piston without a lot of thought. As for the K/S pistons... A brief history. The Committee worked on getting A...

Replacement pistons made from forged blanks can be CNC machined to the exact same dimensions of the original VW piston. There are no cast blanks available for this purpose. This low volume custom piston process is based around proprietary shaped forged blanks. The CNC programing allows for a 'no ex...

On the issue of having pistons made, I am hoping you realize that with the rules written as they currently are, pertaining to the maximum distance from pin centerline to the roof of the top ring groove, that if you allow a thinner ring, you are creating an unfair advantage. Because the only way that...

I was contacted fairly recently on the issue of the 300 K/S pistons that you were bringing in. Although I prefer the Chinese ones, I am wondering what happened to them?
Mike P.

Dietmar wrote:I believe we need to get back on the topic:

anyone running the beehive valve springs and if so, where did you get them.

Legalities past, present, or future can either be another topic or discussed on another site.

Dietmar

yup.