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WPVW has just disassembled the engine from My 52 drag bug
rose - June 14th, 2014 at 05:15 PM

We are getting the motor freshened up @ WPVW ,
http://www.wpvw.com.au/WPVW%20family.htm 

we didn't clean the motor , it never leaked much oil .
just down a bit on power
.
Getting it Ready for some more fun .
there was a few broken ring and wear in the pistons groves ,looks like the rings had been broken for some time
not bad for a motor built in 2005 by Paradise motor sports .
looking forward to getting another 8 years of use .

rose - June 14th, 2014 at 05:16 PM

:blush::blush:

rose - June 14th, 2014 at 05:17 PM

:blush::blush:

rose - June 14th, 2014 at 05:18 PM

:blush::blush:

dragvw2180 - June 26th, 2014 at 09:56 PM

I guess there are two very positive things about the engine , one is you were lucky there wasn't any worse damage and the other it is a great opportunity to upgrade to some Wiescos . What are the plans for the engine ?

hus22l - June 27th, 2014 at 06:18 AM

Any chance you could tell us about the current specs and what is proposed ? I could see CB heads that look to have has some work, what's the case, crank, cam etc.. Unless of course you don't want to give away your secrets! : )

rose - June 27th, 2014 at 03:07 PM

:blush:

rose - June 28th, 2014 at 08:17 PM

:blush:

ian.mezz - September 18th, 2014 at 04:20 PM

Crank and Rods being done,
TNT at Sydney Drag way Oct/Nov :tu:
Rose been doing 12s before
so the times should improve as been down on power since we had the car, but still had about 39 racers :tu:

lou0060 - September 18th, 2014 at 06:47 PM

a bit of Loctite on those pistons and they are good to go for Warwick Rose, what's the hold up?? why aren't you racing this year?????

ian.mezz - September 21st, 2014 at 12:54 PM

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Originally posted by lou0060
a bit of Loctite on those pistons and they are good to go for Warwick Rose, what's the hold up?? why aren't you racing this year?????


the machine shop has been busy and the crank and rods were still there first week of September,
So we didn't need Wayne to rush getting the engine back together as we still had to book in a dyno and get to Sydney for a TNT.
before Warwick
so we are happy to have the time to be spectators and enjoy the racing actions .
see ya there .

LOWBUG - September 24th, 2014 at 08:14 PM

Have you worked out what caused the damage..

rose - September 26th, 2014 at 08:45 AM

Well the previous owner always ran around 25psi boost would do it. And it's always had a rumble since we've had it. One strong engine. The engine was built in 2005.

We only run 12psi boost.

Quote:
Originally posted by LOWBUG
Have you worked out what caused the damage..

ian.mezz - November 30th, 2014 at 06:32 PM

:blush:

ian.mezz - November 30th, 2014 at 06:35 PM

shakedown 12.37 @114

Aussie - December 1st, 2014 at 01:01 PM

Is that a temp sensor you have tapped into the block off plate? Did you use a thicker gauge or just stock?

ian.mezz - December 2nd, 2014 at 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by Aussie
Is that a temp sensor you have tapped into the block off plate? Did you use a thicker gauge or just stock?

yeah the one below the dip stick , block off plate is about 6mm
thick

tassy74ida - March 30th, 2015 at 10:33 PM

Where did the turbo set up hail from? Or custom set up?

ian.mezz - April 1st, 2015 at 03:25 PM

USA
Paradise motor sports
AJ Sims and Ron @ RLR also makeS them

benny_acko - April 1st, 2015 at 04:41 PM

What motor is this going to go in now the Green split is up for sale?