By Des Hammill
Useful, specialist recommendation from an skilled race-engine builder on the right way to construct a high-performance model of Ford's 4-cylinder 1,600, 1,800 and 2,000cc Pinto engines is true right here at your fingertips.
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If there is a crack, the powder will congregate along the crack and 'black light' will highlight it. The operator must be skilled in the use of this equipment, as a crack can be missed by the inexperienced. Discard any cracked rods. Connecting rod straightness Having passed the crack test, each connecting rod is then placed on a connecting rod alignment jig which will check the alignment of the rod's crankshaft bearing and the piston pin bores in two planes to show whether the rod is bent or twisted.
With this procedure carried out and the bearing clearances proved correct, or found to be incorrect and the situation remedied, the connecting rod to crankshaft check fitting is complete. BUILDING THE SHORT BLOCK Freeze plugs have been known to come out of cylinder blocks and cylinder heads. Any competition engine needs to have some form of retention across all of the freeze plugs so that if one comes lose at least it will not fall out. When the crankshaft is being installed it must be very carefully lowered into the oiled bearings in the block and must not be rotated.
Holbay Engineering have only ever made single groove valves and keepers in their line of racing valves. Their keepers are turned out of high tensile round bar as are their matching valve spring retainers. All valve head sizes and valve stem lengths are available in single groove design from these suppliers. An engine machine shop (engine reconditioner) can accurately enlarge the valve seats to suit the larger valves using conventional seat cutting equipment. 495in (exhaust). 080in (exhaust). 040in wide "top cut' at 30 degrees and the 'inner cut' is flared from the original port throat to the new valve seat.
