OST-048: Спасибо товарищ Сталин

[oldeskewltoy]

As to the title....









While I've seen a few poor smallport castings.... this one is a pretty good casting, with decent chambers, and pretty good port-bowl alignment. What it doesn't have is a good short radius..... on ALL of the bowls....





more to come....

[aukword1]

lol had to google translate that title. Interested to see how this smallport comes out

[oldeskewltoy]

I'll bite WTF does thanking Stalin for your happy childhood have to do with this? Try to avoid sniffing solvent my friend mg:

In one of the email correspondences with this client..... "On my Cyrillic Russian keyboard when I typed "Спасибо товарищ" [thank you comrade] the next word suggestion that came up was "Сталин" [Stalin] looks like my phone is a cold war veteran & a good party member!"


more to come.....

[oldeskewltoy]

working the short radius, and the port walls....




and further progress....




more to come.....

[oldeskewltoy]

Been a bit of a busy beaver......

Ports are almost done - ITB adapter AND this heads new Cat cams should arrive later this week





Intake bowls/seats are set, and the chambers deshrouded




and I've begun the exhaust side





and a bit closer (more detailed) view.....




more to come....

[Rogue-AE95]

The before & after of the exhaust ports is especially noticeable!

[oldeskewltoy]

The before & after of the exhaust ports is especially noticeable!

2 down...., 2 to go.... then it goes off to get it's 3 angle......




more to come......

[oldeskewltoy]

.... and now to get her 3 angle.....




more to come.....

[oldeskewltoy]

now that the 3 angle is done, its time for checking chamber volumes........




all @ 37cc, so back to the shop for surfacing....


and then assembly with the new 252(222@ .050"), w/ 8.5mm lift



more to come....

[oldeskewltoy]

So this engine will be using a set of ITBs. It will be using a T3 adapter.


The ITB adapter needs a bit of blending.....




As do the intake ports... they too need some gentle blending





I pick up the head later today, so more to come.......