Spitfire Torque Plate
I am making a torque plate out of 1 1/4" steel plate for the Spitfire engines, if anyone is interested in purchasing one let me know. I can make them for other engines also. Rick
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Rick - I'm assuming 1 1/4" is a mis-type. If not, it just shows the depth of my understanding of what you are talking about here. ;-) Tell me what this torque plate is designed to do. Is it for...
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Boring/honing makes the bores perfectly circular, in order to achieve maximum ring sealing, but it takes place without the head bolted on. When the engine gets assembled and the head is bolted down,...
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Thanks, Carter. Now I understand. Steve asked the other question I'm interested in. Joe Guinan
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Steve, if you can send me an old head gasket thats not to mangled I can get you a price, no problem. Rick. 334 215-3112
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It looks like the Spit. torque plate will be 300$ as long as the blanchard grinding does not cost more than the over the phone quote. So if you add 50% for the GT6/TR6 it would be 450$, ouch. Also I...
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I'd suspect that using a head gasket would yield a more accurate simulation of conditions with the head attached. But that's just my guess. To be sure you'd have to do it both ways, and then use a...
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The engine block is about a foot thick. I doubt there is any distortion at all from bending load. However temperature can have a great deal of effect. Some shops are setting up to circulate honing oil...
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I have one 1 1/2" thick Spit plate left, is anyone interested. 325$
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