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Looks absolutly great ..:thumbsup:

Next Sunday i would start to fix all together ,
No time before.
yesterday i got the new Bearing and for save i check all sended thinks imediately , and damn..:angry: ..its a wrong one....the long...

Thanks Pat ;-)
Another run against a '68 Mustang with original 289 4V and auto goes also , on 1/8 mile ,with one nose ahead to me.
With more less weight (seatbench out, bumpers off , only 2...

The size of the "pivot bearing" is
30 mm outer dia
Shaft 16 mm dia
One pivot is 30 mm, the other 45 mm long.
Seal size is outer dia 36.5 mm ( 1 7/16")
inner dia 16 mm( or in my case 15.75 mm)...

Man .., watta stupid shop...
Ive not experiences witj babbit type Bearings but i would look for fine similar running marks in bearings and crankjournals also on cylinders and pistons for eventually...

After that 300 mile trip my waterpump starts to leak...(damn !.,now after the big winter job)
know i have disassembled it and fix it with a new bearing (its metric size ) and a double ply modern...

Last weekend at a small airfield challenge..
https://youtu.be/QDcrngMzuhE.

It isnt too noisy for a Streetcruiser ?
If i rember right, the twospeedaxle is noisy like a cam geardrive for a sbc ?
Tell me if im wrong.

Man ..;-)
i had the same while completing with one lower compression ring.

My luck was rhats they are for BMW, next day i had hold a new in my hand.

I thight it with a socket wrench and a extension on it by hand only to "max handthight".

Thanks for sharing your pics, Wacker ... :-)
Nice pics also from the OSW ,we was there too in 13 .
Sverige .., always relaxed (sometimes drunken :D ) people without antipathy against old thirsty US...

I had found out that the points and also the condenser are very bad quality , you can look on ebay for nos parts in oem packings ...the rest is cheap stuff that i always carry twice with me in my...

Out of an old hrm : http://up.picr.de/15129323wr.jpg

Awesome :thumbsup:

Ok , here some more pics, but theyre 2 years old.. ,i think i had post them then...
doesnt matter because the Car looks always like the same :D
http://up.picr.de/11931344oc.jpg...

But, me too cant change my Engine ..see my plate ;-)


http://up.picr.de/11931351ss.jpg

(HB stands for my hometown :Hansestadt Bremen and the last H for Historic Car )

You must stay with the Str 8... ;)
Always look at your plate !! ..it works..:-)

You have a part car ? ...thats my dream ;-)

The Pistons match with the new needed over bore size ?

..and, you cant match the weight from the rod ends ?....same with the pistons..

Block and crank are not repairable, with next piston- and bearing size ?

Pat,
at the beginning of this thread is a description.
How it all in the near future works i will know if the streets beginns to be saltfree.
This all is an trail and error game with the Parts...

Hi John,
You wanna know the comp ratio ?
you wanna know the Truth
? :confused:
I never had alculate it :D
only by my ***-meter , but not so much ...because the BMW pistons domes are not so big...

Congrads for your Car.
look at ebay for a complete compound carburetion sytem from a 41-42 Buick with the small 248 engine, that will match without problems on the 263 .
You switch the carb...

just out of stock..:D

Yes !!... this year it will happen ... :thumbsup:

Here's a pic of it : http://up.picr.de/20708924tb.jpg
(damn ! ....alltimes this wrong turned pics..)