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I would like to respond to the last few posts as follows: Steves work on the 3.5 liter engine demonstrates the challenges that Ferrari faces...
I appreciate the last post. I am not going to dispute your leak down numbers, but focus on the lessons that we have learned in this process....
I sorry my purpose in providing an update was not to basically say “no news, but some news to follow…maybe”. My intent was...
I have attached some more pictures of the LS1 project. It is truly amazing how similar it is to the 4-liter stuff. It is hard to express how...
There are no engines running yet. Like many of you, I have been waiting since August for Nick to turn the key on the 3.5 liter project. Since...
There have been two recent articles about Steve Demirjians big bore LS1 project that are very relevant to the 4-liter Ferrari project. These...
Please note that we have discovered that the stud pattern and bore centers are the same for 308 thru the 355 engines. This was determined when we...
The prospect of upgrading and lightening the CV Joint is very intriguing to me. The cost per joint according to the link is about $130. The same...
Here is another link to a lightened and heat treated 930 Porsche CV Joint; http://doghouserepair.com/mall/description.php?ItemID=1237 I am...
Has anyone had any experience with any of the following? 1. the lightened versions of the 930 CV joint,...
As long as heads studs have been mentioned, we have replaced all of the stock head studs with 190,000 psi custom pieces that Steve has specd. We...
The following links may prove helpful in understanding MSL head gaskets....
There is another thing that I failed to mention in the last post. Our blocks and sleeves have been cryogenically treated. I know there are some...
This is a great discussion. Thanks. In conversations with Steve, he dismissed the idea that the sleeve protrusion was necessary so that the...
Your point is taken. In this vain, the oil return passages in the head and block can be enlarged during a rebuild. We have debated whether...
I just finished sound deadening my sons 300zx with Fatmat. We used their rattletrap product and it did a great job. It is comparable to dynamat...
Let me see if I get this right, the consensus is that I am a jerk, with limited functioning gray matter who is boring and stroking a Ferrari which...
There has been a constant drum beat that this thing is way too expense. Heck, it very well may not be for every wallet or every 308 engine bay....
I have responded to this post back in December to explain the depths of my personal neurosis regarding the 308 and to provide a forum for people...
Does anybody really think that Nick is delaying sorting out the engine so he doesnt have to post dyno numbers? For goodness sakes, this thing...
