I came for a lesson in machining....and I stayed for the bishop joke and bits of ally still in Ivan's hair. You're an inspiration to many, and really a national treasure. Bless you.
Ivan you are an inspiration to this old bugger who is building up a Lotus 26 R replica). Susie is a great influence on the channel, she has made it more fun.
Now a roller accelerator pedal using a miniature bearing under your foot would give you throttle control. I made one years ago for a special and it was amazingly smooth. Keep being flash with your young bird coz you make us old boys smile!! Well done Sue!!
IVAN your a Bloody inspiration to every driver out there track or road there isn't another driver your age in your league anywhere ,Please thank the Ladies for all the hours of filming you made my day Engineer and Driver love it thank you all.
Inspirational Ivan...showing how it is done. Absolutely brilliant with his 60s archbishop.jokes as he slides in the gearbox.. Suzie aptly leaves it in tge edit and letting it slide.
Episodes like this one make me think back to all the silly little issues that have ruined otherwise pleasant days in my garage while working on my MG... stuck bolts, wrong parts, missing parts, etc... The way Ivan and John can improvise on the fly amazes me, solving seemingly thorny problems with simple solutions that are dead clever. Love it! You gents are an inspiration.
Ivan does it again! Proving he's still in the game and a "young bird too"! What a delight this channel is,I achieve minor mechanical victories on my 1935 "special" and the inspiration you and your team give us all ,carries on! Well done Susie and John ,with Ivan you truly are a modern day "three musketeers"! Many thanks for the "education and entertainment," a breath of fresh air in today's confused world ...
as always thank you to every one involved , time is unfortunately passing us all by , but we must remain thankful we are still hear and celebrate our departed friends and colleagues by there memory and carrying on ourselves
Susie & Ivan you two are an inspiration, as you work so well together as a team , long May you both continue to inspire me and make me laugh . Ivan and young John are two clever blokes 👍
Ivan and Suzie, the machine shop duo. I think John will approve. Ivan wasn't hanging around in the Capri, he clearly still has the magic. Best wishes, Dean.
When i watch these videos, i find my brain working overtime, thinking of solutions and problem solving. I could imagine being there sticking in my "ten penneth" and getting the solutions fabricated and working. I am but a mere boy in awe of the maestros on here, but the sense of achievement we all feel at the end of these excellent productions is just one reason we all watch......thank you Susie...and of course Ivan and John.
I have to say I've been laid up for 3 months feeling a bit sorry for myself following a motorbike accident; watching your videos has made me get of my a••e and do a bit in the garage. You really are an inspiration Mr Dutton. 🤓👍
Fifty years ago on the farm my brother and used to do mods on kit, and there were no holds barred except it had to work and not break! My brother was the welder-man and I was the machinist. One our best achievements was to make a removable drive for a swather to pick up the swath of ryegrass so as to thrash the seeds in the same way as for wheat or barley using the combine harvester. But obviously as the swath of ryegrass was cut twenty four hours earlier, you take the cutter-bar off the header and substitute the swather. Not only did it work perfectly, but everything was bolted to existing mounting points so the combine could be put back to a cutter-bar machine for cutting wheat and barley directly. I am not sure what my old man expected from our efforts, or even if he believed we could make it work. But it worked well for several seasons picking up ryegrass and clover for both commercial seed production and for pre-basic seeds for the NSDO [National Seed Development Organisation at Cambridge]. It's use ended when the combine was wrecked in a crash, and the new replacement had a properly made commercial swather attachment. The only thing that was completely lacking was any guards, as would have been needed for a commercial design to comply with Health and Safety, but arguably if you got close enough for it to be risky, you were likely already falling into the combine head in any case! Halcyon days, and fortunately the Health and Safety inspector never visited during the ryegrass seed harvest! Love your vids, Suzy and Ivan! Thank you. Best wishes from George
Ivan and Suzy, your videos are the tops, and truly the highlight of my TV week. Just another fantastic video. Thank you for all you do and show. Ivan, you are more then alive, you are ‘rockin’.
Pivot the brake pedal on the RH end of the clutch shaft, then mount the master cylinder backwards above it. The brake and clutch pedals will have the same swing and the master cylinder will be reasonably out of the way. Or maybe a vertical brake master above and forward of the pivot.
Using the frame as a reference is a great idea. I guess you can also just drill the holes in the new side plates and put the whole lot together loose then tack-weld the plates onto the housing and its auto-aligned as well (aka _done like dinner_ ) ? Using an extended clutch shaft on the right side, could you also pivot the brake and gas pedals on it (loosely) to get them setup as well? It would make for a nice package as everything is attached to the bell housing, not the frame. I would like to see more of the Silverstone trip. Thinking about Ivin _hooning it about_ on the track just brings back a bit of order in the universe in my mind. Great episode, Cheers.
Ivan i am 83 and still tinkering i used to race bangers at Newton Abbot in the sixty's but not up to your standard, you keep me going with your vlogs, glad to see you still got the romance going for Suzie. she is a great lady look after her, I think John will be surprised when he sees bell housing mods looks like you got it right and it will work well. just dont let your feet swell, Ed 40 S of Vegas
“I’m not just alive in a rocking chair watching the telly” Vroom! Vroom! -> Silverstone! A must watch for all those younger blokes trying to build a Special.
Looks like the gears are early 1928 Model A (AR) - they used a multi plate clutch for a short period before reverting later in the year to a regular single disc. The early 1928 has a thread on the end of the input shaft to hold the assembly on; the later one does not. A Miller/Ford hybrid engine is here in a 'big' car (not midget), which has this set up along with a machined down flywheel to remove the outer mass and ring gear fitment as it was push started. Straight cut gears are Model A, later V8 gears are helical cut. Hope this can be useful
Getter done. Great that you still have so much drive and enthusiasm. Brake pedal and master cylinder ain't gunna work quite like your description though, the pivot will have to be above the master cylinder, not below it. Love what you're doing and how you're doing all the same. Can't wait to hear some noise from that Offy.
26:24 It's better to have a pedal's pivot closer to the ankle than the toe so that the two joints (ankle and pedal) are describing the same movement. If the pedal pivot is near the toe , the pedal can be a metre long but you won't be getting any advantage in leverage
Ivan, I believe that Meyer Drake marketed their own gearboxes as Offenhauser Indy Gearboxes in both 2 and 3 speed versions. I think the casings may be been cast for them by Hallibrand but they made the internals themselves.
Ivan many kindest thanks for your mention of Secrets Magazine. You have definitely made the hobby more fun and interesting. . .you still have my head spinning by installing a starter to a diffy .. .how about an article on it? My best Charlie Yapp, editor
It won’t help you any but nice story working on the BRM V 16 chassis one having a look at the clutch pedal it’s not but it’s very similar to Hillman clutch pressure plate but with the multitude of clutch pressure plates in there the actual clutch pedal arm is off of a Villiers 9e motorcycle kickstart shaft. I was always quite impressed with this every time I work on the car I always do a laugh to myself about somebody thought themselves what can I use? Yes, it is a motorcycle kickstart shaft anyway enjoy your program Michael
Ivan, it appears there's not going to be a lot of that Bell Housing metal left by the time the starter motor cut out is done, we hope John approves. "Forever Young" comes to mind seeing Ivan in the Capri.
Moving the clutch shaft from below to above the throw out bearing changes the direction of the throw when you push the pedal, wouldn’t it? That will require some jimcrackery with the linkage to make it work
Put oilite bearings on that cross shaft through the bell housing. You will not regret it and - I know you will appreciate this - oilite bearings are surpisingly cheap.
Ivan, won't the thrust bearing be off centre when the clutch is depressed? This is not a problem with the old carbon thrust bearings (e.g. Morris 1000) but I think the lotus bearing you are using ran on a shaft extension from the box to keep it centered.
Just a thought... The tubes that you welded on to the chassis to drill through and centre the shaft for the clutch release bearing...well...... Why not mount/weld bigger tubes on the chassis in the same place to carry the clutch shaft rather then having the shorter shaft mounted in the bell housing? Just a thought.
At the end of this video you talked about all the people you knew who have past. Last week I was thinking about your long career and three people's names came to mind. Did you ever know Colin Chapman or Jimmy Clark? Did you ever know Eric Broadly? Before he died, Carrol Shelby spoke fondly of Broadly --- they worked together on the early iterations of the Ford GT-40, but he said Broadly could only stand the Ford corporate environment for about six months and had to get out of there. I was just wondering, do you have any personal anecdotes about either of these guys? Since you have a Lotus I suspect you must have at least met Chapman. To us here in the United States, Chapman and Clark were major heroes when the Lotus Ford won the Indianapolis 500 and Broadly, although lesser known, was another guy we admired but knew very little about. The green number 82 racer remains my favorite all-time racing car. I built a plastic model of it many years ago. There were also Lola cars that ran competitively at Indianapolis and elsewhere in the U.S. Susie, as usual your camera work and occasional comments & questions are outstanding. I do not miss an episode.
Brilliant way of centering the clutch shaft,but if the clutch lever points down won't that lift the bearings off the clutch & not press against the plates..Ian
Pedal goes forward. Shaft rotates with the bottom rotating toward the engine. Levers on shaft move toward engine and operates the clutch. Works because the shaft is above engine centerline, not below.
Id like to build a engine from scratch., Cast a crankcase from aluminum. Possibly weld two Subaru heads together to make a 4 cylinder 4valve head. With a wide bore spacing. Possibly 4.800" 5.500" or something , the subaru has a large space between cylinders. Possibly 5" +/- , this should allow a 4.625" possibly a 4.750" bore , coupled with a 2.250" stroke, a 2.8" stroke maximum. Weld a crank and heat treatment it. From plates of 4140. Make it with counter weights on every rod throw. And bore the rod and main journals hollow. With about 3" mains and 2.250" with 3/16" oil passages feeding from main to rod journals leaving about 1/4"of steel between the bearing surface and oil passage and pasage and lightening hole slightly off center. The hole being about 1.375"-1.5" on the rods 1.625-1.750" on the mains and put a 4.5-5" wide counter weight across from each god journal. Of .500"-.625" steel plate. That narrows to just .375" wider than the rod journal and crosding the main journal that area just about .250"-.375" wider, to strengthen the crank and allow a decent filet. And possibly add a balance shaft. Cast in flanges for roller bearings anyways. Using a gear drive from the crank shaft and oil pump driven off it as well. Possibly giving it a gear drive . Maybe a chain drive. A possible cross plane crank, have a firing intravel thenat fires 1,2,_,3,4,_,1,2,_,3,4,_,1 it should sound like a subaru. Or give it a traditional flat plane crank and firing. With a minster cam , about 260° at .050" lift. And around.520" lift. With 10:1 compression, and a possible bit of boost.. (1-1.5 bar.) With a 6 speed trans and 4.56 gear and 25" tire. it should see 9500 easily. Run in its range possibly 3500-9500 of usable power, idle around 1000-1200 RPM. Drop the clutch around 2500 rpm.. with 6 bolt girdled mains . Sorry for the rambling, have an awesome day🎉!!✌️
I’m meant to be going for a walk and then up me garage to look at my Land Rover and wonder WTH is wrong with it(and me) but here I am now watching this video and wondering WTH is going on..
The problem solving processess here are above my level (now that's not hard if I am honest) but watching Ivan doing this has initiated my 'problem solving' process to change up a gear...I have poor creative vision and most I have leraned is from watching others...and sometimes applying their techniques to some of the rubbish I work on. Excellent.
@@garymoss5475 I'm sorry but I couldn't help myself.You see,Ivan reminds me of an elderly gentleman I worked with when i was 16 and one day we were doing the clutch on a Morris oxford and when we went to fit the gearbox (which was a 2 man job) the gearbox didn't want to line up.Of course the longer it took the heavier the box became and just as I was running out of muscle the old boy chirps in with 'a bit of hair might help'. Well that just set me off and we ended up putting the box back on the floor and having a right laugh.Ivan struggling to line up the splines took me right back to that very moment. That's why I love this channel.
@@duncankerr8258 The mechanic trying to fit a new battery into friends car uttered similar comment, trade in-joke. I remember using a wooden dowel i had machined up to fit my Morris spline replacing a clutch, on my back with the gearbox on my chest. I hate gearbox oil!
I want to see a film of Johns face when he sees what you have done to the bell housing
I came for a lesson in machining....and I stayed for the bishop joke and bits of ally still in Ivan's hair. You're an inspiration to many, and really a national treasure. Bless you.
Ivan you are an inspiration to this old bugger who is building up a Lotus 26 R replica). Susie is a great influence on the channel, she has made it more fun.
Now a roller accelerator pedal using a miniature bearing under your foot would give you throttle control. I made one years ago for a special and it was amazingly smooth.
Keep being flash with your young bird coz you make us old boys smile!! Well done Sue!!
IVAN your a Bloody inspiration to every driver out there track or road there isn't another driver your age in your league anywhere ,Please thank the Ladies for all the hours of filming you made my day Engineer and Driver love it thank you all.
Inspirational Ivan...showing how it is done. Absolutely brilliant with his 60s archbishop.jokes as he slides in the gearbox.. Suzie aptly leaves it in tge edit and letting it slide.
Episodes like this one make me think back to all the silly little issues that have ruined otherwise pleasant days in my garage while working on my MG... stuck bolts, wrong parts, missing parts, etc... The way Ivan and John can improvise on the fly amazes me, solving seemingly thorny problems with simple solutions that are dead clever. Love it! You gents are an inspiration.
Ivan once again proving necessity is the mother of brilliant engineering.
Ivan does it again!
Proving he's still in the game and a "young bird too"!
What a delight this channel is,I achieve minor mechanical victories on my 1935 "special" and the inspiration you and your team give us all ,carries on!
Well done Susie and John ,with Ivan you truly are a modern day "three musketeers"!
Many thanks for the "education and entertainment," a breath of fresh air in today's confused world ...
as always thank you to every one involved , time is unfortunately passing us all by , but we must remain thankful we are still hear and celebrate our departed friends and colleagues by there memory and carrying on ourselves
Or another way of putting it would be , Ivan isn’t just alive, he’s really living!👍, and so he should be, great channel, addictive stuff 🙂.
Susie & Ivan you two are an inspiration, as you work so well together as a team , long May you both continue to inspire me and make me laugh . Ivan and young John are two clever blokes 👍
Ivan and Suzie, the machine shop duo. I think John will approve. Ivan wasn't hanging around in the Capri, he clearly still has the magic.
Best wishes, Dean.
When i watch these videos, i find my brain working overtime, thinking of solutions and problem solving. I could imagine being there sticking in my "ten penneth" and getting the solutions fabricated and working. I am but a mere boy in awe of the maestros on here, but the sense of achievement we all feel at the end of these excellent productions is just one reason we all watch......thank you Susie...and of course Ivan and John.
They may be gone Ivan, but, they are not forgotten.
That was some smart thinking to mark the release arm shaft centre like that.
Ivan's just a legend.
I don’t think Ivan knows how really how famous he is actually is and it’s still growing
Congrats on the magazine article Ivan, it’s about time you had some recognition in print.
I thoroughly enjoy watching your approach and listening to the voice of experience. My new favorite channel. Cheers!
That was a brilliant idea of figuring out how to do the clutch throwout lever
that is a super simple and great way to get your clutch pivot point
What you call "shed bodge" I call practical engineering! Great to see the progress and method of overcoming issues.
Glad I'm not the only one still using the archbishop jokes.
Best one yet.
I have to say I've been laid up for 3 months feeling a bit sorry for myself following a motorbike accident; watching your videos has made me get of my a••e and do a bit in the garage. You really are an inspiration Mr Dutton. 🤓👍
Ah, the tape shim trick, I have used it many times. I am glad you showed other people about it. Pass the knowledge along.😊
In the past I used to use an old broom handle black tape to align clutches, glad to see the art hasn't died.
I did the same thing with our old Fiat 500, but it was a wooden spoon from the kitchen as the clutch was so small 😅
Fifty years ago on the farm my brother and used to do mods on kit, and there were no holds barred except it had to work and not break!
My brother was the welder-man and I was the machinist. One our best achievements was to make a removable drive for a swather to pick up the swath of ryegrass so as to thrash the seeds in the same way as for wheat or barley using the combine harvester. But obviously as the swath of ryegrass was cut twenty four hours earlier, you take the cutter-bar off the header and substitute the swather. Not only did it work perfectly, but everything was bolted to existing mounting points so the combine could be put back to a cutter-bar machine for cutting wheat and barley directly.
I am not sure what my old man expected from our efforts, or even if he believed we could make it work. But it worked well for several seasons picking up ryegrass and clover for both commercial seed production and for pre-basic seeds for the NSDO [National Seed Development Organisation at Cambridge]. It's use ended when the combine was wrecked in a crash, and the new replacement had a properly made commercial swather attachment. The only thing that was completely lacking was any guards, as would have been needed for a commercial design to comply with Health and Safety, but arguably if you got close enough for it to be risky, you were likely already falling into the combine head in any case!
Halcyon days, and fortunately the Health and Safety inspector never visited during the ryegrass seed harvest!
Love your vids, Suzy and Ivan! Thank you.
Best wishes from George
Just fantastic. Ivor with John and Susan keeping you both safe and sound thanks again I enjoy this channel.👍
You two made my evening, thanks.
Ivan, please tell us more about your "young bird" a very elegant and talented lady. Your channel is an inspiration. Thank you so much.
Ivan and Suzy, your videos are the tops, and truly the highlight of my TV week. Just another fantastic video.
Thank you for all you do and show.
Ivan, you are more then alive, you are ‘rockin’.
made me smile several times Ivan……we are still doing it!
Pivot the brake pedal on the RH end of the clutch shaft, then mount the master cylinder backwards above it. The brake and clutch pedals will have the same swing and the master cylinder will be reasonably out of the way. Or maybe a vertical brake master above and forward of the pivot.
Using the frame as a reference is a great idea. I guess you can also just drill the holes in the new side plates and put the whole lot together loose then tack-weld the plates onto the housing and its auto-aligned as well (aka _done like dinner_ ) ?
Using an extended clutch shaft on the right side, could you also pivot the brake and gas pedals on it (loosely) to get them setup as well? It would make for a nice package as everything is attached to the bell housing, not the frame.
I would like to see more of the Silverstone trip. Thinking about Ivin _hooning it about_ on the track just brings back a bit of order in the universe in my mind.
Great episode, Cheers.
These videos just keep getting better and better!
Ivan i am 83 and still tinkering i used to race bangers at Newton Abbot in the sixty's but not up to your standard, you keep me going with your vlogs, glad to see you still got the romance going for Suzie. she is a great lady look after her, I think John will be surprised when he sees bell housing mods looks like you got it right and it will work well. just dont let your feet swell, Ed 40 S of Vegas
Thanks Suzie. Oh, and Ivan.
Brilliant!!!!...Another Banger my friend!!!!
Not just alive, but in the actual car. A classic Ivan quote
Nice nail polish Susie 👍
Bloody brilliant 👏👏 thankyou 🙏
“I’m not just alive in a rocking chair watching the telly” Vroom! Vroom! -> Silverstone!
A must watch for all those younger blokes trying to build a Special.
Brilliant video Ivan and Susie, looking forward to seeing it done 👍
40 minutes flew by watching this, great stuff!
Yet another job well done. That Susie is a true gem.
Doing engineering, just brilliant, thanks team.
thanks Ivan & Susie instructive and entertaining!
Ivan, great innovation, that Offy is going to be just ticket, getting it done. Fantastic.
Looks like the gears are early 1928 Model A (AR) - they used a multi plate clutch for a short period before reverting later in the year to a regular single disc.
The early 1928 has a thread on the end of the input shaft to hold the assembly on; the later one does not.
A Miller/Ford hybrid engine is here in a 'big' car (not midget), which has this set up along with a machined down flywheel to remove the outer mass and ring gear fitment as it was push started.
Straight cut gears are Model A, later V8 gears are helical cut.
Hope this can be useful
Watching you fathom the solution to this problem was an inspiration.
Great content as always Ivan - Stay Safe!
Many things accomplished and looks liked you've cracked the nut on the pedal situation. Very innovative jigging! Cheers, Paul 🤓
I use 3 in 1 and I have had that exact same can for about forty years. It is seemingly endless.
Another great job Ivan and Susie ❤
Ivan is such an inspiration for my old ass! I always learn something when I watch your videos
Top quality stuff,its the only way to go.
Getting better each time...every man needs a Suzy😙. I hope you cleaned that Mill Ivan 😮
Getter done. Great that you still have so much drive and enthusiasm. Brake pedal and master cylinder ain't gunna work quite like your description though, the pivot will have to be above the master cylinder, not below it. Love what you're doing and how you're doing all the same. Can't wait to hear some noise from that Offy.
This is getting REALLY interesting.
Good on you Ivan getting out there racing and enjoying yourself. Really looking forward to this new build. Keep up the great work👏
Masterclass !
26:24 It's better to have a pedal's pivot closer to the ankle than the toe so that the two joints (ankle and pedal) are describing the same movement.
If the pedal pivot is near the toe , the pedal can be a metre long but you won't be getting any advantage in leverage
Great video as usual Ivan. Thanks Suzie x
Accolades well deserved ! 🏁
Ivan, I believe that Meyer Drake marketed their own gearboxes as Offenhauser Indy Gearboxes in both 2 and 3 speed versions. I think the casings may be been cast for them by Hallibrand but they made the internals themselves.
Ivan many kindest thanks for your mention of Secrets Magazine. You have definitely made the hobby more fun and interesting. . .you still have my head spinning by installing a starter to a diffy .. .how about an article on it? My best Charlie Yapp, editor
absolutely Charlie, I'll set Suzie to work
It won’t help you any but nice story working on the BRM V 16 chassis one having a look at the clutch pedal it’s not but it’s very similar to Hillman clutch pressure plate but with the multitude of clutch pressure plates in there the actual clutch pedal arm is off of a Villiers 9e motorcycle kickstart shaft. I was always quite impressed with this every time I work on the car I always do a laugh to myself about somebody thought themselves what can I use? Yes, it is a motorcycle kickstart shaft anyway enjoy your program Michael
Put a straight edge across your frame rails and scribe a line on the bellhousing so you can find vertical in the mill.
Ivan, it appears there's not going to be a lot of that Bell Housing metal left by the time the starter motor cut out is done, we hope John approves. "Forever Young" comes to mind seeing Ivan in the Capri.
stay strong !
Well that's handy... Indeed
Hi Ivan you should put hand throttle on steering wheel leaving you room for feet.
On and on Ivan goes, jump out of his way!
Moving the clutch shaft from below to above the throw out bearing changes the direction of the throw when you push the pedal, wouldn’t it? That will require some jimcrackery with the linkage to make it work
Put oilite bearings on that cross shaft through the bell housing. You will not regret it and - I know you will appreciate this - oilite bearings are surpisingly cheap.
genious
I want see Ivan full noise in the "offy" on dirt running the high side👍👍🇦🇺🦘
keep watching...
Ivan, won't the thrust bearing be off centre when the clutch is depressed? This is not a problem with the old carbon thrust bearings (e.g. Morris 1000) but I think the lotus bearing you are using ran on a shaft extension from the box to keep it centered.
Just a thought...
The tubes that you welded on to the chassis to drill through and centre the shaft for the clutch release bearing...well......
Why not mount/weld bigger tubes on the chassis in the same place to carry the clutch shaft rather then having the shorter shaft mounted in the bell housing?
Just a thought.
Just imagine Ivan and Adrian Newey together designing a F1 car.
I haven't read through the comments. But wonder if that gearbox is based on a early Ford V8 .
At the end of this video you talked about all the people you knew who have past. Last week I was thinking about your long career and three people's names came to mind. Did you ever know Colin Chapman or Jimmy Clark? Did you ever know Eric Broadly? Before he died, Carrol Shelby spoke fondly of Broadly --- they worked together on the early iterations of the Ford GT-40, but he said Broadly could only stand the Ford corporate environment for about six months and had to get out of there. I was just wondering, do you have any personal anecdotes about either of these guys? Since you have a Lotus I suspect you must have at least met Chapman. To us here in the United States, Chapman and Clark were major heroes when the Lotus Ford won the Indianapolis 500 and Broadly, although lesser known, was another guy we admired but knew very little about. The green number 82 racer remains my favorite all-time racing car. I built a plastic model of it many years ago. There were also Lola cars that ran competitively at Indianapolis and elsewhere in the U.S. Susie, as usual your camera work and occasional comments & questions are outstanding. I do not miss an episode.
Brilliant way of centering the clutch shaft,but if the clutch lever points down won't that lift the bearings off the clutch & not press against the plates..Ian
Pedal goes forward. Shaft rotates with the bottom rotating toward the engine. Levers on shaft move toward engine and operates the clutch. Works because the shaft is above engine centerline, not below.
@@hotrodchris805 you're right,I was thinking the pedal was at the top not facing dwn..can't wait to see Ivan test it out..👍
I'd bet $1 a motorcycle rear brake pedal would fit on that clutch shaft
Id like to build a engine from scratch., Cast a crankcase from aluminum. Possibly weld two Subaru heads together to make a 4 cylinder 4valve head. With a wide bore spacing. Possibly 4.800" 5.500" or something , the subaru has a large space between cylinders. Possibly 5" +/- , this should allow a 4.625" possibly a 4.750" bore , coupled with a 2.250" stroke, a 2.8" stroke maximum. Weld a crank and heat treatment it. From plates of 4140. Make it with counter weights on every rod throw. And bore the rod and main journals hollow. With about 3" mains and 2.250" with 3/16" oil passages feeding from main to rod journals leaving about 1/4"of steel between the bearing surface and oil passage and pasage and lightening hole slightly off center. The hole being about 1.375"-1.5" on the rods 1.625-1.750" on the mains and put a 4.5-5" wide counter weight across from each god journal. Of .500"-.625" steel plate. That narrows to just .375" wider than the rod journal and crosding the main journal that area just about
.250"-.375" wider, to strengthen the crank and allow a decent filet. And possibly add a balance shaft. Cast in flanges for roller bearings anyways. Using a gear drive from the crank shaft and oil pump driven off it as well. Possibly giving it a gear drive . Maybe a chain drive. A possible cross plane crank, have a firing intravel thenat fires 1,2,_,3,4,_,1,2,_,3,4,_,1 it should sound like a subaru. Or give it a traditional flat plane crank and firing. With a minster cam , about 260° at .050" lift. And around.520" lift. With 10:1 compression, and a possible bit of boost.. (1-1.5 bar.) With a 6 speed trans and 4.56 gear and 25" tire. it should see 9500 easily. Run in its range possibly 3500-9500 of usable power, idle around 1000-1200 RPM. Drop the clutch around 2500 rpm.. with 6 bolt girdled mains . Sorry for the rambling, have an awesome day🎉!!✌️
🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎 👍👍👍👍👍 😁
Have you just milled away your clutch shaft location points 😢
👍🇦🇺
Unfortunately, Ivan, I won't be able to drive the Offy Midget for you-my feet are size 12s.
see if he were transported back to the teens.....
I’m meant to be going for a walk and then up me garage to look at my Land Rover and wonder WTH is wrong with it(and me) but here I am now watching this video and wondering WTH is going on..
The problem solving processess here are above my level (now that's not hard if I am honest) but watching Ivan doing this has initiated my 'problem solving' process to change up a gear...I have poor creative vision and most I have leraned is from watching others...and sometimes applying their techniques to some of the rubbish I work on. Excellent.
Can you still spend a shilling?
Thrice nightly if Ivan's anything like me... 🤣
A penny is easier
No.!!
Bit of hair would help get it in😂
Not on this channel please!
@@garymoss5475 I'm sorry but I couldn't help myself.You see,Ivan reminds me of an elderly gentleman I worked with when i was 16 and one day we were doing the clutch on a Morris oxford and when we went to fit the gearbox (which was a 2 man job) the gearbox didn't want to line up.Of course the longer it took the heavier the box became and just as I was running out of muscle the old boy chirps in with 'a bit of hair might help'. Well that just set me off and we ended up putting the box back on the floor and having a right laugh.Ivan struggling to line up the splines took me right back to that very moment. That's why I love this channel.
@@duncankerr8258 The mechanic trying to fit a new battery into friends car uttered similar comment, trade in-joke. I remember using a wooden dowel i had machined up to fit my Morris spline replacing a clutch, on my back with the gearbox on my chest. I hate gearbox oil!