Originally Posted by cjv

The heads/liners were received this morning. I was told it will take two weeks for them to machine the o-rings in the heads and liners and another week to have them back in S Car Go Racing's possession. :( That means we should have the heads/liners back May 23rd.

We were holdng off sending the car to ERP for the wide body and additional suspension work until after the motor install. Due to the final motor assembly taking sooooo long we are toying with the idea of sending the body (without motor) to ERP now.

Originally Posted by dgussin1

9500 RPM! How are you keeping spark strong that high?

Originally Posted by cjv

Spark has not been an issue. Weather the combustion chambers/heads running much cooler due to the ceramic coating has anything to do with that I don't know.

A future issue may be how long the plug coils last. We don't have enough time on the motor to answer that question yet. Do you have any experience with this car type motor and that issue that you could share with us?

Originally Posted by Gramicci101

Chad, would it be worth it to talk to MSD or a similar company and get a coil pack made for you that will support your needs?

I figure that if they can make ignition systems for race cars with no problems, they should be able to build one for you as well.

Originally Posted by cjv

Here is an e-mail that I recently recieved. Gives you an idea what some of our counter parts are doing in Japan. The work is being done by a shop in California. I am very familiar with the work as this is a state of the technology shop who we have freely traded information with.

See what I mean regarding the state of the art being constantly pushed.

Hello Chad,

How is the build coming along?

We have just finished our 4.0L engine for our Japanese customer. We followed similar paths as you with the exception of the Cam. We have done a further iteration of the initial design so we can offer this for sale. We are not using the Hydraulic Tappets, rather have gone to Solids as we can run a much more aggressive opening Cam giving far better off idle engine response.

We made some very special Liners that have a Beryllium Top ring/ Flange that allow us to run far more Ignition timing and boost as the Ring helps with the In Cylinder Temps under load. This is kind of special stuff we do. This technology is unknown by most. The whole head/ flange combination runs without any Head Gasket. The passages are O ringed and the Cylinders are sealed by a special Beryllium Fusion ring. We have done this before on the Subaru Rally engines we built. It works really well.

So far the engine has out performed our expectations. The engine will come down for inspection so that we can look at all of the parts before shipping to Japan. We ran with some special fuel ELF made for us so that we could push the boost limit to extreme. We did and the engine performed flawlessly. The acid test is going to be inspecting the parts to see if everything held up OK inside.

Originally Posted by mt72

Wonder if they will share any spec on the cams ... Your Build Chad as proven that nothing stops the dream from rising cause it's made from the same essence
Tom

Originally Posted by cjv

Tom.

This is the company who did the research for my cams. They designed them and built them for me. They will not disclose this information. I have shared my info with Todd @ Protomotive and an individual on this board who is close to UMW. They will not disclose the info., but for the right reasons and an agreement to not disclose I will share the info.

Originally Posted by mt72

I Understand and I hope I will be able to purchase a set in a few months from now . R&D is the secret of many coporation specialy in Japan :cool:
Thanks for the prompt response

Originally Posted by cjv

I would be happy to arrange for you to get a set of cams at my cost.