Knurled. said:
In reply to bentwrench :
That isn't from spark retard, that's entirely normal.
Naturally aspirated engines will get the exhaust red-orange when at full bellow for any appreciable length of time, too. Heck, even when doing a 2000rpm freerev when breaking in a flat tappet cam, the headers will get bright red. Unless you crank the distributor around so the engine is running like 50 degrees of timing so you don't need much throttle to keep the revs that high.
I've seen that, but I thought it was from my failure to put coolant in the new engine.
It survived. Broke it in on a 700 mile road trip the next day.
Edit-picture entirely unrelated.
This is weird, I know I posted this earlier, but it's vanished. Trying again.
RossD
MegaDork
3/24/20 12:41 p.m.
Working from home and took a break to take a walk around our 10 acres.
working from home. Parts and candy bar run over lunch
Gary said:
In reply to Shadeux :
Ohhh, I like that!!! Beautiful. But I would've left the fins at original height. 
(BTW, I love all the pics you post on this thread. I don't know where you find them, but they're all phenomenal! Best poster award on this thread, if there is such a thing. Thanks).
Wow! Thanks Gary! I just wander on the internet. If I see something cool I put it in a folder to share here. Glad you like them!
JAGwinn
New Reader
3/24/20 6:57 p.m.
Adrian_Thompson said:
This is weird, I know I posted this earlier, but it's vanished. Trying again.
Yup, ya did....in the meme thread. Get some air.
bentwrench said:
I think they have found the point of diminishing returns, where more boost and fuel meets more spark retard.
Replying to this again because I realized something dumb.
That IS a naturally aspirated engine. No turbos.
Gary
UltraDork
3/25/20 9:55 a.m.
Appleseed said:
In reply to 914Driver :
The world would be a much better place if airlines tripled their rates. More money for maintenance, more legroom since fewer seats would be needed, they could afford to feed us decent food, fewer people travelling means far less fuel burned, so less pollution and it's attendant issues, and best of all, being on a airplane would become more of a luxury, so people might shower before they leave home.
Power went out his morning for a few minutes.
One must assume a medical condition, or a dare...
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
I'm much more inclined to assume 'your average inattentive, under trained, idiot driver'
Gary said:
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/first-drive-aston-martin-v8-cygnet
Tim, Margie, Tom, please please beg Aston for a drive in this and go and review it for the magazine.
Gary
UltraDork
3/25/20 11:14 a.m.
In reply to Adrian_Thompson :
Unfortunately, from the linked Autocar article:
"Why we won’t see another V8 Cygnet:
Fancy getting your hands on a V8 Cygnet? Unless your name is already on the registration document, you're out of luck. Aston made a deal with the buyer prior to developing the car that it would never produce another one."
In reply to Gary :
This is GRM. Come on peeps, grab you welders and grinders. Someone make one.
