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Jun/Jul 2008Subscribe NowEngine videos online! Check out the GEM video index on YouTube, the quickest way to find gas engine videos on the Internet. We’ve done the searching, all you have to do is the watching! Click below for GEM engine video index. |
Smok StakOriginal Condition: Where do We Draw the Line?By Harry MatthewsThe following comes from a recent topic on Smok Stak, which can be found on the Internet at: www.engineads.com/ smokstak.cgi. As ever, various individuals started, commented on and concluded the following bulletin board thread. I talked to an engine buddy the other day at work about his "original" engine. The more he talked, the more unoriginal his engine sounded. The only original parts on the engine were the block, head, flywheels and timing gears. He made a new piston, connecting rod, valves, etc. This got me to thinking, just where do we draw the line on what's considered original? If you have to replace piston rings, for instance, or rebabbitt the main bearings, can the engine still be considered original? I have a 4 HP Witte headless that I recently picked up. Over the... 812 of 7148 characters shown.
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