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Old 06-29-2011 | 03:26 PM
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Default RE: Silver Swallow Pulldown


ORIGINAL: 123Cat

I was flabergasted , it has a circular counterweight , no attempt to balance and a really thick piston , it ran OK , but I will try a rebuild , and hope for the best , now can you make a piston from very hard wood ?
What is the ignition temperature of Jarrah

The ignition temperature of Jarrah hard wood is 425ºC but what wood worry me more is its coefficient of friction outside of a low temperature heavily greased environment.

Anyway the full circle crank web can be dealt with very easily by scalloping out the metal either side of the crank pin and I am wondering if simply shortening the piston skirt for lightening might work, sub piston induction aside.