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Introduction and Valve Spring Analysis

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Lake Speed's Ford C3 NASCAR Engine: Drag Racing Legend Greg Anderson Machines The Block!

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What happens here

The video introduces the project: refreshing an old race engine from Lake Speed Sr.'s race shop that has been sitting for 15 years. The goal is to update it with modern components to increase power for road course racing. The first part of the process involves evaluating the existing engine components, specifically valve springs, to determine if they contributed to power loss. A 'DTS spring rater' machine is used to measure the old valve springs' seated and open pressures. The results show the old springs were still within 5 pounds of their catalog rating, indicating they were not a primary cause of power loss.

Goal: Understand the project scope and evaluate existing valve spring performance.

Tools and materials

  • Computer with DTS Software HP — Recording and displaying valve spring test data
  • DTS Spring Rater DTS — Measuring the seated and open pressures of valve springs
  • Old Valve Springs Iskenderian — Components being tested for performance degradation

What they say

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the bottom of the board and get out that pinched into the area at the bottom these are little big baby valves compared to what they build this is the pappy's dingle ball this is definitely not a legal ball definitely not to get you up to speed if you don't know what's going on here basically we pulled this engine out of lake speed seniors race shop when we did that race shop tour video it's been sitting for 15 years after he stopped using it so have his cars well we're

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