tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28162949863284517902024-02-19T17:55:45.961-05:00HighTech AutoTech - Watch us DO WORK!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05307300772117882351noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816294986328451790.post-22799349320291347342015-04-29T12:15:00.000-04:002015-04-29T12:15:20.521-04:00Porting for Power! Cylinder Head Porting We lightly covered this in class. Cylinder heads are where the power is made. We need to get as much air into the cylinder as possible. Here are a few articles I browsed through that show the information in detail with plenty of photos. Please keep in mind that these a mostly forums where people use foul language, so just ignore it!<br />
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Valve's:<br />
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Porting tool and sanding bits<br />
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Check out a NJ cylinder head porter called "Head Games". They seem to work on everything! Click the link and browse their website. They have many different makes and models of cars in their menu which show the work they have done.<br />
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Harley forum posting explaining a Valve Job and it's complexities.<br />
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Crankshaft Coalition's WIKI page on introduction to cylinder head porting.<br />
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In this website, Chevy Thunder, the author describes all of the components that must also be modified and how, when performing cylinder head porting. I really enjoy his graphics and his attention to the numbers.<br />
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Here is a forum thread from the H.A.M.B/Jalopy Journal on basic cylinder head porting. If you browse through this forum there will be many people building really cool hot rods and documenting them extensively.<br />
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<a href="http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/how-to-basic-cylinder-head-porting-for-beginners.861187/" target="_blank">Link to HAMB and Jalopy Journal Basic Head porting.</a><br />
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This article was produced by a company called Standard Abrasives explaining how their products are used for cylinder head porting. They went ahead and explained the basic porting process in great detail! It is a very informative document.<br />
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<a href="http://www.austincc.edu/wkibbe/porting.pdf" target="_blank">Link to Standard Abrasives porting document.</a><br />
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The website article here describes the use of thread to view air flow and turbulence. The thread can also find "dead spots" where the air isn't even present during its flow path towards the cylinder. You can see the tumble and the swirl produced by the port. This air is directed purposely towards areas in the combustion chamber such as squish pads and the spark plug (forces the air fuel mixture to go right to the source of pressure and ignition).<br />
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<a href="http://www.diyporting.com/thread.html" target="_blank">Link to DIY Porting Using Thread to check flow</a><br />
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There is also a bunch of information on engine performance and set up in this website DIYPorting. Check this link to the Piston to Valve Clearance. It is important to get a tight PtoVC, but not enough clearance and you will run the valve into the piston when it expands!<br />
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This MotorGeek forum thread shows extensive modifications performed on a 5-cylinder 20-valve Audi engine. There are also pictures of it on the flow bench.<br />
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<br />Here is an Audi inline-5 20-valve that has set a world land speed record. In the following links you will see the amount of work that goes into building a high-HP high-speed engine. There are MANY Pictures and detailed explanations.<br />
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Here is an article from Engine Builder Magazine discussing at length the importance of high performance piston rings and cylinder finishes and how they work together.<br />
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Last but not least.... A link from Speed Academy that explains how rotary engine porting works. This defies much of what you already understand from piston engine porting.<br />
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If you take a look at the notes at the bottom. Some specify a 1/4 turn. This means that bolt is taken to the point where it will be stretched and expected to clamp as hard as it possibly can. These bolts are usually never re-used (replaced) when the time comes to loosen it. Don't risk stretching a bolt twice, because it will snap. Prepare in advance :)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05307300772117882351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816294986328451790.post-51900883456848966852014-05-30T12:22:00.000-04:002014-05-30T12:22:04.672-04:00Get familiar with ASE and how it works.<u style="font-size: x-large;">Mandatory Reads!!!</u><br />
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Click each link and check out what each has to show you. Come to class Monday prepared with questions. This is for our program completer's exam. I intend on testing you sometime next week, but first need to find an available proctor. We will be taking the <u>ASE G1 Maintenance and Light Repair</u> test.<br />
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This is the official ASE study guide for ASE G1 Maintenance and Light Repair test. In this link you will find list of things you are expected to know and understand. There is plenty and you should know plenty of it. 7 Content Areas and 55 questions. Challenge yourselves!!<br />
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ASE also put together a nice list of test taking tips. Browse through this as well. Might have some tips for you to consider on all types of tests.<br />
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Since this is a CBT (Computer Based Test) you will need to be familiar with the format before we actually take the test so you aren't wasting precious time figuring out the format. Take the sample test and click all of the buttons to try them out. GO ON!! TEST IT OUT!!<br />
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These are all of the other ASE Test Series available. There are tests to prove that you have what it takes in all areas of automotive service and repair. You might like buses, trucks, or just doing the machine work and finish work. There is a test for you to take and earn your certificate that will prove you are qualified!<br />
<a href="https://www.ase.com/Tests/ASE-Certification-Tests/Test-Series.aspx" target="_blank">ASE Certification Tests Series</a><br />
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This is a link to all of the other study guides available. If you would like to see how much you know or would like to know, go ahead and browse through them. This is a recommended read if you are interested in becoming an automotive technician and taking the ASE exams!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05307300772117882351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816294986328451790.post-71590842320273180332014-04-09T11:32:00.001-04:002014-04-09T11:32:01.935-04:00A day in the life of a newbie.<p dir="ltr">Today we (Kelvin, Mike, and me) prepped an area in the wheel well for welding. It's the place where the brake line from the reservoir connects with the brake line to the caliper. Basically it was a hole in the engine bay that was cracked from wear and possibly hard braking. Fixing it was simple, we cleaned the area with a wire-wheel and MIG( metal inert gas) -welded the crack in. </p>
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<a href="http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/08/the-house-of-style-tra-kyoto/" target="_blank">Click here to view the speedhunter's article (Remeber smoking cigarettes is bad!!)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=308169&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0" target="_blank">Another Very Rusty Convertible. Lets get our own thread going!!</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/repair/how-to-buy-a-used-car-without-getting-burned" target="_blank">For those of you looking to buy a used car. It is very important to have a checklist to go along with.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/" target="_blank">These videos are great!!</a><br />
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<a href="http://vitalnj.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/655fae10-808a-45ad-bae4-ea34ab697563/bentley-chapter-4/" target="_blank">No easy feat, but this is how Bentley roofs are welded on.</a><br />
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"Flathead" or "L-head" car engines were common into the 1950s. The Ford flathead V8 is more famous than many of the car models it was installed in. What makes a flathead engine a flathead?<br /><br />A. Above the pistons the cylinder head is machined completely flat rather than slightly domed. The combustion chamber is confined to the upper end of the cylinder.<br /><br />B. The valve covers are made of cast iron which gives them a flat appearance compared to stamped metal valve covers. Sturdy cast iron (or alloy) is necessary because the rocker arm shafts are bolted to the valve cover rather than the cylinder head.<br /><br />C. The exhaust and intake valves are located beside the piston in the engine block. The cylinder heads appear flat because they only contain combustion chamber space rather than all the valve train gear (rocker arms, valves, springs, valve covers, etc.) found on overhead valve (OHV) engine cylinder heads.<br /><br /><br />- RockAuto Monthly Newsletter<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05307300772117882351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816294986328451790.post-5970594118810195902014-01-23T15:58:00.000-05:002014-01-23T15:53:04.476-05:00Sometimes you just have to make it. <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb_wwkpDEmxV37WBPDSr_vsIWY_WVJjiXi95yOwsXWz8DM9UvBVrDrF5vzslWoDgsiPEMHZxe2e_HyTO68ZGTj6Uaks4QZ0rbKWqwrsvCIhxMcRhQ-_Wg57HvUfrdOKapiRvFXWY7KM0/s1600/photo-784478.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb_wwkpDEmxV37WBPDSr_vsIWY_WVJjiXi95yOwsXWz8DM9UvBVrDrF5vzslWoDgsiPEMHZxe2e_HyTO68ZGTj6Uaks4QZ0rbKWqwrsvCIhxMcRhQ-_Wg57HvUfrdOKapiRvFXWY7KM0/s320/photo-784478.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5972196632119723746" /></a></p>The snap-on adapter for our 18mm compression tester didn't have a valve core nor did it have threads to put one in (guess how we found that out). I had the snap-on rep send us a replacement, but this one didn't come with an 18mm adapter.... So I figured it was safe to assume more time would be wasted if I didn't take action.
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Taken from the passenger foot well you can see the tubes that triangulate
towards the firewall. These tubes will help to keep the front half of
the car from bending up into the cage. On the other side of the firewall
is the back of the shock tower. You can also see the footings for the
front of the half laterals (that run along the driver and passenger
window/door openings) and how they are joined by the sill bar, bottom of
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Here's a look at the back half of the cage you can see the seat mounts,
harness bars, cross bars and in the right side of the picture you can
see the rear stays that head to the rear shock towers to help support
the main hoop and tie in the rear half of the chassis to the front.</div>
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Below is the footing for the main hoop right behind the outer sides of
the forward passengers floor pans. Notice how the plating is set up and
how the tube is welded into the corner, not just at the base. Also take
note how the tubes from the sill-bar (bar that runs along the bottom of
the door opening) and the bottom door bar (part of the bars that X in
the door opening) meet up at this point and tie into the main hoop.</div>
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A-pillar to window bar support gusseted to the door bar. </div>
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Rear x-bar gusseted with the harness bars installed. Notice the
passenger harness bar is lower than drivers because the passenger seat
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Here you can see the seat mounting brackets.<br />
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Here's a look through the windshield opening where you can see how close
the half laterals that start on the floor and run along the a-pillars
(sides of windshield), bend tightly along the top of the door frame and
meet up with the main hoop that is behind the drivers.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05307300772117882351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816294986328451790.post-44892298925579235232014-01-15T19:05:00.000-05:002014-01-15T19:05:23.661-05:00Earlier today Kelvin and I took a mini road trip to west milform to check out my future car ;)<br />
A 1999 hatchback civic #honda #stickshift. The civic was in great condition.<br />
We decided to take kelvin's s13 on this mini road trip and it was a success.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05945404385784477579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816294986328451790.post-51293524839232902732014-01-12T14:22:00.000-05:002014-01-15T19:06:03.418-05:002007 Suby WRX STI Rally (The First Steps)Friday, Mr.Gamarra's friends Billy and Justin were able to bring in a 2007 Subaru WRX STI that they are in the process of fabricating a roll cage for a customer.<br />
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They came to the shop to weld gussets in the roll cage, which are basically triangles (bent like a slice of pie) that are welded onto any crossbars to reinforce the cage. The following pictures show the emptiness of the car at the beginning stages. The yellow boxes show some examples of where the gussets would be welded to.<br />
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You can see that practically everything in the car has been stripped out: the back seat, the front bumper, and in the first picture if you look closely enough you could see that even the engine has been taken out, leaving only the transmission.</div>
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The driver's seat.</div>
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You can't tell in this picture but the windshield isn't on yet either, this was to prevent the insides from rusting up from the rain we were getting.</div>
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The back windshield wasn't on either, it was just taped down.</div>
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The wall between the cabin and the trunk has been taken out. Just a reminder on how the top of the roll cage is put in: You would put the bottom part of the roll cage inside the car first and get everything welded on, then you would cut the body open from the underside (around the backseat area) and drop the roll cage out and under, then continue welding the top of the roll cage in. After all this you would slide the roll cage through the hole in the body, then simply weld the hole closed. Remember that this would be done on the underside of the car, where appearance isn't focused on.</div>
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You can't make money in Rallying so if you do it, do it for the hobby and fun of it. It's really fun to rally and it's an activity not many people can experience. As far as numbers go, if you can do all of the work yourself in rallying a car, it would cost around $5,000 for parts, and if you didn't know how to do any of the work at all, it can run up to around $12000 for parts and labor. But don't let this figure scare you, because it's not like you would be spending that much yearly, or ever at all (unless you rally another car.....then you would) however, event entry fees are around $2,000. In my opinion, its worth it, because being a rally car driver, that's good, is a skill to brag about because it means that you can operate under pressure and that you have amazing reflexes. Also that you can drive in all-terrain practically. </div>
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