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Originally Posted by Astara
@Henry Schmidt:
Looks very like the engine in this car you build:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/5554309-post1.html
You used in this engine the AA cilinders, probably with Cryogenic treatment.
How is your experience now with these AA cilinders, and is the Cryo necessary?
Sounds like a great running engine; a lot of difference with the engine I described (2.4S spec w/ 2.2S pistons)? |
It looks the same because it is.
When I build engines for my own projects, I try to be both performance oriented and cost effective.
As I get older, I see the advantages of clean, drivable power (as opposed to radical screamer) and the need to hold costs commensurate to the project.
We are finding more and more places where Cryo is proving to be effective. We are seeing the greatest benefit in components that are cast.
Things like cranks, cylinders, cams, rockers and most transmission parts. We also see great benefits in brake components. I'm thinking seriously about trying a mag case.
We have tried some forged and billet components with no discernible difference.
NASCAR teams are so convinced that many are doing the process in house.