Lamey Stroker motor
yes... we will neeed a full report at noon.. thank you
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OK, I'll keep it short.
The crank I have is an 8mm RAD crank.
It has the triangle webs and is the lightest crank out there.
The front bearing must have seized on it at one time and spun on the spindle, therefore reducing the diameter of the spindle. A new bearing was pressed on, but only had an interference fit with about 1/8 of it's length (near the web). When I pulled on the bearing to check it, it slid about 1/8" axially down the spindle - not a good sign for a press fit. So, I jumped on the phone and called Jason at Crankworks. He said it sounds like the bearing surface on the spindle it worn. He also informed me that the crank I have is pretty neat, and that since RAD is out of buisness, those webs are pretty much unobtainable. - CRAP.
He did mention that if the gap bewteen the bearing and the spindle is around 0.001" some green loctite (sleeve retainer) would do the trick.
So, there's hope. It's at a machine shop now, and should be pulled this weekend, then I can check clearance. I also looked up the data sheet on sleeve retainer and found that it will fill gaps up to 0.007" diameterally!!!
I am now suuuuuuper confident I will be OK with this.
All that said, if I were to solve the crank problem, I still would need to order a custom thickness base gasket or new domes to drop the race gas compression the motor came with. THEN, if I got ALL OF THAT taken care of and got the motor in, I would have to set my total loss timing down in Daytona. This is timing I have NEVER delt with, and has the ability to destroy this engine. As if that wasn't enough, I would have to tune my NOVI 48's as well as my pipe and water routing in conditions that my boat will only see once. I think it would have been an excercise in foolishness.
So now, I can go to Daytona and not have my head in my hull all weekend.
I will actually get to ride and talk to people, and have an AWESOME time!
