346 stuffers

[cuinrearview]

in East-Europe

Was your fitment similar to mine here?

 

[Quzick]

Was your fitment similar to mine here?

very similar.
one of my stuffed 353-s is somewhere in Estonia, working hard i hope, or not...
but mine needs more power(there is never enough)...
if i get some time on this summer, i have an pop-up piston for my "stuffed-goose" to but it in.....and make some "basemilling-timing-port-job" on it. (just like with the power, there is never enough time)

 

[beaglebriar]

Cool idea.
Will the piece plastic fit inside out on the stuffer?
Could rough the surface up and smear some bj weld in there to close the gap and stop the rotation

Tell me more about this bj weld...

 

[EvilRoySlade]

Tell me more about this bj weld...

Usually has a happy ending

 

[huskihl]

Tell me more about this bj weld...

Autocorrect finally got it right...

 

[Deets066]

The plastic is molded to the metal cup. It only came off because I sanded it down. I could re-use it, but if I'm going to take up clearance I'd rather use something else I think. When I mentioned using it on the PTO side I meant like this.
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I'm leery of filling in between the counterweights and cup because I don't want to screw up the balance of the crank.

When single piston engines are balanced, almost always they add weight to the crank to get what they need. My guess is you’d be closer to balance than stock. But either way, it’s really a non issue.

 

[cuinrearview]

Got the parts. Assembled the crank today, I should be able to assemble the case tomorrow when I can get the kitchen to myself. Stuffers are both tight to the counterweights. I'll get some pics of the clearance in the case half.

 

[cuinrearview]

Got a few IPAs in me, got the heat gun out.
I guess at this point the drama is probably over, but I have a couple more surprises to thoroughly piss people off and muddy this project.

 

[cuinrearview]

More on the why I did its later, but for now let me say the Golf 44.3 pistons are *s-word. The rod clearance difference is not an optical illusion. This is what happens when I don't follow the "no AM junk" rule...

On the right is the original 42mm piston. Let the ball busting commence. I'll be on Ebay picking up a Meteor...

 

[Dub11]

More on the why I did its later, but for now let me say the Golf 44.3 pistons are *s-word. The rod clearance difference is not an optical illusion. This is what happens when I don't follow the "no AM junk" rule...
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On the right is the original 42mm piston. Let the ball busting commence. I'll be on Ebay picking up a Meteor...

Hot dog down the hallway

 

[I Know Something]

What's the point of the stuffers? Just more counter weight? Vibration reduction?

 

[huskihl]

What's the point of the stuffers? Just more counter weight? Vibration reduction?

Lesser crankcase volume...more of what the piston displaces on the down stroke ends up coming out of the transfers

 

[redline4]

Is it an optical illusion, or do they get pretty close to the case on the bottom?

 

[cuinrearview]

Is it an optical illusion, or do they get pretty close to the case on the bottom?

Illusion. I took pics all the way around I must have deleted the bottom one. The clearance is pretty even all the way around.

 

[redline4]

Illusion. I took pics all the way around I must have deleted the bottom one. The clearance is pretty even all the way around.

Thanks!
I wasnt sure if it was an angle thing or my morning coffee had me tripping out.

 

[chipper1]

Swing by when your ready for some testing .

 

[cuinrearview]

Swing by when your ready for some testing .

Thanks Brett. I only have the lightly massaged 2147 and 350 at home to run it with. I'm not certain if you'll allow it on the property once you see it though. I'm taking steps to make it extra ugly...

 

[chipper1]

Thanks Brett. I only have the lightly massaged 2147 and 350 at home to run it with. I'm not certain if you'll allow it on the property once you see it though. I'm taking steps to make it extra ugly...

Anytime.
it will be fine as long as it's just passing through .

 

[cuinrearview]

Man this sub-forum is dead! Piston won't be here until Thur so it ain't getting done until the weekend. Thought I'd throw up some cylinder pics. I got this as a freebie from another member thrown in with some other stuff I bought. Someone tried to clean it up and grind on it but when I got it it had a couple shallow scratches, some transfer, and said "75psi" on it. I bought the Golf for if I ever used it. That was last year. I cleaned it up and tried to clean up and bevel the ports. If the timing was changed it wasn't much. I figured it would be good for a project like this. If it tanks I've got some other options.

I've got a 199 for it but no filter neck.

 

[Ronie]

Looking good, can't wait to see how it runs.