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And the pics are gone. These where the super squish pistons form aircooled.net.

macdweal wrote:And the pics are gone. These where the super squish pistons form aircooled.net.

Thank you for pulling the pics, it's a courtesy to a fellow member of the STF.

Here's a great article by Larry Widmer that has drawings and describes in detail how the Squishies work.
http://www.theoldone.com/articles/The_Soft_Head_1999/

Note: Read what he says carefully always, he says what he means, but Mr. Widmer is intentionally a bit vague in places.

Been awhile since I updated this thing so I thought I'd add this since this is the crank I'm using for the build. It's got its on thread but I think it belongs here too.

I'm currently working on knife edging the crank's counterweights and also will be removing metal from the rod throws and reshaping them for better crank aerodynamics/windage. You can see the mammoth, square-shaped rod throw arms in these pics.

Here's the thread that shows the process in more detail:

Boat-Tail/Knife Edge Counter Weights & Rod Throws

Counterweight edge before:


After:

what ever happened to this engine thread?