<VV> 61 Loadside update

[shortle]

Now I know who to call for my cylinder head work. Good luck Jamie. I look forward to seeing it in June.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado

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>From: The Reinharts <jtreinhart at omnitelcom.com>
>Sent: Aug 12, 2009 7:22 AM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> 61 Loadside update
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>All, Progress on the Loadside continues to be slow, but there is progress. I now have the jugs and pistons installed and everything looks good. Last week Thursday I took the heads out to my friends and did all the mill work on them. I first put the heads cylinder side down to mill the valve cover area. Both heads were warped up in the center. One about .020 and the other about .025. Then I flipped them over and milled .060 off the top of the head. I did this because later I was going to remove the .055 to .060 step for the head gaskets. I also removed the dimple in the combustion chamber that made them 9:1 110HP heads. I have not crunched the numbers yet but by removing the .060 step and with a .020 overbore I should get back somewhere between  8.5:1 and 9:1 I did all this in a standard mill. Then I moved into the CNC mill and used a circle frame program to remove the step for the head gaskets. Now all gasket. sealing areas should be within .0002 of being in the same plane. N
> ow I need to bevel all the sharp corners and hopefully grind the valves and seats later this week. I also installed the new engine wiring harness to replace the burned up one and I powered up the electrical system last night and checked the system. All seems fine except for a couple connectors plugged into the wrong place and the windshield wipers have a dead short somewhere. I may diagnose that problem tonight. If all goes well maybe the truck will be ready to drive to Fire and Ice. That's all for now
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>Jamie
>1961 Loadside
>1966 Monza Convt.
>1969 Monza Coupe
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