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  1. 03-30-2006, 07:24 PM #1
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    A risk pays off - the treasure inside

    I bought a motor last September for a very reasonable price...if the rumors about it were true. The risk was worth the potential reward and I finally found out tonight. See the pic below.

    I think you'll see I was luckier than I ever hoped. The rumors were that it was a hot Jeff Gamroth built 2.2. The ports were stock E, but that was all I knew. Now I can see it has piston squirters in the case, DEEP valve pocket JEs and a counterweighted crank of currently unknown stroke. If this sucker is shuffle pinned, I am going to lose it. Stay tuned.
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  3. 03-31-2006, 05:23 AM #3
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    Very cool Kenik! Lucky SOB. Open up the ports and stick ina hot cam and you are good to go. What type case was that one again?

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  4. 03-31-2006, 05:36 AM #4
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    I still have to pull the cams to see what they are. With my new luck, maybe they are 906 cams and the previous owner built a baby rally engine. My guess is they are 'E' cams from the ports, etc.

    The case is a 1R/2R case. What kills me is this case has all of the mods I wish I my 'S' case had. To top it off, the case has very nice steel heads studs, all installed using case savers. This motor was built by someone who really knows their sh#t and has great attention to detail.
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  5. 03-31-2006, 06:07 AM #5
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    So, you're going out to buy a lottery ticket now? Wow! Nice score!
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    Quote Originally Posted by kenikh
    The case is a 1R/2R case. What kills me is this case has all of the mods I wish I my 'S' case had. To top it off, the case has very nice steel heads studs, all installed using case savers. This motor was built by someone who really knows their sh#t and has great attention to detail.
    ...and yet they didn't know enough to start with a better case?
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    It is light though!
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    Are you sure it has Time-Serts (case savers)?
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  9. 03-31-2006, 11:33 AM #9
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    It sure looks like from up close inspection. There loooks to be a different amtreial betwen the studs and the case. Do the pics not look like it to you?
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  10. 03-31-2006, 11:34 AM #10
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    By the way, any guesses on the CR of those pistons? I'll have to wait to get the proper equipment to cc them for definitive info.
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