Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #42312
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: New material for bearings
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:35:42 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
bmears9413@aol.com wrote:
Back in the old days of points, we would set the point by rotating the motor by pulling the ac belt, or rotating the alternator pully. Not much drag on the box stock engines.


  
Can we put some guesstimated numbers on "not much"?  Just a torque wrench turning the engine one revolution in one second without plugs or exhaust?  If there isn't enough difference for this simple test to show, then I've wasted $30 and a few hours.
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