Hello, boys and girls. It's a lovely day in the neighborhood.

Today we're going to do something special. Can you say "special?" I knew you could.

Today we're going to go on a little trip to visit Mr. Delaney. Mr. Delaney is a nice man. He owns an engine shop where they build motors for racing cars. Can you say "nitrous oxide?" I knew you could.

Let's put on our tennis shoes and hang up our sweaters and we'll go for a walk, o.k.?

This is Mr. Delaney on the left, talking to one of his customers. "Hi, Norm, you and your friends can come right in. Kid, keep your hands off that Bridgeport machine."

Here's a few pictures of the engine block:

These are pictures of one of the cylinder heads:

The heads were built by Mr. Shapiro. Mr. Shapiro is a nice man. He has a shop, too, but it's in California. Do you know where California is? It's all the way on the other side of the United States! There are lots of kooks in California.

Boys and girls, if you look at the first picture of the head, you can see where Mr. Shapiro welded up damage to the leftmost combustion chamber. It was broke before because the valve seat fell out, but it's all better now. Mr. Delaney noticed the punch marks around the middle exhaust valve. They were there when he first took the motor apart.

This is a picture of one of the cylinders. It's been bored to .060 over. I'm 60 over, too, but only in pounds, children.

This is one of the TRW forged pistons that Mr. Shapiro balanced and dished for me.

See how it has a lower part in the top of it? That's the dish, but you couldn't eat ice cream out of it!

Well, it's time to say "Goodbye" to Mr. Delaney.

"Goodbye, Mr. Delaney!"

"Goodbye, Norm, you freak!"

Remember, every one of you is special. Do you want me to sing now?

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All images and text copyright Norman C. Witte 2002.