Tom, I'm jealous! I wouldn't use the stuff I would be too afraid I'd frag it! I'd get gready and put it back together and sell it off to some other collector for $15,000! Well, maybe not, but it would be tempting! How about a shot at buying any gauges before they go up on Ebay. I need some for my Ambassador and or American. Besides I'd like to get at least one piece that came out of his shop! Mark Price mprice@xxxxxxxxxx Morgantown, WV 69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase 01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4 ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:44:41 -0700 (PDT) >Well I retreived the rest of my junk today, and talked to Gary >Schaedler, a machinist who worked for Barney then, and did welding >and fab on this motor and the car. I may interview him later (he >assented), maybe I could wangle a talk with Barney hisseff. I >should talk to some journalist type for hints 'aforehand. > >What I have is motor #1, motor #2 is the indy motor. #1 sustained >some damage on the test track (the damage looks like 30,000 wear >to me, but at 3.5 hp/cuin any wear could be fatal) and it got set >aside. There is a #3, or parts thereof, that Barney has so far >kept. > >These were the only Rambler motors Navarro ever made according to >Gary. > >It couldn't be a better arrangement. Except for connecting rods -- >and I may be able to get those from their current owner -- I have >a complete monster motor kit with terrifying historic overtones. > >I don't precisely know what to do with it, to be honest. Massive >HP isn't my game, but maybe I could make an exception. Clearly I'm >not going to even blink even in the direction of the exalted >numbers Navarro got -- 3.5 hp/ci!, but it would seem that with >this massive O-ringed, 7000rpm block I could slop out less than >half that with little effort. > >I did a whole new set of photos, in daylight, of some of the major >components, and pulled numbers from what I could find. I'll do >measurements etc as I go. There's a bunch of text on the new page >also, including the partial story of this motor from Schaedler. > > >http://wps.com/AMC/Navarro-turbo-motor/index.html > > > >