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- From: gt8166a@prism.gatech.EDU (DOERSCHUK,DAVID OAKES)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Blueprinting - What is it.
- Message-ID: <66032@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 15 Aug 92 01:42:57 GMT
- References: <hhelanto.713187466@vipunen.hut.fi> <JTW.92Aug7202843@pmws.lcs.mit.edu> <1992Aug10.072900.6950@btcase.bt.co.uk>
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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- In article <1992Aug10.072900.6950@btcase.bt.co.uk> gss@btcase.bt.co.uk (Graham Sewell) writes:
- >jtw@lcs.mit.edu (John Wroclawski) writes:
- >
- >>In article <hhelanto.713187466@vipunen.hut.fi> hhelanto@vipunen.hut.fi (Henri R Helanto) writes:
- >
- >> Blueprinting means measuring all the clearances etc. of an
- >> engine and comparing them with the factory specs and, if
- >> needed, correcting them.
- >
- >>Well, I've generally understood the word to mean slightly more.
- >>Factory specs, by necessity, allow for some variation due to
- >>production tolerances. Within the specified (allowable) range of any
- >>given measurement, there is one value that is the "best". Blueprinting
- >>is building an engine which uses those values, rather than just
- >>meeting the factory's specifications.
-
- Folks, I may be way out of line here, but I've always used the term
- "blueprinting" to mean something entirely different. In my usage,
- it has nothing to do with engineering blueprints or diazos. It
- refers to flimsy sheets of one or two-sided blue "carbon paper"
- (like used to be used for typewriters to make "carbon copies").
- The idea was that the mechanical interface between two ducts (say,
- the exhaust ports on the head and the exhaust manifold) is generally
- pretty rough. The insides of the ducts is generally (always?) not
- machined, and the ducts probably don't line up exactly. Both these
- issues contribute to reduced flow rates of the gases thru the ducts.
-
- The fix was a two-part job:
-
- 1. Take a die grinder and smooth the interior of the ducts.
-
- 2. Put the sheet of blue carbon-paper-like material between
- the ducts, and bolt the ducts together. Then unbolt'em.
- From the pattern of blue carbon on the 2 duct faces (i.e.
- the exhaust manifold and the head) and also by looking at the
- pattern on the blue sheet itself, you can figure out what
- parts of the manifold or head need to be ground away to
- make the junction smooth. I'm no machinist, and this wasn't
- the world's clearest explanation; I hope its clear enough
- to get the idea across.
-
- Hope this helps!
-
- --
- Dave Doerschuk
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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