Play Dough

[cudabob496]

I'll probably get grief for this thread, but did you ever need to know how much clearance you had between your air cleaner or some other engine component and your hood. Wad up a ball of play dough, put it on the aircleaner, then close the hood. It squishes real nice, but does not stick, and keeps its shape after squishing. I used it when manchining my intake and carb spacer to fit a 4 inch air filter instead of a 3 inch on my carb, so the beast could breath better.

[ehostler]

It also works great for checking valve to piston tolerances.

[dwc43]

We use florist clay. It's real soft and does not stick to stuff either. And you can shave it and mold it better. Works great for valve clearances. Just another option that I think would work better.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by cudabob496

I'll probably get grief for this thread, but did you ever need to know how much clearance you had between your air cleaner or some other engine component and your hood. Wad up a ball of play dough, put it on the aircleaner, then close the hood. It squishes real nice, but does not stick, and keeps its shape after squishing. I used it when manchining my intake and carb spacer to fit a 4 inch air filter instead of a 3 inch on my carb, so the beast could breath better.

Cool. I am going to try that tomorrow. I put one of the old style aluminum gasser scoops on my swepty. Zip said I should run a velocity stack to it and we tried one and after a little hand massaging,it'll be sealed up and suckin in that Sac Raceway air. I'm going back down on the 18th with the battery,fuel cell and weight in the back,not to mention the good shift-lite tach. I am already excited and it's not even July!!
Shaun

[cudabob496]

Ya, but does the florist clay come in lots of pretty colors!

[Jacksdad]

Originally Posted by cudabob496

Ya, but does the florist clay come in lots of pretty colors!

...and does your kid have a bunch of it that he won't notice is missing for a few hours while Daddy checks the oil pickup to pan clearance...?

[dwc43]

Sorry guys. No kids to steal from. Besides there's a cute 30 something at the flower shop that I don't mind flirtin with ... lol

[cudabob496]

A cutie at the floral shop trumps my play dough with pretty colors!

[TK]

Thanks for the info................................

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[dwc43]

Originally Posted by cudabob496

A cutie at the floral shop trumps my play dough with pretty colors!

Some how I thought you guys might see it that way. And just for future reference there is a cute 30 something at Reds Sheet metal that enjoys all kinds of racing and I am sure a lot of other things too ... lol

[djswwg]

someone needs to clue me in, what the hell is a Swepty??????????????????

[dwc43]

It's slang that truck guys use when talking about there Sweptline.

[RedRyder]

That's a sweet little trick