Cylinder liner material: hard verus soft cast?

[Bill Thomas]

Yes, You beat me Roy, I don't think I would have remembered it !, They were so tight you could hardly get the piston in ! Cheers Bill.

 

[roy the mechanic]

Burt Munroe ( the worlds fastest Indian) mde his cylinders from cast iron steam pipes! Why change a winning job?

 

[bmetcalf]

Were they really iron and not steel? Cast iron isn't too strong in tension, which is what steam pipe needs.

 

[b'knighted]

probably Meehanite

 

[vibrac]

probably Meehanite

Or some other obscure Religious sect

 

[Pushrod Twin]

No guys, Burt Munro (no "e", saves ink!) used cast iron toilet (sewerage) vent pipe.

 

[roy the mechanic]

maybe that's why it went like stink?

 

[Vincent Brake]

spun cast is spun cast, whatever runs in it is immaterial (hi hi)