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Title: Fox .35 rebuild ?
Post by: Rob Killick on January 03, 2010, 02:26:00 PM
Hi ,

I just rebuilt a Fox .35 Stunt (50th anniversary) .
I used Fox' Ceramic P&L , Smith hemi head , Smith NVA , Smith Hi Zoot crank and a Fox stuffer back plate ...
No head shims and everything , except the back plate is metal to metal fit.
Is there anything else I can do (port blocking, maybe) to finish it off ?

Thanks ,

Rob K.
Title: Re: Fox .35 rebuild ?
Post by: Leester on January 03, 2010, 02:34:36 PM
Rob: Just send it to me   y1 y1  It's to cold up there   VD~ VD~   It's a balmmy 11 above here.  LL~ LL~
Title: Re: Fox .35 rebuild ?
Post by: Rob Killick on January 03, 2010, 02:46:11 PM
Hi Lee ,

A "balmy 11" !

Damn heat wave :)

It's a shame my "better half" wouldn't appreciate a test run , in the basement LoL !

Happy New Year !

Rob
Title: Re: Fox .35 rebuild ?
Post by: RandySmith on January 03, 2010, 03:18:30 PM
Hi ,

I just rebuilt a Fox .35 Stunt (50th anniversary) .
I used Fox' Ceramic P&L , Smith hemi head , Smith NVA , Smith Hi Zoot crank and a Fox stuffer back plate ...
No head shims and everything , except the back plate is metal to metal fit.
Is there anything else I can do (port blocking, maybe) to finish it off ?

Thanks ,

Rob K.

Hi Rob

Yes the backplate should not be a metel to metal fit, I would use the gasket that was made to use on the backplate
I would also use  1  standard head gasket, try it this way before trying to not use any gaskets

Regards
Randy
Title: Re: Fox .35 rebuild ?
Post by: Rob Killick on January 03, 2010, 04:48:18 PM
Will do (head shim) ,

Thanks Randy ,

Rob K.
Title: Re: Fox .35 rebuild ?
Post by: Geoff Goodworth on January 04, 2010, 12:44:10 AM
Rob, I would insert the transfer port filler.

I was given one NIB by one of our friends who thought I had a deprived childhood since I had never owned one. I consulted with Brian Gardner (Bristunt) who definitely recommended the port filler. I also used the stuffer backplate with Randy's crank and NVA. The engine has been bench run and I'm about to fly it.

Cheers, Geoff