[NSRCA-discussion] OS Shadel piston/liner

[Ed Miller]

I'm not sure how one plug going out would cause the engine to go lean.  At best having 2 plugs would cause the point of combustion to be a bit earlier OR ( what I believe ) would cause a slightly more efficient burn of the compressed air fuel mixture. Having 2 plugs also may ward off a sudden engine failure due to a blown glow plug.  The real advantage in my book of the Mintor head is it is made from bar stock, not cast and therefore has a better thermal efficiency, it sheds the head of combustion quicker and better than the cast head.  The lighter weight and second plug which may improve mid range are just a bonus.  If I look back at older OS and YS engines, the more "high performance" versions of the same engine had machined bar stock heads. For example the YS61AR and the YS 61R, the AR having besides other improvements a machined bar stock head versus the 61R die cast head. 
Ed M.
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  From: Grow Pattern 
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  Randy,
               Said another way, if you lose a plug on a twin head, the engine goes lean and usually get very hot :-(  

  Learned that one the hard way. Using two plugs to fix a rich spot transition on a pipe IMHO is at best a band-aid. Try it and see for yourself :-)

  Eric.
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    From: Dean Pappas 
    To: randy10926 at comtekmail.com ; NSRCA Mailing List 
    Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:31 AM
    Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] OS Shadel piston/liner


    Hi Randy,
    Mintor parts are available from Aeroslave. 
    I find that the twin plug head is not absolutely necessary, but it widens the nneedle valve sweet-spot: in the rich direction.
    Dean

    Dean Pappas 
    Sr. Design Engineer 
    Kodeos Communications 
    111 Corporate Blvd. 
    South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
    (908) 222-7817 phone 
    (908) 222-2392 fax 
    d.pappas at kodeos.com 

      -----Original Message-----
      From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Glenn Hatfield
      Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:23 AM
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      Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] OS Shadel piston/liner


      Where do you get the mintor head?

      Does the dual plug really help any?

      Randy


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      From: "Ron Lockhart" <ronlock at comcast.net>
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      Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] OS Shadel piston/liner
      Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 17:37:30 -0500


      http://www.pspec.com/

      Ron Lockhart
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