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| | | Racers, Revive Your Engines!
It’s been a long, cold, snowy winter. While you were shoveling out from blizzards and snowstorms, your engine was in hibernation.
Just like you, your engine doesn’t want to “jump right out of bed” after all that inactivity, but the race season will be underway in just a few short weeks. If you want to start your season off right, you need to plan ahead and ease it back into things by following some simple recommendations.
Before you even get your engine out of your race shop:
1. Remove and replace the sparkplugs
2. Make sure that carburetor is clean and working properly
3. Check the valve lash
4. If you backed-off the rockers for the winter, readjust the rockers to original settings
5. Start the engine
6. Set the timing.
Now your engine is ready for daylight, but it still needs to adjust to racing conditions. Before you put the engine through its paces for the first time, it is imperative that you warm the oil (see the Running Hot and Cold section of our feature story on oil). Use an oil heater to bring the oil up to temperature, take slow laps for the first couple of practice laps, and then gradually bring up the RPM’s to allow the oil time to flow through the engine. This is actually something we highly recommend doing before every race.
Once the engine has been raced and you need to bring in the engine for rebuild, repair, or even just a check-up. There are a few steps that need to be followed for the best results.
1. All engines that leave Enders Racing Engines, Inc. are equipped with exhaust covers, lift plates on the intake manifold and transportation stands. Put each of these parts in a safe place. It would also be a good idea to mark your name or engine serial number on them. When the engine is ready to return to Enders for a rebuild or check-up, reinstall the exhaust covers, lift plate and transport the engine on the stand. This will keep the engine safe and protected.
2. Clean your engine before sending it in for rebuild or repair; it should be free of any dirt and oil. It only takes a few moments to clean the engine once it has been removed from the car but, it will save you time and money at Enders.
3. Return the engine with the ignition (magneto or distributor) and the carburetor. By sending these parts with the engine, we are able to properly test and tune the engine. If your carburetor settings are too lean or too rich, we can adjust them to the proper settings, which saves considerable time and aggravation at the racetrack. When carburetors and ignitions aren’t returned, we have no choice but to test the engine with our components. This could affect the accuracy of the testing because we would be testing the engine with our parts. The engine could perform differently with your carburetor and/or ignition. This way we are able to avoid any tuning issues and you are able to spend your valuable practice time on chassis issues.
4. By following these steps you will increase engine reliability and your racing experience will be much more enjoyable! Good Luck and have a great race season.
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