Milwaukee Midget

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Making the driver 7/8 his present size won't take Chris into the realm of mini-people, you know.  Let's see -- .875 of his 5' 16" is -- still pretty normal (for the rest of humanity) size.

[Milwaukee Midget]

The Kettle has arrived . . .




Let the degreasing begin . . . LATER!

Making a run across the Cheddar Curtain today.

[jacksoni]

Sweet!

[Milwaukee Midget]

So Chris, after contemplating the profile of the midget, a radical musing:

What do you suppose would be the effect of running with the trunk lid propped part way open?  May not do anything for the aero, but if it helps, wouldn't take much to get the 3 mph.  Don't have a current rulebook, but it would probably be in a gray area.

I looked but couldn't find a suitable (cheap) model with hardtop and operable trunk lid for testing.

You could always pull a Smokey Yunick and build a 7/8 size Midget.  Reducing the driver to 7/8 size might be more of a challenge, unless maybe you removed a certain liquid part of the diet.

While Smokey's car wasn't actually 7/8 scale . . . He remains larger than life. 

http://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/2013/08/21/the-truth-about-smokey-yunicks-78-scale-chevelle/

Whereas I remain actual size.

[Koncretekid]

From the looks of that new motor, you might have to consider a 9/8ths scale.

[Milwaukee Midget]

Seems to fit like a glove . . .

http://www.kmidget.co.uk/photos-enginebay.html

It's a few years off - but when I started this build, I was convinced I could have it ready to go in 6 months.

Silly me . . .

[Milwaukee Midget]

Just got back from Fordboy's fabled farmhouse, home of the free range Cosmo - it's not a drink - I'll let Mark explain.  Seems the ultrafancy titanium spring keepers have a steeper step to the internal spring, and provide too much seat and over-the-nose pressure to make sense.  It's no big deal - we had success with the steel pieces last year, so that's how we're setting it up.

Seems like the shinier they are, the less functional pieces become.

Guitars are the same way.  Greg Kurchewski out in Virginia is a guitar broker I used to work for.  He sees a lot of guitars come through his shop, many with non-standard pickups, or trick bridges, "upgraded" tuners - all that type of thing.  Sometimes the improvements are warranted, but his pat answer is this -

"Stock is Rock".

In this case, with the Grenade, I agree.

[fordboy628]

midget,

Happy birthday!!

Many happy returns.

I see you bought yourself a birthday present, or is it a birthday future?   

Cosmowrangler

[Rob]

Happy birthday Chris,

Have a great day mate.

Cheers,
Rob

[fordboy628]

Seems to fit like a glove . . .

http://www.kmidget.co.uk/photos-enginebay.html

It's a few years off - but when I started this build, I was convinced I could have it ready to go in 6 months.

Silly me . . .

Uhhmmm,  that baby is definitely "laid over" as the Brits say.   Any idea of the angle?

OH, started your birthday celebration without you at 4:35pm, although I was accompanied by a "Leinie" or 3.

F/B

[Stan Back]

I wasn't sure -- but I guess I was celebrating his birthday earlier.

[Harold Bettes]

Hey Chris,

Wishing you a full-size Happy Birthday!

Hoping you have many more and some records as topping on the cake in the future!

Best Regards,
HB2

[fordboy628]

midget,

Any chance of getting the cylinder head # off the head?    The following is taken from the "K Engine Page"

Below is a list of casting numbers from the various heads produced for the K series, the casting number can be found on the top of the inlet flange over inlet port number two.

Casting number Port size          Head type

LDF 10091         31mm             1.4 K low port
LDF 10233         34mm             1.6/1.8K high port
LDF 10239         34mm             1.6/1.8K high port
LDF 106350       34mm             1.6/1.8K high port
LDF 105460       36mm             VVC
LDF 106970       36mm             VVC
LDF 10290         36mm             VHPD

The list is not exhaustive but gives an idea of the series of numbers for each type of casting. The chances are that if your casting number is near or less than the one for the 1.4 low-port that the casting is unsuitable.

I'm wondering if the head is a "low port" Vs a "high port"?

If I can can put up with Cosmo, I guess I can live with "Rover"!!

Hope you celebrated your completion of your current solar orbit, I did!!

Fordboy

[Milwaukee Midget]

Thanks, Harold - One more year for the Grenade, and as you might have guessed, we're moving on to a more modern dog.

Mark - I just rolled out - I took today off.  Bought another engine stand yesterday, and I'm off to Bolthaven to get some M-12s and spacers to mount up the canine - or maybe I should refer to it as the Knine?

M-12 - jeez, I haven't dealt with metrics since I chopped my old KZ750 LTD.

I'd call it "Special K", but that's too obvious, and I prefer corned beef hash for breakfast.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

"I prefer corned beef hash for breakfast."

MMmm-mmm, good.  Armour Star corned beef hash, right?  With a gently fried egg on top and a couple of slices of toast and copious Heinz ketchupp, right?  Way better than "Mary Kitchen", even if it's named after Stan Back's momma.