Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations cowski on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  • Users: sbi
  • Order by date
  1. sbi

    Vbelt and Pulley Design

    Whose diesel? Most of the industrial's will handle 27 to 34 HP to the side, your 6.6 Pd is = to a 7" OD, JUST FOR SIMPLICTY 'S SAKE. A 7” B grove will pull 11hp with a tight belt, We always push the 5V since it will pull 16HP hand tight. Which reduces the side load on the engine. SBI...
  2. sbi

    Why no two-stroke diesel cars?

    Turbo's still require crank power!, the exhaust gas is pushed out of the cylinder by the piston, which is connected top the crank, this is where the pressure comes from. it just doe's it more efficiently. Diesels work fine in cars, it is the driver that wants to leave every stop sign like a...
  3. sbi

    lathe thread-cutting dial

    I have a lathe from the early 40s,and one from 52, they are from two co. one has 12 no. the other is 10, the rule is Odd number of thresds, you can lock in on any number, Even number only use the even numbers, 2,4,6 ect, has worked well for me for the last 35+ yrs. SBI Central Ne.,USA
  4. sbi

    Info on Aluminum foundry starup.

    two places you can look for your help are afsinc.org = american foundry society inc, in Chicago nffs.org/main = non-ferius foundry sociaty and for the closest foundry to you try this neat website from the afs = http://www.toolingnet.org/AFS/ this is a casting source directory. There aer...
  5. sbi

    Info on Aluminum foundry starup.

    I have been in the Aluminum & brass foundry business for over 35 years, before you think you want to start one, you need to check with your states dept.(version of the EPA), you will need a permit to operate a foundry, partly due to the fact we vent smoke!, When we set up our current foundry...
  6. sbi

    Dredging to lay intake pipe into the sea

    Ask the Dredge manfactures lik e Thomas, Peacore or even the rige mfg's like ? mind block, they are in ?Des Moines Iowa SBI Central Ne.,USA
  7. sbi

    V-Belts (Pulley Design)

    Look in your Browning book, it is all in there to SBI Central Ne.,USA
  8. sbi

    From cast iron housings to aluminum

    # NOTE there is a small group of family owned no-ferius foundrys left in the USA (we are one) and we do pour 713, 35/27/5 74 br, It will air cure in 21 to 30 days from pour date. for small runs to short production it works well and machine very well SBI Central Ne.,USA
  9. sbi

    Torque converter Placement?

    We have a OEM that is using the Chrysler 42LE auto in a utility app. and we need to reconfirm the proper placement of the converter inside the bell housing, we are looking for the true distance from the flex plate mating surface on the converter to the front of the bell housing in mm or inches...
  10. sbi

    Advise for a 17 year old

    Nebraska is the same way to, and it worked for me SBI Central Ne.,USA
  11. sbi

    Looking for garden tactor junkyards.

    if you are lucky enough to live in a small city, sat under 50K , go make freinds with the local scrap yard, by offering to pay a bit above market value, they might save old lawn tractors brought in for you to look at & buy SBI Central Ne.,USA
  12. sbi

    Appropriate use of washers in metallic joints

    areo ? from industrial engines and casting I was taught that a flat washer has two sides, if you look at it you will note on hte out side , one edge is sharp and square teh other is rounded. the rounded go toward the work peice the sharp square gos to the bolt head, lock washer or nut. this...
  13. sbi

    Bolt pattern

    that is just what wqe finnaly did SBI Central Ne.,USA
  14. sbi

    Bolt pattern

    I am looking for a source for dimensions, cad prints, pdf, any source,for bolt pattern on the back of the Dodge,Chrysler 3.5 liter V6? I have a OEM that wants to use the 42LH transaxel in a off road utillity vehical, SBI Central Ne.,USA SBI Central Ne.,USA
  15. sbi

    Bolt pattern for a 3.5 L DCX emgine

    I am looking for a source for dimensions, cad prints, pdf, any source, I have a OEM that wants to use the 42LH transaxel in a off road utillity vehical, and want us to make the adapter to go between the transaxel and the small diesel they want to use. I have all the small v8 patterns for the...
  16. sbi

    Coasting in N with engine off

    As a farm kid from Ne. I aways thought we were a bit strange up here, towing a 4x4 you kick the transfer case in neutral and go, anything else GO'S on the trailer! With the exception of pulling the 4x4 out of the mud with the tractor and getting them to hard ground. SBI Central Ne.,USA
  17. sbi

    Drive Belts

    Here is a web site with several good calculators on it http://www.baumhydraulics.com/calculators.htm SBI Central Ne.,USA
  18. sbi

    How to get around sanding casting iron before machining?

    GO BACK to the foundry and tell them what you want and were say a AFS 120 finnish on what side, they have the equepment to sand and grind much faster than you do! All foundry work off a surface finnish that is related to the machine finnish scale used in a machine shop SBI Central Ne.,USA
  19. sbi

    Why not a 4 Cyl diesel in a light truck

    I found a good retro fit for the 1/2 ton. It is a brother to the 2.8 used in the jeep. a V6 3.0 liter with 210 hp@3200 & 367 ft/ls @1600 made by VM motroi aka Detroit/ DCX and used in Europe. we can make the adapters to fit it in any truck, I have not found a source to buy them in small...
  20. sbi

    Can 6061 aluminum be cast?

    Dont forget 713 as it ages it gets stronger, 21 days and it normally hits 36K t x 26K yeild also machines very well we use it for almost all high strenght apps we run into But it will srink if you do not no how to rigg the pattern! SBI Central Ne.,USA

Part and Inventory Search

Back
Top