Dave,
I used to use an ace retired machinist in OKE City that did a lot of work for me at $20.00 hr
but he passed away a few years ago..............Guess I will do my own work even though I would
not make a pimple on a real machinist's axx...............If I am going to pay $100.00 an hour I will
just invest in a rotary table (to index the drive plate holes) for my CCM (cheap Chinese mill) and
take my 12"x 36" CCL (cheap Chinese lathe) out of the shipping crate (just needed an excuse)
and machine the clutch disc area level with the pressure plate mount area..............If I get brave
enough I might even mill some additional holes in the pressure plate area to lose more weight..
I did the relatively simple mill , drill and thread work on my mill to adapt the "Mistral" back-plate
to the front side hsg of my 13B and did not destroy anything...........<:)
Will your machine shop re-drill your flywheel to correct the screw up of drilling into a balance pit
without charging you extra and have you located a shop to re-balance ??...............I know you are
under a time constraint to get your bird back in the air and checked out for the Reno Air Races
but try to get some photos of the finished flywheel and installation for those of the group who may
be waiting to plagiarize all your hard work.............<:)
Best Regards,
Kelly Troyer
"DYKE DELTA JD2" (Eventually)
"13B ROTARY"_ Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"MISTRAL"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
"TURBONETICS"_TO4E50 Turbo