Hey, your a miner? You may need your parents permission! (Bad Joke,
) Welcome to the forum. We do have a dedicated train forum, and those guys are light years ahead of me, so you will find someone there to talk train about. They're a great bunch, not a lot, but the best of the best.
I do a lot of mechanic work, I am also a machinist, I have a small machine shop in my Barn, Mig/Tig welders, Miller, Lathe, etc. I do CAD, and help people with their projects. I am presently restoring a 1973 M.G. Midget. Blueprinted the motor, forged racing pistons, decked that head, only .005", shot peened the rods, 10 degrees more duration on the cam, same lift and slapped on a DCOE 40MM Weber Side draft Carb, and installed a Mallory Dual point ignition, so I could play with advancing the timing curves. I also removed everything that said Lucas. She purrs like a 3 balled cat!! Only Midget I've been in that does an easy 105 mph, the transmission is the limitation, it's geared low, great for these Connecticut back roads.
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