paulrenn Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Saw an advert today containing this: Toyota Supra RZ Twin Turbo, piano- wired Top Secret engine Piano wire? What is this, Billy Joel's car?! Enlighten me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradb Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Is it the stuff that keeps a bonnet attached to the thingy.. frame. Rally cars have em, cobblers for a road car, but hey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam W Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 I think it may refer to the block being O-ringed? I've never heard of this with an engine that has a metal head gasket as standard, but basically a groove is cut into the block surface around the cylinders, and a wire (usually copper) is pressed into the groove. Then when the head goes back on the wire presses into the head giving extremely high clamping forces and warding off a blown head gasket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 I think the things that Adam is talking are called "Cooper's rings". Pretty much like he says, but they have a hollow section. Could be wrong. You might be able to do it with wire too. Intrigueing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Connelly Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Doesn't this mean the engine is finely tuned Soz, couldn't resist! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradb Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 *groan:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 This was all I could find on the net about Cooper's rings. There's a jeweller's called Coopers with a heavy web presence that kind of muddies the search engine results a bit! Cooper's rings - Jus' like that! Glass, bottle, bottle, glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Originally posted by paulrenn Saw an advert today containing this: Toyota Supra RZ Twin Turbo, piano- wired Top Secret engine Piano wire? What is this, Billy Joel's car?! Enlighten me! I have read the replies, people are probably reading too much into the ad. In the trade I see many "piano wored" engines. Someone loses a hose clip, so they twist paino wire around, and hope. Throttle cable frays, piano wire will do nicely... Those funky little plastic clips that are on the injectors broken/? Piano wire them on, same for that loose rad. Get the picture? Try and keep the bonnet shut (well, the cables been replaced with the ubiquitous piano wire, so it probably does stay shut, permanently. Hence the engine becomes Top Secret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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