 and silver prices, but could cause price volatility. As evidenced by the calendar, the second half of the week could be very volatile.
In his weekly market review, Frank Holmes of the USFunds.com summarizes this week’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the gold market for gold investors. Gold closed the week at $1,189.01 up $11.03 per ounce (0.94%). Gold stocks, as measured by the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index, rose 2.94%. The U.S. Trade-Weighted Dollar Index fell 0.13% for the week.
What dominates the GLD chart is a bearish reverse flag formation. However, rather than executing with a breakdown below the flag, it broke out above the flag. When you see a bullish outcome to a bearish technical pattern it is a sign of positive momentum. This is confirmed by the Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) which bottomed. A PMO bottom in oversold territory is generally a good set up.
A Change Underway In The Suppressed Gold And Silver Down Trend?
You can see how the general level of volume has picked up in the month of November. The fact that the volume increase is occurring at the lows, if they hold, usually indicates a change from weak hands into strong. Keep in mind, it takes time to turn around a trend, and the down trend can change into a sideways move before an up trend occurs, so patience has merit for not “jumping the gun,” which often means a false start. Gold has dropped 770 dollars from its highs. A rally of 55 dollars should not be viewed as game-changing.
The Dow Jones to Gold ratio had moved to a low of 6:1 in 2011. Since then, the stock market has been going north relentlessly while gold started a downtrend which lasts 3 years meantime. The current Dow Jones to Gold ratio stands at 15:1, its highest level in since 2007. As the Dow is now at all time highs and gold looks to be looking for bottom, there is a real chance that the ratio is about to turn. If history is about to repeat, the Dow to Gold ratio should continue its downward trend to its lows similar to the 1:1 ratio as in 1980.
For the week commencing November 10th, there are some key economic data coming both from the U.S. and European Union. There is only one formal Central Bank statement expected, i.e. one from Governor Mark Carney in the UK on Wednesday; he will talk about the quarterly inflation report. Mainly the data on Friday have the potential to cause some moves in the markets and metals.
Friday’s bounce was also driven by profit-taking which is part of the reason why we don’t think the rally will be sustained. Even if it does push further higher, it would do really well reach, let alone break, the $1180 level. For as long as it remains below this broken support level, our technical outlook on gold will remain bearish. Meanwhile the 127.2% extension of a separate move, the short-lived rally from the 2013 low comes is at the psychological $1111.1 level. This is our extended bearish target.
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Main bearing clearance?
Discussion in 'Street/strip 400/430/455' started by msamuel, Sep 15, 2021.
I'm getting.004 Main bearing clearance measurements with telescoping guage and outside micrometer. The crank mains has been ground to 3.240", the main bores torqued to 105 ftlb measure 3.244" with bearings and 3.440" without. General consensus on the internet says it should be in the area of.002" for a street build. But two machine shops, the one that did the work and another I talked to for a second opinion, say it should be fine. Will this be ok or should I ask to grind the crank.020 and try to get it closer to.020?
Yes that’s way too loose. Grinding crank won’t help You need oversized bearings.
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Way too loose. With clearances like that, you will lose a lot of oil pressure from the front to the rear of the motor. You'll also have low oil pressure at idle when hot. Do not listen to machine shops that tell you it will be fine. It won't.
How accurate are snap-gauges? I wouldn't trust them any farther than I can throw 'em if I had something better. I'd want a dial bore gauge, reading in actual ten-thousandths.
You're using a real 3"-- 4" micrometer that reads to the ten-thousandths to measure the OD of the crank journal, and to measure the snap-gauge? How does that mic compare to the insulated standard it came with?
How much eccentricity is there from top-bottom versus across the parting line of the block main saddles?
What does plain ol' Plastigage show for clearance?
How many blocks and cranks have you measured that had acceptable clearance?
the crank could be ground to or beyond the "low side" of acceptable diameter for the specified undersize.
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Plastigage gives me the same results. The 3"-4" micrometer isn't super fancy but it zeros in with the guage it came with.
I've only assembled 3 engines but all three had new cranks all measured with the same "fowler" brand micrometers and where within "all data" specs.
I have not measured the eccentricity of the main saddles but the machinist said they were fine and did not need line honing.
I do have a bore gauge I can recheck with.
I did notice I only get a crush of about.001 when torqued from 20ftlb to 105ftlbs. I don't know how much it should be.
It's hard to find block dimensions for this engine.
I'll probably end up taking it to a third machine shop lol.
Use a.001" shim under the top bottom bearing shells. IF this is NOT a racing engine it will last for years at MUCH LESS cost.
OK, not super savvy in the measurements but you did see half of the difference on each side, right? If the difference between inside bearing and crank journal is 3.240 and the block is 3.244 for a difference of 0.004, wouldn't that be 0.002 on top and 0.002 on bottom?
I feel better about your measurement system, and experience.
You need to get the crank re-ground, and different bearings. If it's "ten under" now, I expect they'll clean this up at "twenty under".
How are the rods? Clearance and crush OK?
I think this is the voice of experience, and I have trouble arguing with what has worked for you.
However, I gotta say that this does not give me a warm, fuzzy feeling. For one thing, the shim stock would need to be the same width as the bearing shell, and I expect that mostly shim stock will be too narrow.
No. The upper and lower bearing insert ID when the caps are torqued (i.e., the bearings in the block) is 3.244. The crank main journals are 3.240..004 total difference. 
When running with an oil wedge, yes there'd be.002 at the block side, and.002 on the cap side--in fact.002 all the way around, except for whatever eccentricity there is near the parting line. But.002 all the way around isn't how things traditionally get measured; and it still adds up to.004 clearance which is still too much.
It would be cheaper to align hone the mains than grind the crank again.
The rod big ends where resized and the crank pins were ground. 020. All rod bearing oil clearances are at.0018.
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