Thanks for all the comments on the 1915 Fiat engine. I have taken them on board:) Latest question is this... Is their a set of formulas to work out the...
A shop familiar with dynamic balancing is your best bet here ? That is essentially what you are doing. Ask them FIRST about having your crank welded. If its...
RohanB
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Jul 4, 2008 11:45 pm
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Gavin, I wouldn't weld anything to an automotive crankshaft made in 1915 as it is most likely cast iron. If you need a new crankshaft or really want a fully...
snipped and bottom posted ... them on board:) ... ideal rpm, positions of weights around the crank centre and distance from crank centre for counter weights on...
... Firstly, you can only put 4 C/W's on ( assuming it is a 3 bearing crank ), which means that it is unlikely that you will be able to even get to 0% BF, let...
Ian
iwd@...
Jul 5, 2008 1:28 pm
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... Ken has raised a good point, these old cars run tiny main brg journal sizes, so you will have to watch out for rotational resonances set up by your "now"...
Ian
iwd@...
Jul 5, 2008 1:35 pm
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Gavin, Try to get passengers with higher mass and hysteresis. Achieving the first parameter shouldn't be difficult in normally advancing time but for the...
"Harald Bartol: I didn't expect anything else. I wouldn't have understood where Aprilia's big advantage came from, despite their new system with the rotary...
Guy <guy.hockley@...> Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:54:42 ... As I understand this, they've moved the carbs and inlet track behind the cylinder with a rotary valve...
... Same as the VVT on a GM V6, I'm playing around with a couple of them for another application. Cheers IAN See www.drysdalev8.com for : - Drysdale...
Ian
iwd@...
Jul 7, 2008 9:54 pm
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"Performance Bikes" has an article about supercharging (a Triumph Rocket III!). Shows a dismantled Rotrex with all its drive components etc. Scroll housing...
... "THE CCXR - THE FIRST GREEN SUPERCAR The CCXR will take you to an entirely new level of performance. It is a derivative of the CCX, with a highly modified...
... Slow thinker... It just(?!) occurred to me that there are thousands of engines, possibly even some very similar to Blackbirds, oriented the way your...
... Thanks, yes I have considered this and you are right. Most of the 4 stroke 100 hp class engines are derivatives of 4 cyl car engines and already have...
Ian
iwd@...
Jul 8, 2008 3:00 pm
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http://www.eurospares.com/graphics/solvangmuseum/ There are a number of photos of a replica V8 in that folder on my website. It appears that there are several...
I love a "green car" with 1000 hp. heh heh, but actually I do! I can simultaneously be snide and kick little children out of the way to get to drive one. ...
http://www.scafutopistoni.it/ricerca_pistoni_inglese.php This looks pretty useful, though it hasn't let me identify this batch of NOS Mondial pistons I've got....
Not answering the question at all, but I presume people supercharge side valve Briggs & Stratton lawn mower engines. Can they run them on E85 with loads of...
don't know of this particular quote,but for years ski-doo bombardier (rotax) twins used a rotary valve in the crankcase below the cylinders,also in their...
the aprilia RSA 125 has the rotary valve behind the cilinder they had some carburation problems first but that is solved now this setup was good for a extra 2...
... Do you know for what company ? Thus far, there has been no Chinese race bikes, even though ZongShen have "alluded" that their various race bikes were built...
Ian
iwd@...
Jul 11, 2008 1:18 am
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http://www.buzzinmotogp.co.uk/john-surtees-spearheads-new-125gp- team/78 Hi Ian, Surtees, Garry Taylor, Jan Witteveen and the Harris brothers are all involved...
... Another European involved with Chinese manufacturers (this time on the chassis side): http://www.cybermotard.com/Une-JBB-exposee-au-Salon-de-Milan,321.html...
From their site : "The name Haojue trips easily off the tongue of a fluent Chinese speaker, but it is less amenable and distinctive in other languages, and so...