Really a breakthrough? http://www.gizmag.com/kawasaki-preparing-revolutionary-new-engine/9885/ http://www2.solomoto30.com/noticia.asp?ref=22209 I am language...
... Balancing won't make any horsepower. All it does is make the engine shape less. ... On a V8 with a 90 degree crank, external balancing will let you get an...
... <http://www.gizmag.com/kawasaki-preparing-revolutionary-new-engine/9885/> Not at all! Have a look at one already in production http://www.husaberg.se I...
Yeah, I know, a hoary old subject....full of opinion and little fact, as I've found in the past.....but I am interested to know what opinions/experiences are...
Greg S, A pal likely has some Castrol R in the white cylindrical cans or possibly the white plastic bottles. I have seen it but can't recall if it was in the...
John, Haven't been able to find an outlet so far therefore I decided to contact Morris to see if they export to Oz. Someone also suggested Fuchs Silkolene...
Thanks Ken, I take it from that reply you don't use castor. What do you use/recommend?...not that I am likely to change....haha! But you never know.... I've...
... Eldert, That sounds like olive oils...haha! I went looking for info on what has been added/changed in castor lubricants to make them more friendly. I had...
Greg, When I don't know of or expect a lubrication issue, I use whatever is handy as all modern automotive motor oil is extremely good. If there is a known...
Greg, what do the local Manx Nortons use ? For a very long time the factory recommended only Castor-based oil, and in fact refused to recommend anything else...
RohanB
newboltz333@...
Sep 8, 2008 8:11 am
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Ken, Yes I too was reading up on zinc. Penrite were quite informative and raised other interesting info and issues I'd not heard about before...hardly...
Not sure, in fact we only have one 'local' Manx here in SA...ha! But I was going to check and see what Molnar and Summerfields recommend. Greg ... and in ... -...
Hi Greg... Yes, lots of people swear that you MUST use bean oil.... So, against all that advice, I use a race synthetic, Red Line oil, which says 50wt on...
... against all ... on the ... Yes Ron, While I have not been one of those who says you MUST run bean oil, I'd not had any convincing reason to change from...
We have been retrofitting CNC lathes and mills over the past 2 years. It would be very easy for us to make a CNC cam grinding machine for single and twin...
once you know what the cam for a specific engine looks like (which is the difficult part), you will realize that it is a set of radii (arcs), neighbouring ones...
... There have been people trying to do this in Oz for ome time, I would love to be able to roll up to my cam grinders with a DXF file and walk off with my new...
Ian
iwd@...
Sep 9, 2008 1:18 pm
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Couldn't you take a known camshaft, put it in a scanner, sample the profile and then get your CNC dat from that? There are CNC scanners that work by laser or...
Hi Greg... Guess I should of mentioned something.... but some of the people that swear by bean oil, also get free oil... not sure if that makes a difference...
I worked at a Yamaha shop and raced RDs in the late 70s early 80s. I premixed with Yamalube R and it worked fine, till one day I noticed it had a different...
Ryan, Ian, What you contend below is essentially true but it is far from simple. A friend and associate has such equipment and roughly 40 years of cam...
Where can I find the size for a BSA C15 clutch puller? It looks like a 7/8-20 thread but that is not a standard size. Would it be 55 degrees or 60 degrees? ...
I have a Brit puller with .865" x 20 TPI which seems a 60 degree thread profile. It has stamped on it, 61-3583 if that number can be used in a part number...
http://www.blendzall.com/ #465 Blendzall, 45w, is commonly used by US speedway riders and many others and is available from your Jawa or GM dealer. But of...
David Kath
bsa_gs@...
Sep 9, 2008 7:21 pm
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... and twin camshafts. ... Cam profile equations are always high order polynomials (9th -11th order) that are well defined though multiple derivatives. This...
... If it's Brit it should be 55 deg, not that it matters that much for a puller. Cheers IAN See www.drysdalev8.com for : - Drysdale 750-V8 Sports &...
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