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Post by aeroxbud on Mar 20, 2021 13:36:48 GMT -5
Lovely finish on those. 👌
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Post by geoffh on Mar 20, 2021 14:44:44 GMT -5
Nice looking wheels,paint or powder coat? and the $$ if it,s not to rude to ask.
Geoff
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Post by Kenho21 on Mar 20, 2021 17:33:00 GMT -5
Thank you thank you. They’re powder coated. “Bronze Chrome” is the name of the colo(u)r, I believe. They’re literally the exact same color as Ryan’s. Luckily, he’s like 8 hours away and I’ve never met any of you, so it’ll be our little secret. The whole Metro-Detroit area will remain none the wiser. I paid $120. $20 more because he didn’t already have the color on-hand. Included in the price was my fork lowers, but he accidentally painted them bronze chrome instead of black, so I have to pick them up in a week or so. Credit where due...here are Ryan’s...I’m just not that original.  |
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Post by Senna1Rossi on Mar 20, 2021 17:36:19 GMT -5
^^ WOW THEY LOOK GREAT! LOVE THE BRONZE CHROME
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Post by Kenho21 on Mar 30, 2021 13:26:11 GMT -5
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Post by Kenho21 on Mar 30, 2021 13:31:05 GMT -5
My ring gap was ~0.010 compared to ~0.008 when I installed it approximately 2k miles ago.
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Post by 190mech on Mar 31, 2021 3:42:04 GMT -5
Looks like zero scuffing inside,,very good lubrication there,,be interesting to see if your replacement oil does that well...
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Post by Kenho21 on Mar 31, 2021 9:18:41 GMT -5
I'd like to take the little "ears" off the cylinder skirt near the intake port here... how can this be done with minimal risk to the Nikasil coating lining the cylinder? Will I need diamond files and a diamond cutting wheel?   |
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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 31, 2021 13:36:14 GMT -5
If you wanted to leave the skirts, but just remove the bits that are clearly in the inlet patch; then you could use diamond burrs or maybe fine stone and try to sand away the coating where you'll be cutting more gently. Then use carbide burrs or whatever.
Disclaimer : I haven't worked with plated cylinder mods. This is my understanding from plated porting talk. The idea is not to use anything aggressive (like a carbide burr) that is more likely to grab and chip the plating. Finer bits are more gentle. I can tell you from one of my TPR cylinders that once you get chips, it is more likely for the plating to begin flaking off, possibly in large cylinder ruining chunks, so it's definitely to be avoided.
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Post by Kenho21 on Mar 31, 2021 17:04:44 GMT -5
I think I’m just going to live with the ears. I’d like to put some miles on this kit and it sounds like there’s a higher probability of me messing things up than I’m comfortable with. A trashed cylinder will get no miles. The risk does not seem to outweigh the potential reward in this case.
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Post by 190mech on Mar 31, 2021 18:29:40 GMT -5
Leave them ears alone!Did notice a big mismatch on the A port in the pic..Might be a gasket?
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Post by Kenho21 on Mar 31, 2021 19:10:36 GMT -5
Leave them ears alone!Did notice a big mismatch on the A port in the pic..Might be a gasket? I don’t think I had a gasket on the cylinder in the pic. Hopefully it’s just a little cockeyed because I’m holding it or something. I haven’t don’t any checks or matching other than what’s in the pics on this yet. I’ll check everything out once I get them cleaned tomorrow. |
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Post by Kenho21 on Apr 1, 2021 20:58:50 GMT -5
Making progress... Got the cases cleaned and the crank halfway in. Going to check the cylinder more closely tomorrow to see if any more matching is necessary on the cylinder.  s on   |
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Post by Kenho21 on Apr 20, 2021 17:45:44 GMT -5
No idea how this happened, but I went to install the crank seal and noticed this. I’m assuming this means this side of the cases is trash...  |
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Post by Kenho21 on Apr 20, 2021 18:03:04 GMT -5
I’ve phoned a friend and he’s telling me that it is an oil passage.
I’ll leave my ignorance on display in hopes that it helps others. Haha
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