That's what it sounds like. Anyone know if the cylinders are nikasil'd or plated, or can they just be honed? If they need plated, it's getting...
Well, I believe I have the culprit! [MEDIA] Looks like a classic overheating 4 point scuff... That raises the bigger question... Are these...
That's the plan. Will do a bit more tinkering on it this week, and have replacement cams/rockers on the way to replace the pitted parts. Will do...
Nope, noise is loudest at idle and part throttle up until about 3500-4000rpm...after that it appears to go away...whether that's because it's...
I really hope it's not a toast bearing, but i'll add that to the list of things to check. Would have thought if it was a cooked bearing that it...
So I got the beast torn down yesterday. Originally attempted to pull the exhaust rocker out without realizing 1. The cam needs to come out to get...
Makes sense...they're definitely flawed bikes...happens with anything that was as radical as these were at the time. They've got a lot of...
Interesting, thanks for the info guys, I'll pop the valve cover back off and see what I can find. Cam journals looked fine, very light debris...
Need some help from the consortium after pulling my hair (all 3 that are left) out for a bit on this issue. Bike background: Bought the bike...
More pictures/video :) I reworked part of the frame to kill some major wheel hop I had, and also did some bodywork/repainted the vehicle. The...
Make sure to check the plug wires as well. Mine was a PITA to start and I chased that around for about 4 hours one night before I found out that...
It's a handful in the lower gears as you saw :) Power/tq comes on fairly smooth, and with the live rear it is pretty easy to catch. The hardest...
I'm at school right now, so during the school year I race between the indy, southern indy, and champaign county regions of the SCCA. When I'm...
Little update, but I thought you guys would like to see a ridealong from the last race this past weekend at Rantoul racing with the CCSCC:...
Took it to autox yesterday for the first time to actually have it out on pavement for the first time. It is definitely much more fun to drive than...
Did some snooping last night and found the root of the problem. Fuel pump was toast. unhooked the line from the carbs and they had very little...
No real sharp bends or anything of that nature. You can see a bit of the setup here...the tank is located next to the cockpit in this picture in...
Been having a bit of a problem with the cart as of late...engine starts/runs/idles fine when putzing around the driveway. When I get on it, it...
That's pretty cool! Definitely be something to consider for the race car. I kindof wonder how they plan on doing everything though...the hard...
they've had them as long as i've been racing. They typically race in F Modified, but because of teh engine swap I'm bumped up to A mod.
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