Frankenstein Motor Project
- Thread starter Matt_E
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WAB
salty nuts
- Location
- coastal GA
I'll be doing a similar motor in a month or 2. Thanks for posting pics.
Wonder what effect would you get if you ground down & flattened out (with devcon or something) the divider in the reed holder plate on the intake?
(top piece in pic)
Wonder what effect would you get if you ground down & flattened out (with devcon or something) the divider in the reed holder plate on the intake?
(top piece in pic)
adet16v
No like winter
- Location
- Montgomery County PA
I'll be doing a similar motor in a month or 2. Thanks for posting pics.
Wonder what effect would you get if you ground down & flattened out (with devcon or something) the divider in the reed holder plate on the intake?
(top piece in pic)
I think you mean the piece in the center that splits the airflow out to each side of the manifold?
I wouldnt want to grind that down flat... that would create a major obstruction to the air flow through the manifold. If anything maybe slim it down a bit, but you would want to keep its general shape intact I think.
Or did I misinterpret what you meant. I think grinding the sides down slimmer could help but grinding the ridge down would not help...
Idok
F1pro
- Location
- Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
blah blah blah....its frankenstein to me if the colors dont match lol...
WAB
salty nuts
- Location
- coastal GA
You got it. I was talking about flattening it out. It almost seems like it would work as a reed stuffer with it there.
Seems that in a freestyle motor you would want to increase the air volume in the intake tract. :shrug:
I was just thinking out loud... I'll shut up now. :biggrin:
Seems that in a freestyle motor you would want to increase the air volume in the intake tract. :shrug:
I was just thinking out loud... I'll shut up now. :biggrin:
adet16v
No like winter
- Location
- Montgomery County PA
yes I could imagine that being helpfull as well. Ive got two sets of those reed blocks... maybe Ill do some grinding to one when I build up a new motor for my SJ....
willycrumb
mmmm......beer.....
- Location
- califony
What is the grey stull you have smashed into the cases?
willycrumb
mmmm......beer.....
- Location
- califony
So when someone say the cases have epoxy, it was just a preventative thing done before porting the intake? Basically, its not a performance gain type thingy?
Depends. What I did, is for preventive damage control I guess. The metal removal needs to be compensated for. On severely ported T cases, you actually do penetrate, and you have to have the epoxy there.
However, on T-cases you can also "finger-epoxy". You fill epoxy into the bottom of the intake tract to fill those fingers and make it smooth. That's a performance mod. (And decreases intake volume)
It shouldn't let go if done properly. Besides, it's not a concern where I applied it.
It's important to distinguish between intake tract volume and crankcase volume. Crankcase volume plays a part in crankcase compression (and thus, transfer characteristics and performance) - intake volume does not.
WAB
salty nuts
- Location
- coastal GA
What I am thinking of will not effect the crankcase pressure I don't think, as it is above the reeds. Just try it matt, you are used to blowing up motors anyway right?? :skull2: :smile:
RiverRat
.......
- Location
- Louisville, Ky
Nice job boring that manifold to fit the 48mm carb. That looks clean
RiverRat
.......
- Location
- Louisville, Ky
Boring? :sneaky:
Dremel. Poor Matt's Porting tool.
I am currently working on the cyl.
Well, your dremel skills are showing :Banane01: Anyone can bore on a machine, dremel takes more finess :cool2: I just think the pic looks good, nice smooth transition.