Contact Us
10-07-2012, 10:48am
Grunty,
someone has to grasp the nettle first.
In other words, what's the worse that could happen? Will the gain outweigh the pain?
If it was my bike, I'd be researching as much as I could to determine whether the change would survive its intended duty. So if it was for 1/4 mile drags, it might be worth it. For 250km drags in harsh unforgiving conditions carrying a huge load (e.g. off-road buggy racing) it might not.
To mitigate the risk of failure I would be making modifications intended to alleviate pressure on the change, i.e. changes that help reduce spot heating of the bores but don't cost too much in terms of performance loss. This might include richer fuel mixtures, intercoolers, improved oil cooling and flow, improved coolant flow, better condition monitoring (there's those EGT probes again), offset bores, etc, etc.
2.95mm seems awfully thin. But then, so does 6mm. We're heading into uncharted waters mate. He who manages risk best wins.
This is where the yanks have it over us. They can afford losses because they pay a lot less for their parts. Easier to absorb the failure. We've just got to try harder and avoid the damage if we want the wins.
Did that answer the question? I know you're good at researching!
someone has to grasp the nettle first.
In other words, what's the worse that could happen? Will the gain outweigh the pain?
If it was my bike, I'd be researching as much as I could to determine whether the change would survive its intended duty. So if it was for 1/4 mile drags, it might be worth it. For 250km drags in harsh unforgiving conditions carrying a huge load (e.g. off-road buggy racing) it might not.
To mitigate the risk of failure I would be making modifications intended to alleviate pressure on the change, i.e. changes that help reduce spot heating of the bores but don't cost too much in terms of performance loss. This might include richer fuel mixtures, intercoolers, improved oil cooling and flow, improved coolant flow, better condition monitoring (there's those EGT probes again), offset bores, etc, etc.
2.95mm seems awfully thin. But then, so does 6mm. We're heading into uncharted waters mate. He who manages risk best wins.
This is where the yanks have it over us. They can afford losses because they pay a lot less for their parts. Easier to absorb the failure. We've just got to try harder and avoid the damage if we want the wins.
Did that answer the question? I know you're good at researching!