Cragdog wrote:Any updates here???
Let's see..
-Finally bought a spark plug thread chaser- the threads are a special cut, not just a typical bolt thread. Cleaned up the threads on one of my heads. One of the plug threads were pretty bad, but I think I'll have enough thread left to get a plug to seat down well enough for a leak down test at least.
-Front wheel spacer arrived at the local dealership, then
installed.
-Finished building my leak down tester.
-Day dreamed extensively, stroked my beard for a good long while meditating on the build. Always feels more productive than it actually is.
-All the while I hoped I would look up and find that the bike had built itself like that bad ass '58 Fury in Steven King's Christine... No luck there.
My tester consists of an expanding rubber freeze plug for the exhaust. Bought a 1.5" plug, expanded up to the 1.6~" no problem. I turned a piece of aluminum down to a plug to fit the intake boots with a hose barb threaded into it. From there some rubber line goes to T junction with a PSI gauge and a blood pressure pump bulb.
I'll take some pictures- I think it's pretty slick in it's own Frankenstein way.
In essence I did exactly what MacDizzy's two stroke site says to do to make your own tester.
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About $25 of materials for a $200 motionpro tool....
Waiting for some small rubber stoppers to come in the mail for the SRIS ports. Then I'll finally get my leak down test done on one of my engines.
As for the frame stuff-
The SV650 swingarm is built with the shock mount way off to the left so that the exhaust can shoot out between the rear wheel, swing arm, and frame which is making the dog bone connections for the shock a PITA. So, for $10.50 I bought a 93 gsxr swing arm off ebay. That just arrived yesterday. Last night I made some measurements. The SV axle is a smaller diameter than the gsxr's. Looks to be about the same width. Though, I might have to make a spacer or two.
I ordered a few feet (I'll have extra haha) of aluminum to make a bushing so that I can fit the sv axle, wheel, brake caliper holder, etc to the gsxr swing arm. The aluminum should be here tomorrow or the next day. Made the CNC code about 15 minutes ago, so as soon's the material gets here, I'll be good to go.
Then, once my frame's rolling and has the rear suspension bolted up I'll be bringing the frame and such to school to build the motor mounts. As it is it's a major pain in the ass to move the get up without a rear supsension.
Let's see.. what else.. Worked on my VW diesel caddy last weekend, but I don't think this is the place for that haha.
2 Questions:
For those of you who have already done a leak down test on the early GT crank cases that just have a press in fitting for the SRIS lines, what did you use to plug the holes?
I've considered eliminating the SRIS lines because mine are kinda crispy, but I fear I'll struggle with more fouled plugs. True or false?
Need to do:
-Put gsx-r swing arm on (tonight if I'm not too tired after crossfit tonight)
-make bushings for SV axle, wheel, etc
-bolt up shocks
-make a bracket to hold the external shock reservoir
-measure my port timing
-make expansion chambers which will make all ears bleed with glee
-Install 2007 GSXR front suspension taper bearings
-Build some crap
-Fabricate some crap
-Ring ding around town
