Holyman

Most guys here go for the Wiseco. I went thru your whole image folder and with the size of the cracks in the boots, it will be amazing to me if the insode of the engine isn't full of dirt. That thing has been sucking Mojave sand into it for who knows how long. I'd like to see pics of the pistons and cyls too when you pull the jugs off. Since you said you have the head off {right?} you should be able to pull the jugs right off too. Then all you have to do is take the jugs into the shop, not the whole quad. With the Clymer book, you should ba able to put it back together your self. I have a 2002 Blaster I got from a guy who "gently used" it. After owning it for a month or so {it always ran great} I was washing it and noticed there was some grease on the side of the cyl where it meets the case. There was no-where this grease was coming from. After a little investigating, I found that it was an air leak from the base gasket. I pulled the head off and the piston looked fine from the top. I was going to cheap out and just put some hi-temp silicone under the cyl and bolt it back together but after I thought about it a while, I thought "hey it's only one more gasket". Well here's what I found vvvvv The previous idiot had already been into the top end to "change the rings to give it more power". As it turns out he had them on upside down and installed the base gasket wrong. I found chinks of the piston skirt in the bottom of the crank and to this day I have no idea how it ran at all let alone ran well. So looking at the top is only part of the story. Onceyou get it open, you'll get the big picture.

That hole in the intake was so big I can't believe it ran at all. A top end will be about... $125 for a piston set a couple hours shop time for rebore {here about another $125} Gasket set $30 Head work if the domes are all pitted up $75? Then a nice gentle break in. Now you could slap some new rings on it for $30 maybe if the old rings haven't popped off but if you loose a ring and it chews up the cyls or gets into the crank you can take the above total and start multiplying. Where do you live in SoCal? Maybe one of the guys lives near enough to you to give you a closeup assessment.

at 60 lbs you aren't going to do any riding and that won't change untilyou do the whole top end. the cracked reed blocks {link doesn't work without password} don't have anything to do with compression. And the last thing you want to do is lose a chunk of piston into the crank. Then you are talking big bucks. Sounds kind of like you got hosed on this one but it's not a goner yet. Whatever you do DON'T run it with low compression or you are asking for trouble.

Let's try this... didn't work... send me your email so I can show you my cad skills [email protected]

That compression is ultra low. Not surprised at all that it won't run. You'll need a complete top end pistons/ bore job etc. if you lost chunks of the piston or the rings, you'll need to make sure the crank is good. Did you get your book yet?

Have you run any tests with AV gas and are you saying tht a 21cc dome would be about where you'd go with a basically stock engine on 93 octane?

BansheeJen comes thru with some heavy hitting info Tell me more Jen... when you say there's plenty of info do you mean on the HQ or on the web?

Here's my design My suggestion on your new design is to make a 4 sided spike fom the side and an iron cross from the top. Know what I mean?

They will fit the PD and, with an additional notch, a Vitos. 21cc would be safe, 20cc would be pushing it with pump gas. Any other mods? Boyeson reeds, stock carbs bored to 28mm, Toomey 2:1 filter, Trinity pipes.

If I had to rebuild, the last thing i would do is use a recycled head that I ground down with a die grinder. Now would be a good time to have the head re-chambered for your new bore and milled down if you are not going to go with an aftermarket head.

I just recently got one of those "OTHER" brand heads with 17cc domes which I know are way too small for me. I ride 600 to 800 feet trails. Stock bore. Hey Dave... what should I get and your domes fit the "Other" guys right?

The way gas prices are right now I might start running it in the car if it's $2.80

The chain is not needed. The screw I use has extra long threads because the "shank" of the screw needs to be longer than stock. I used to just grind off the scew flush with the kicker but decided to try the chain as a safety measure. I also replace the ball and on many of them I install a grease zirk. So far, works great

The chain is to keep the kicker if the lower bolt comes out {the bolt that attaches the kicker to the engine} which happens fairly often. The nut that holds the chain to the kicker is a nylock nut so the chances of it falling off are almost zero. If you guys don't like it, let me know. From what I'm hearing about half don't like it. PLEASE delete those pics. Send 'em to me so I can crop 'em and repost 'em for you... [email protected] It's like that Farley skit... I can get a good look at a T bone by stickin' by head up a bulls a$$ but I'd rather take the butchers word for it.

Read the bottle, mix it up and ride. I run the 100:1 Sabre stuff at 80:1 and rode it all winter wide open with no jetting changes at all. The Dominator oil is made to be run at 50:1 for highly modified engines. There should be no need at all to run with a higher oil content.

Yeah... it was a miracle they figured it out. But I guess after 2 days in the wilderness with the flies chewin' you day and night you get ALOT smarter.

My wife has 2 uncles that have the habit of going places without much planning beyond just getting to the starting point. They decided to go to Australia or NZ and hike across the "outback". Shortly after arriving and finding out how vast the outback really is, they decided to buy a car for $75 and start driving. Needless to say they got to the middle of absolutely nowhere and the car broke down. Since they have no mechanical abilities at all, it took them the rest of the day and thru the night to figure out that the fuel pump had broken. So using the only tools they had, a fingernail clipper and a fork they took the fuel pump apart and rebuilt it with a chunk of the vinyl seat they cut out with the clippers.

NYUK... when are you gonna send me a pic of that UGLY aftermarket bumper you said you had? [email protected]

What is the BHQ discount?

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That happened to me. I was riding thru a field and it started to rain so the seeds from the weeds and tall grasses got everywhere. When I got home, I did a quick hose off and put it in the garage. About a week later I pulled it out for a ride and there's 1" tall grass sprouts sticking out of the frame where the gussets are and by the footpegs and skid plates. I tried pulling 'em out but apparently there was a clump of roots or something that wouldn't allow the whole thing to come out. Best I coud do was leave it in the sun and dry it out really well. They haven't grown back but I would get an outerwear for sure. I run a Toomey 2:1 with an outerwear. And no probs with that.

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I just got this mental image of Gold Member riding a solid gold banshee... Isn't zat veird. I gotta say it's pretty dangerous inviting someone to the house for more than a couple hours. Last time I did that all the beer was gone and the toilet was plugged up Have a great time guys. Souds like fun

Here's one... J arm was a little weak just goober on a piece of angle iron. Well at least they painted it Hey brock... you gonna send me some pics of that AMP link and the bumper?

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