Few 4 mill questions

[papa_smurf49319]

Ok long story short, i got a passion 12 port, 4 mill, 35mm keihins, shearer inframes, vforce 3 reeds, stock heads cut for 100 octane. I have no tranny mods, and am just running the stiffer springs for the clutch. I was going to purchase a shift star, and a shift pro kit, but didnt and wont be able to for a week or so. Would it be wise to put the engine together, install it, ride it, and in a week or so pull the clutch cover off and install those parts? Basically will the bike be able to shift without those parts installed for now? Also any help is appreciated, going to do a leak down test, and want to check squish. For squish i just take a piece of solder and roll the engine over by hand and measure how much it crushed right? The solder has to be bent and pointed to the cylinder wall correct, as to stay out of the dome? 6 psi for 6 minutes on the leakdown? What do you guys use to pump it up?

 

 

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Cody

[Bill]

As long as the shift shaft is adjusted correctly it will shift fine.

[crustydemon]

It should shift fine, hold the solder to the cylinder wall the way the piston pin goes(do it on both sides of each cylinder), 6lbs for 10 min is what I would do minimum and I use the hand pump for my Snap-On coolant system tester to pressurize them and it works great.

[AKheathen]

you are allowed 1psi drop in 6min. 6psi for 6min is ideal, though. it will be fine to install the mods later. all they do is help it shift easier.