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Today my new airbox arrived, well i say new but i mean new to me.
needed a bit of a clean so i spent an hour on it and thought i would post a before and after.
don’t worry im not going to post everything but as im not at the juicy stuff yet i thought something is better than nothing.Lucky
Hi imperial
yes the bike will be as close to standard as possible the only un standard item will be an Allspeed exhaust.
i am trying to re create the Rd that i had when i was 17.I know its seems sad but it was one of the bikes i had the most fun on.
Andy
well its ok but i have to rely on someone to do the tig welding for me and its becoming a bit of a pain i need the things welding but i need them fast i just cant afford a tig welder myself so i have to pull in favours to get it done
if i make mistakes myself i learn from them but if others make mistakes then the project stops
so to sum up
could be better
but i have one good thing if anyone is interested … if you want that machined bracket look but do not want to wait for 6 months for it to be done make the pattern out of wood (the shape you want) roughly cut the aluminium to the desired shape, attach aluminium to wooden pattern then using a routing table and a straight router bit with the bearing on the end follow wooden pattern on the router table and there you are a good looking bracket… i will post pics of the bracket soon LR
Just to give you an idea of location of waste gate to the rest of the bike …..sorry about the terrible picture but i only had power point to do it in
As you can see this is my second attempt at my turbo headers ive used this type as there are a meant to be a few advantages but i will let you know if it will make any difference
as said before the biggest benefit is the turbo is higher and further back into the frame which will help
there will be another pipe welded into the no1 exhaust this will be for the external waste gate that will be fittedpicture of type of waste gate to follow
today i will mostly be pulling apart my headers and re designing them as i had a few issues which were bothering me
1. the turbo was a t such a height that oil drainage would be risky and may need a scavenge pump
2. with the forks fully compressed there could of been a tyre turbo clash which would be a problem
my fav design is all the pipes are inline rather than middle 2 cylinders forward of the outer cylinders pipes this will bring the turbo tighter into the frame and will allow me to raise the turbo up about 30mm which will help drainagethis will also give me space for a remote waste gate ……which will be nice
lucky
Thanks
hopefully i will have some more pictures after the weekend i wont have many as ive got to go to a christening on sunday
hi slim
i think i may have to pull the pipes in a little at the top and i will have to trim the mudguard back a bit the new pipes are the same distance from the engine as was my old race system was
ive pulled the forks down with a ratchet strap and it seems ok
im more worried about getting all the fuel pump regulators blow off valve and all the other stuff in thanks for the heads up though
ill keep you postedlucky
Hello all
well had a pretty good day today and been able to do final mock up of where the turbo is going to sit
as you can probably notice by the full bike picture there is a clash condition between the front wheel and the compressor housing
the housing will be rotated clock wise by around 60° this will eliminate problem
the header pipes will be removed for final weld tomorrow
im excited about the project again as standing back and looking at it (i forgot how awesome its going to look when finished) i hope the pictures are good enough for everyone to get an idea of how its going to look i wanted you guys to see it before anyone else
if anyone spots anything that may cause me trouble just give me a shout as i might of missed something
thanks
