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« Reply #75 on: December 15, 2012, 05:15:34 AM »
It's about time to take the Bighorn to a dyno and get some real tuning done but every dyno person I've talked to so far has an opinion on what I'm doing wrong. I've got an old water brake dyno round the back of the shed, I think it's time to haul that out and get it going again. Do my own dyno tests under my own terms. I've used one like this many years ago, can be set for inertia runs.
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« Reply #76 on: December 15, 2012, 07:02:53 AM »
Perfect, measure, what are these words??? Unfortunately I'm a bit " that looks about right " sometimes. It's a matter of what would fit / look right / what I know about 3D on the CNC ( not always enough ) and time. Hey it's a first up, lets see what happens?
The bighorn doesn't need more power, I just need to ride better but if more power is available, I'll take it!
You know, it's a trail bike, steel wheels, steel tank, steel guards and I'm not little. So if I've got a power advantage, good on me.
Sounds like I'm making excuses, I am.

whack her on the dyno and be sure to video it :)
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« Reply #77 on: December 15, 2012, 03:23:15 PM »
exactly! your terms.
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« Reply #78 on: December 15, 2012, 08:55:01 PM »
Well the Bighorn run's. I'll have to research how to put analog video onto here.
I must be getting old, this would be the first time I've done this, left a rag in the exhaust port.
It would only fire a few times than stop??? A few minutes and the penny dropped.
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« Reply #79 on: December 15, 2012, 08:59:09 PM »
ha! this makes us young uniflow.
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« Reply #80 on: December 15, 2012, 11:26:26 PM »
ditch the anologue, you can get 'no-name' go pro style digital video cameras for $50 in Kmart (do you guys have Kmart in NZ?)

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« Reply #81 on: December 30, 2012, 07:14:27 AM »







This is the beginning of a rotary drum throttle body ( for EFI ) on a YZ 250.
This is the core and core box manufacture. Rather than explain I'll mostly just show pictures.
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« Reply #82 on: December 30, 2012, 07:20:43 AM »








This is the core box finished, a real pattern maker would paint it, I cant be bothered.
The core box will be used to make hard sand core prints ( CO2 setting sand, cold process ).
The original core will now be used to build up the actual pattern on to.
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« Reply #83 on: December 30, 2012, 07:39:50 AM »
Whats the name of that 'custard' stuff your pouring? Nice work. Just any old timber?
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« Reply #84 on: December 30, 2012, 09:18:24 AM »
First, I would like to point out that if I was doing this for a paying customer I would CNC the whole job ( get the staff to do it, but they want holidays???!! ) this is how I like to make patterns on my time off! Truth is, something like this I have trouble drawing yet a twostroke crankcase no problem.
The gue?  is that two pot casting resin I showed earlier. Core has a waxing agent painted on. Use kiln dried pine, best for gluing or I use Armorboard, it's sort of like custom wood only much more glue used to make it. It's heavy and machines like alloy, leaves a nice smooth finish. Glues good too also very stable but don't leave it on your machines as it's abrasive.
If I do some more tomorrow I'll post pictures also.
2T, that ball valve throttle on the Bighorn works a treat!! I've been riding round the back yard with the laptop zippy tied to the tank tuning it, up to approx third throttle. I don't think the laptop likes it too much.
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« Reply #85 on: December 31, 2012, 04:32:41 AM »




These pictures show building up " thickness " to the original core. You can see the ends of the core sticking out of the pattern. The core will be made of sand so the molten alloy will run between the inner sand core and the outside of the mold shape that has been left behind in the mold box. This will leave us a cast hollow item. When the foundry opens again I'll get pictures of setting the mold and pouring alloy.
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« Reply #86 on: December 31, 2012, 08:02:25 AM »


Lucky the pictures are in English  ;D
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« Reply #87 on: December 31, 2012, 04:27:47 PM »
Fascinating, is Augusto Morini of Moto Morini fame? How much of the sand remains behind in the casting and how does this affect the followup machining?
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« Reply #88 on: January 01, 2013, 12:07:38 AM »
heat disintegrates the sand bond. Core sand pours out like water after, especially after the heat treatment process. A good hose out and it's good to go.
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« Reply #89 on: January 01, 2013, 12:42:18 AM »
Fascinating, is Augusto Morini of Moto Morini fame? How much of the sand remains behind in the casting and how does this affect the followup machining?

No it's Gabriel Gnani  he is apparently a VERY wealthy man, he does all that in a very well equipped workshop with a few retired Italian artisans, just for the love of it. His 125 went very well with a top line young rider on it and only slightly slower with Gabriel on it. He is a legend in Italian bike racing and helped get the ICCGP concept off the ground.
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