everyone calmdown!
SLM, l have a particular interest in your project, see l have one very similar.
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what you are proposing can, has,and will be done. Purdy fun toy when complere.
Your approach is a good one. I want to know if mine runs before committing all that work. Thats only smart. There are about 15million things that need to be done on a project like this. Yer on step #145 already. Yes it is important, but ya need to back up and start at #1. If it has no carb, what else is missing? Ya gonna buy a carb, (no such thing as a cheap option) to put on an engine of unknown condition? lf yer gonna just ask others to tell ya how to do it cuz yer "busy" then this is a doomed project. You'll get "info" thats all over the spectrum.
Ya need to get a battery and see if it turns over and has compression. Then ya can decide if its worth the time, money and effort.
Hi MasterHack, yes your right, thats where I should start, however the previous owner said he tore down the engine imslef and said everything was in good order, as for the carb i meant something cheap for a carburator, obviously i understand i cant get a carb for 15 bucks, the only reason i decided to go the printed routeis customization, my own curiosity, and to prove sparky wrong tbh. nothing else is missing, and im not asking cuz im busy, im asking cuz i wasnt able to find anything on the internet.
I already ahve a battery on order and im just waiting for it to come, along with all the other electronic bits.
SLM, your idea of printing a manifold while it's probably possible, did you ever stop and think about the engineers that actually designed and built the engine. They decided that 4 separate carbs was the best way to feed fuel and air into the engine. Your chances of fabricating something that even comes close to performing half as good are a thousand to one. As far as printing a carburater, have you ever actually taken one apart? The tiny orficces, the needle and seat mechanism, float, springs, butterfly or throttle slide. I don't care how much you know about computers and 3-D printing, you are not going to print a WORKING carburater. BTW, I am probably older than your Grandfather and never graduated from high school. But I am smart enough to recognize an arrogant youngster who is in way over his head. If you want it to run properly, put the carbs that the factory put on it.
Hi pancho, yes yes, i am well aware, however, i dont know how familiar you are with 3d printing but 1) the engine originally had four carbs so the only "manifold" they had would be the rubber boot that holds the carbs. 2) I am basing this design off of the Murray´s carbs dual carb kit for this bike, and the dimensions I was able to find on the internet or from other 3d models, however if the 3d printed carb works (i KNOW it will work id dont know how well it will though, if evven well enough) if the printed carb works i will print four of them and go the stock route.
yes i have taken one apart, never s super sofisticated one though, mostly just go karts and dirtbike carbs and the orifices are not a problem at all, like i said before, i do not know how familiar you are with 3d printing but small and intricate passages and shapes is what 3d printing excels at so those wont be a problem, as for the needles and similar, i will be using those from a carb rebuild kit so i know i wont get the wrong ones or wrong sizes, and not to be a dickhead and know it all but, actually, it IS possible and in fct has been done, i will admit not on this scale, but thats why we are here, to discuss new ideas and madman projects, i thought this was a DIY community, why would you not want to know if its possible to make your own carburators? i think its a great experiment that could open a whole new path for the DIY community, imagine just being able to switch venturi sizez, float bowl depths, manifold lengths or carb dimensions in less than a day? instead of having to buy a different carb everytime one doesnt fit, all you would have to buy is jets, and those could be drilled from the old ones so not even much of a problem either way.
I also doubt you are actually older than my grandfather unless you are in the mid to alte nineties, which i assume you are not or you wouldnt be texting here, as for the arogant youngster who is over his head, sure i can be arrogant, i am young, and i do not think i am over my head, if you never went to high school you wouldnt understand how much you learn there but i can guarantee you what they teach in high school nowadays is prob as advanced as the math you did in college (if you are as old as you say) also nowadyas we have the internet which makes learning absolutely anything a possibility for anyone, so what im trying to say is you dont know my capabilities, we havent met, so the only way you could have judged my capabilities is off of my age, but like i said, i dont think you understand how many tools and knowledeg young people like me can acquire using the internet, there relally is almost no boundary for capabilities in terms of knowledge anymore, not to say that i know everything, absolutely not, lol i have a life, i cant be siting down learning everything, but i learn what i can and need in order to dop what i want to do.
One last thing, all carb from the factory are probably so old (not as old as you though lol) that thery r probably all not running right anymore, so while that could be the prfect solution on paper, its not for me, and besides, like i said, i want to do my own experiments, nobody has done this to this scale, least of all you or anyone here apparently so who are you to tell me if its possible? i will find that out and let yu guys know so you can use it or learn from my mistakes
Have a good day and tahnk you all for your feedback