Red talon revamp

[Thepartsguy]

Contain your evil doctor! I'll not have the brute free upon my ship.

 

[Thepartsguy]

Ordered two junk $20 clutches only for the 10t #40 chain clutch faces.. took both 10t #40 chain clutch faces off the china clutches and stuck them on 1 genuine max torque and one genuine comet. The shoes on the China clutches are tiny. gotta be at least twice as big on the Max torque. The shoes on the comet are even bigger then the max torque.

 

[Thepartsguy]

FedEx showed up. I’ll also receive both throttle cables today. Along with 10 split locking collars. Only thing I’m waiting on now is a tube and the 4 1/2 brake band kit.

 

[Thepartsguy]

Gonna be a bit secretive with this one as I’m in the middle of bracing and ohh does it look bad as this is gonna be an awesome kart.. the engines sit down nice and it has that 60’s rake with the big back tires.

 

[Thepartsguy]

Ever since snowfall ended on FX I’ve been able to get away from the tv and back onto my projects... The ending was pretty good. The actual show is not for the faint of heart..

 

[Thepartsguy]

Test ride soon this should be fun.. I often wonder what an ungoverned mild flathead could make hp wise.. if both are making 2hp over stock I’ll sure be thrilled 14hp is enough for me!

 

[Functional Artist]

Kart is lookin' good!

Ever since snowfall ended on FX I’ve been able to get away from the tv and back onto my projects...

TV is evil
...& they lie

I don't watch TV anymore
...& now get soooo much more stuff done

Spend more time thinkin' about stuff & buildin' stuff & makin' stuff

 

[Thepartsguy]

Life can sometimes be..... Unforgiving. I admit it’s me doing it wrong I just wish I knew what I was doing wrong.. It’s frustrating. Gonna take me a week to even find the energy to build another flathead from scratch and at this point I don’t even want to.... Rip Blue..

 

[Thepartsguy]

The rings were stuck wtf??

 

[Thepartsguy]

Rod crank and the piston were fine. Early damage reports seemed bleak at best. not sure yet all torn down now. The rings were super super stuck.

 

[Thepartsguy]

The house is cleaned and wow that was not fun... everything is in order and I’m about to fall asleep typing this... I’ll know more tomorrow.

 

[Thepartsguy]

junk keeper ate itself and put a ridge on the valve.

 

[Thepartsguy]

The bore cleaned up very well without a hone..

 

[BrownStainRacing]

The rings were stuck wtf??

Carbon build up between the rings and piston will stick rings.

This is the reason I hate to see an overly rich running engine.

Burnt gases will pass thur the side clearance and back clearance of the rings. Too rich, causes carbon build up here, tightening these clearances, sticking rings.

Not saying you are rich, jus something that'll help your future builds.

Check the ring side clearance, top to bottom with ring on piston, you need .001"- .002".

Back clearance, measure how deep the groove is, and how thick, side to side, your rings are.
Subtract thickness from depth, .004"-.006" is good for daily runners, mild hot rods, good reliable builds that don't run overly rich on the fuel.

Seafoam is good for keeping carbon build up down.

It's not a "MIRACLE IN A CAN" and won't clean heavy carbon build up on old worn out, oil burning engines, but will keep build up down in a clean combustion chamber.

 

[Thepartsguy]

Carbon build up between the rings and piston will stick rings.

This is the reason I hate to see an overly rich running engine.

Burnt gases will pass thur the side clearance and back clearance of the rings. Too rich, causes carbon build up here, tightening these clearances, sticking rings.

Not saying you are rich, jus something that'll help your future builds.

Check the ring side clearance, top to bottom with ring on piston, you need .001"- .002".

Back clearance, measure how deep the groove is, and how thick, side to side, your rings are.
Subtract thickness from depth, .004"-.006" is good for daily runners, mild hot rods, good reliable builds that don't run overly rich on the fuel.

Seafoam is good for keeping carbon build up down.

It's not a "MIRACLE IN A CAN" and won't clean heavy carbon build up on old worn out, oil burning engines, but will keep build up down in a clean combustion chamber.

just tore it down cleaned it thoroughly through a new set of rings in it and cleaned up the bore. It’s all reassembled I’m gonna test it soon. It rolls over freely and has tons of compression the bore honestly cleaned up very well. I’m hopeful this will run just fine again.

 

[BrownStainRacing]

just tore it down cleaned it thoroughly through a new set of rings in it and cleaned up the bore. It’s all reassembled I’m gonna test it soon. It rolls over freely and has tons of compression the bore honestly cleaned up very well. I’m hopeful this will run just fine again.

You must trust parts suppliers more then I do.

If I skip a measurement, it'll usually bite me in the a$$ later down the road.

New pistons and rings are fairly good about the side and back clearances.

It's the piston to cylinder and ring end gaps that are usually out of spec.
But can't do much about a bad sleeve.

New engine is cheaper then an overbore or new sleeve installed.

 

[Thepartsguy]

You must trust parts suppliers more then I do.

If I skip a measurement, it'll usually bite me in the a$$ later down the road.

New pistons and rings are fairly good about the side and back clearances.

It's the piston to cylinder and ring end gaps that are usually out of spec.
But can't do much about a bad sleeve.

New engine is cheaper then an overbore or new sleeve installed.

This engine fired right up and ran and sounded better at idle then it ever has before. I just heard both engines run on the gokart. now back onto this test ride. of course after a killswitch for both engines.

 

[Sandmanbjj]

I love the pics and progress updates. it's helpful to me also.
cool air? where are you? I'm in Louisiana and I can burst I to flames at midnight with this heat

 

[Thepartsguy]

I love the pics and progress updates. it's helpful to me also.
cool air? where are you? I'm in Louisiana and I can burst I to flames at midnight with this heat

Near pittsburgh real cool air. I’ve been out riding and testing the karts a monster.

 

[Thepartsguy]

Wow! The red engines carburetor loosened up over 5 miles from home! So of course I rode it home with only the blue 5hp they are both insanely strong running they sync at a certain rpm and make a noise that touches my soul. It’s a roar...