Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 4, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 4, 2018 Much needed rebuild! Just need snow now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 Today's topic - wrap 2 stroke exhaust with some heat wrap or not. It'll lower under hood temps, but for 292(ish) cc's of single cylinder fury, will it give any performance gain, except helping to de-carbonize the exhaust. Inquiring (and bored) minds what to know your thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 8, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 8, 2018 Clutches and motor mounts are clean....rest of the sled is like a dirty whore Should've had Todd do my secondary clutch too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Clutches and motor mounts are clean....rest of the sled is like a dirty whore Should've had Todd do my secondary clutch too Did you use Todd Guthrie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 8, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 8, 2018 1 minute ago, f7ben said: Did you use Todd Guthrie? Yes third time now with clutches....primary and secondaries. Shim up the primary to tighten the belt clearance back up and.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Yes third time now with clutches....primary and secondaries. Shim up the primary to tighten the belt clearance back up and.... Ever meet him? Awesome dude......loves sleds and will talk your ear off about them for as long as you want. Also a hell of a machinist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 8, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 8, 2018 32 minutes ago, f7ben said: Ever meet him? Awesome dude......loves sleds and will talk your ear off about them for as long as you want. Also a hell of a machinist I finally did this year at the Snow Show. Yeah, awesome guy for sure and very knowledgeable. And he has a lot of services and products that not many else have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 8 minutes ago, Skidooski said: I finally did this year at the Snow Show. Yeah, awesome guy for sure and very knowledgeable. And he has a lot of services and products that not many else have. Yup.....had him make me pullers and alignment bars and he made them a hell of a lot nicer than off the shelf and for the same price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball 440 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 So since I've started driving the police car I realized that it really sucks not having a center console or any cup holders for my coffee in the mornings. So yesterday before snowmobiling and this afternoon I've been able to fab up this home made center console out of my basement shop. Just materials I had laying around from various other things, I have about 6 hours into it. It's held into the car with scotch-lock Velcro, made out of wood, fiberglass, indoor/outdoor carpet, blue foam, black foam, contact cement, and the dozen or staples that were left in the gun. It's nothing special, but functional and it was a fun little project. Thought I'd share. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 You could call a place like Pam's Auto or ProFast to see if they'd have a center console out of a regular Taurus. Might cost a couple hundred, but it'd look nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoughnut Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 21 minutes ago, racinfarmer said: You could call a place like Pam's Auto or ProFast to see if they'd have a center console out of a regular Taurus. Might cost a couple hundred, but it'd look nice. It would appear that Fireball is more concerned with function over style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball 440 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 1 hour ago, racinfarmer said: You could call a place like Pam's Auto or ProFast to see if they'd have a center console out of a regular Taurus. Might cost a couple hundred, but it'd look nice. There is a guy on ebay selling generic crappy ones for $175. The consumer Taurus center console is a floor shift and integrates into the dash, the PI cars are column shift so no go on junk yard swaps. I just need a place to hold my coffee, energy drink, glasses, and cell phone. 56 minutes ago, snoughnut said: It would appear that Fireball is more concerned with function over style. Correct 👍 and perfect spot to mount my gps right in front of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 LaRrY EnTiCeR is racing at the Detroit Lakes 1 Lunger 100 this year in the EnTiCeR class. Not only am I ticked that I had a Enticer 250 that I sold for $200, even if I still had it, I couldn't race him and steal his women with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Stopped at Ax Man Surplus in the Twin Cities yesterday. Very... Interesting... And has heaps of stuff for you electronic tinkering kind of guys. Wish I'd have spent more time digging around a bit and knew a whole lot more about electronics and the magic pixies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Anyone buying themselves some fun shop shit for Christmas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 On 12/5/2018 at 2:56 PM, racinfarmer said: Today's topic - wrap 2 stroke exhaust with some heat wrap or not. It'll lower under hood temps, but for 292(ish) cc's of single cylinder fury, will it give any performance gain, except helping to de-carbonize the exhaust. Inquiring (and bored) minds what to know your thoughts. Depending on how close the pipe is tuned you may want to wrap it. Warmer EGT will speed up the flow of gas, which will impact the rate and timing of the wave front. If the pipe is known to run slow, or the tuning window is slow, keeping the heat in the pipe is better. Conversely if the pipe is well tuned to begin with (without wrap or insulation) then you may be doing harm to performance by speeding up the flow. Personally I say go for it, it looks cool. May be best to wrap and unwrap each season though as the wrap can trap moisture causing unwanted rust and premature failure if not properly maintained. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, NaturallyAspirated said: Depending on how close the pipe is tuned you may want to wrap it. Warmer EGT will speed up the flow of gas, which will impact the rate and timing of the wave front. If the pipe is known to run slow, or the tuning window is slow, keeping the heat in the pipe is better. Conversely if the pipe is well tuned to begin with (without wrap or insulation) then you may be doing harm to performance by speeding up the flow. Personally I say go for it, it looks cool. May be best to wrap and unwrap each season though as the wrap can trap moisture causing unwanted rust and premature failure if not properly maintained. Neal This thing is going on a mutt of a 1973-4ish Yamaha GP292 for 1 lunger racing. The whole thing is a premature failure waiting to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Just now, racinfarmer said: This thing is going on a mutt of a 1973-4ish Yamaha GP292 for 1 lunger racing. The whole thing is a premature failure waiting to happen. Thus I vote to do it! Burn that thing down! Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, NaturallyAspirated said: Thus I vote to do it! Burn that thing down! Neal Wouldn't be the first time. See below. On 4/21/2018 at 2:30 PM, racinfarmer said: This one saw too many rippems and not enough fuel, or something like that. Another contribution to the Bucket of Speed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 May I suggest a turbo... Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Made in the US Carhartt type clothing. https://www.clarkfieldoutdoorsstore.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted December 19, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 19, 2018 On 12/13/2018 at 9:29 AM, racinfarmer said: Anyone buying themselves some fun shop shit for Christmas? Thinking about buying a real shop compressor. I have a 20 gallon portable compressor and a old twin 80 gallon I bought off my buddy for $300. The works fine for filling tires and running the odd air tool but the old one is loud as fuck and still cant get enough out of it to run a decent size impact. In the future, I want to be able to do some sandblasting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted December 19, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 19, 2018 9 hours ago, racinfarmer said: Made in the US Carhartt type clothing. https://www.clarkfieldoutdoorsstore.com/ This deserves its own thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodtick Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 These bandsaws are the bomb. 5 years old and still cutting solid shafts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrettv Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 On 12/4/2018 at 8:27 AM, Skidooski said: Much needed rebuild! Just need snow now How did you get all the stuff so clean ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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