Powerplus or Bust, Eh?

[Shaky Jake]

Kevin, should be a bunch of wonderful scenery on that northern route for the cannonball. great thread also of your build.

Thanks!




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[nuklhd]

Kevin, should be a bunch of wonderful scenery on that northern route for the cannonball. great thread also of your build.

[Shaky Jake]

http://thunderpress.net/american-mot...2017/12/05.htm




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[Shaky Jake]

Hot off the presses...






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[BoschZEV]

Now I can focus on the holidays. Hoping all of this will come together in January, and I can build a motor.

Other than the color of the bikes (and your engine's extra cylinder), the photos in your last two posts could have been taken today in my garage. Like yours, my rebuild also will slow down considerably for the next ~10 days, but best of luck to both of us as we start reassembling them.

Merry Christmas and a Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year to your family, and to everyone following your fascinating thread.

[Shaky Jake]

A quick status of what is going on with Patience. I've got three Machinists and a magneto guy working on parts. New rocker bushings are being made, a spare cylinder is having fins and valve seats repaired, and the D2 for the cam followers is on order. I have oversized tappets coming from Sweden. I just got a box of new crank pins and pinions. Two transmission cases have been rebushed and are ready to assemble. The spare mag is being rebuilt by the same guy who did last years mag. I put an order in for more pistons. Now I can focus on the holidays. Hoping all of this will come together in January, and I can build a motor.

Wishing a blessed and merry Christmas to you and yours. Be well and happy.




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[Tom Lovejoy]

very cool, keep em coming Kevin. Trying to learn and I have a long way to go and thanks Gene for the reply :-)

[Shaky Jake]

Patience's innards look pretty clean for an old girl that's been rode hard and put up wet.












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[Shaky Jake]

It was a motor out kind of day. Patience is looking more and more like a bicycle every day.








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[Tom Lovejoy]

very interesting Kevin, looking good

[Shaky Jake]

Here's what was going on in my shop last night.



https://youtu.be/KbA46UyVG44















After three prototypes of the Intake cam followers and two prototypes of the Intake lift levers, the design is now set. I have managed to improve the valve open duration by 86 degrees and the valve lift by .109 inches. We will proceed with making a set out of D2 tool steel to run in the engine.




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[Shaky Jake]

That's very interesting, Kevin. I would have thought it would be higher than that, too.
Makes me wish I had paid a tad more attention in math class!
Are you documenting the trans rebuild for us as well?

Dale

Yep.




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[painterdale]

That's very interesting, Kevin. I would have thought it would be higher than that, too.
Makes me wish I had paid a tad more attention in math class!
Are you documenting the trans rebuild for us as well?

Dale

[Shaky Jake]

Compression Ratio

I measured the compression ratio. Here's a video.

https://youtu.be/1ldR3Zi_-sw

Let me know what you think.




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[Shaky Jake]

Very cool Kevin, interesting too. I well have a look at mine just for fun, enjoyed the video and I am watching with much interest. Were the exhaust lifters as worn, or were they in better shape ? Very interested in trying to help the Powerplus breath atleast as good as they did back in their day - neat stuff.

The exhausts don't seem to have the same problem, because they have a replaceable roller. You can get new rollers from Ziggy of Canada.
The next question would be why don't the intake followers have rollers? I don't know, but I have thought about making some that do. One thing at a time, right?




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