Project Beast back on track

[renobruce]

Wow Bruce, I never thought I would say these words together but "Pretty Carbs"! Ray.

Thanks, Ray! They should look nice with the tops and bottoms polished better.....and maybe some polished aluminum velocity stacks.

[rapidray]

Wow Bruce, I never thought I would say these words together but "Pretty Carbs"! Ray.

[renobruce]

Looking good there Bruce! What kind of paint is on the carbs?

It's gloss black caliper paint! I figured that should hold up well. I test painted a piece of aluminum before I used it on the carbs. I let it cure and then poured gas and then brake fluid on it. It took it well and didn't peel off! So hopefully it will hold up well. The caliper paint is also heat tolerant.

Looking good there Bruce! What kind of paint is on the carbs?

[renobruce]

Some better carb pics:

[renobruce]

Can't wait to see the Beast all finished. Think it'll be ready for the Southwest rally?

I hope so! That's the plan, anyway. I'll just keep plugging along as time and money allows.

Can't wait to see the Beast all finished. Think it'll be ready for the Southwest rally?

[renobruce]

I started the painting of the VM29's. So far, so good. Also new aluminum choke plungers.









Crappy pics... I'll take some out in the sun tomorrow. I'll also be polishing up the tops and bowls better.

[renobruce]

Manual cam chain tensioner coming in the mail (thanks for the link, PJ). Ready to install cams and do the degreeing. VM29's are getting cleaned now. Ordered new bowl and top gaskets from Z-1, and orings from Nessism

[renobruce]

bruce you should give https://www.kgcoatings.com/ a call. Just got done talking to them yesterday about what to use to paint my engine and they have great customer service, they should be able to help you pick a coating that will withstand gas and be very durable maybe even help keep heat off of the carbs.

It's just me but i think the carbs would look pretty bad ass in a dull dark magnesium grey color.

I'm going to try some gloss black caliper paint.

[first timer]

bruce you should give https://www.kgcoatings.com/ a call. Just got done talking to them yesterday about what to use to paint my engine and they have great customer service, they should be able to help you pick a coating that will withstand gas and be very durable maybe even help keep heat off of the carbs.

It's just me but i think the carbs would look pretty bad ass in a dull dark magnesium grey color.

[renobruce]

Looks like we lost about 7 or 8 posts from the glitch.

To summarize, I ended up not decking the block the extra .015". The only place local to me that could do it wanted 125.00, which is too much...better spent elsewhere. So now I will get the head on and degree the cams.

I already started dipping the VM29's. I've got gaskets coming from Nessism, and I ordered float bowl gaskets today from Z1.

Oh, and I'm going to paint the carbs bodies gloss black and polish the tops and bottoms. Should be different, eh?

[renobruce]

did you have all those washers just laying around somewhere?

j/k

looking forward to updates!

yeah, I went digging and found two boxes of 'em in my barn.

[psyguy]

did you have all those washers just laying around somewhere?

j/k

looking forward to updates!

[renobruce]

OK. With the jug bolted down as described at 35 lbs., I now measure .016 below the deck.






Ray, do you think that's good enough, or should I take the time to get the machine work done? Is 16 thou going to make that much of a difference?