The "Scraps Racer" project

[49er]

Hi Blower, did you get the cams sorted on the screamer?

[JEEPRUSTY]

Buggery! that is awesome. Pure and unadulterated awesome.

[Blower]

Hi Blower, did you get the cams sorted on the screamer?

Yes I get. There is now original camshafts adjusted 110 / 110 lcl.
It runs fine now, better than ever with super charger and fuel injection.
Only problem is oil smoke when engine is cold. It comes probably from exhaust
valve seals. When the cylinder head was in the machine shop some years ago,
I ask fom the guy who works there, should I change the exhaust valves and guides,
but he answers ;it?s super charged and there should be more play than in NA engine;
So now I need a set of good exhaust valves and K-liners in the exhaust valve guides.

[Blower]

Two rainy days in the garage and some progress with the fuel tank:

[Flyboy]

Wow your tin bashing skills are nothing short of amazing, true craftmanship.
That tank is a thing of beauty for sure.

[Blower]

Wow your tin bashing skills are nothing short of amazing, true craftmanship.
That tank is a thing of beauty for sure.

Thanks! It?s my first fuel tank, which I?m doing from scratch and my first aluminum tank.

[Blower]

More welding, cutting, shaping and errrr.........

[Adler]

Is there any end to your awesome???

[Guest]

It?s my first fuel tank

It can't be

Seriously fine design and execution... thank you for sharing

[Flyboy]

Dude you could ride clear across the Euro Zone on that tank of fuel.

[Blower]

Dude you could ride clear across the Euro Zone on that tank of fuel.

Maybe

The tank is finally welded.


I try to open the exhaust header bolts, but with poor results. Two bolts cut off, two not opening and four opened.
I need to lift the whole bike on the working bench upside down and weld nuts in the broken bolts to get them out.
But thats later, next thing is relocating the battery, oil cooler and all electronics under the seat and rear "scoop".

[verde]

Awesome work so far!

[Guest]

That is beautiful work, well done!

[Blower]

Invisible work today. I drill off 4 broken exhaust header bolts from the cylinder head.
Now those 4 threads in the cylinder head are Helicoils.
First I try to get them out by welding nuts on the broken bolts and then screw them out,
but after about 40 welded nuts I think it?s maybe easier to bore the bolts away.

When the EF was "in position" I weld new steering stopper on the frame.

"Workshop 12?O clock wheelie" ;D

[Blower]

Started making tail today.