...why bother with math when you can just keep adding power....Spaz, good to hear from you. Anything new?
...why bother with math when you can just keep adding power....
Once I'm finished with that & the few car projects I have, I'm getting another Disco Potato and it's going back on the C14.
Not too much ya'll.... life is crazy on my end at the moment, and I've picked up too many major projects at once for too many people (myself included) that I need to sort out before I can play with the C14 again. I did have to do another fuel pump in it, but other than that it's just shredding tires and suckin' up gas like it was designed to do it. Did a sweet little 2-up trip with the missus last year to the Rally in TN, then over to Myrtle Beach, then over to Panama City & New Orleans... and eventually back to southern AZ. That was good times.
The Zx-10R is getting some development as a land speed bike/missile/death trap.... I'm working on an air-to-water intercooler with a hand built (extended) swingarm to act as the reservoir/heat exchanger. Fun build thread over on ZX-10R.net on the progress, however slow it is.
Once I'm finished with that & the few car projects I have, I'm getting another Disco Potato and it's going back on the C14. I'm going to make minor fuel system changes (bigger injectors and ditch that high-rising FPR nonsense), add a water injection system, and get a beefed up clutch set-up.... but it will make boost again. This bike is just too much fun @ 9psi. I'll have to put the secondary flies back in though.... at least my in town mileage will go back up! HAHAH Turbos for better fuel mileage!! I'm getting that on a T-shirt.
FWIW on topic: 9psi will let the 1st gen crack 200mph, but only barely with the bags off. Real speeds above 170mph with the bags on usually result in some pretty scarey buffeting and weaving of the ass end.... no thanks. Depending on what dyno numbers you believe for a stock bike, that's in the low to mid 200's in HP. (~65% more power than a stock connie with a slip-on). You can do all the math you want, but that's about what it takes. It'll run 9's on the stock clutch with lazy launching and wheelie past anything but an H2 from down low.... but the thick air is a real bastard over 140mph. At my elevation the NA version was good for mph in the low160's.... not much more if any.
It will live again!! Mark my words!!
Did they fill the sink hole at the museum?
How did you come up with the conclusion that your engine is broke in at 500 miles, when a well educated group of engineers who designed the engine, arrived at the break-in mark to be 600 miles?First, I never said I know my engine will be broken in. Second, how the heck do you know that a 'well educated groups of engineers' came up with break-in restrictions??? It was most likely lawyers and/or government, not engineers. Many engines and/or vehicles are run to redline at the factory, yet they still call for a long break-in... and most of that is only in the US. Having said that, what I meant was I'll be done with break-in at 500 miles. Why? Because it's my bike . And that doesn't mean I'll be WOT and redline all the time. Just that when I need to (definitely not often), won't be holding back anymore. What you said is the equivalent of saying a well-educated group of engineers came up with maximum speed limits, and you break them, right ? Also subject to interpretation . Have a great weekend ahead folks.
First, I never said I know my engine will be broken in. Second, how the heck do you know that a 'well educated groups of engineers' came up with break-in restrictions??? It was most likely lawyers and/or government, not engineers. Many engines and/or vehicles are run to redline at the factory, yet they still call for a long break-in... and most of that is only in the US. Having said that, what I meant was I'll be done with break-in at 500 miles. Why? Because it's my bike . And that doesn't mean I'll be WOT and redline all the time. Just that when I need to (definitely not often), won't be holding back anymore. What you said is the equivalent of saying a well-educated group of engineers came up with maximum speed limits, and you break them, right ? Also subject to interpretation . Have a great weekend ahead folks.
My mistake for confusing your quote " I'll consider my break-in done at 500 miles " with my terminology of "broken in".I think the proper phrase is 'noreasontobeadicaboutit'.
What's that new phrase ... My bad!
I think the proper phrase is 'noreasontobeadicaboutit'.
this thread is so full of win, it deserves a *bumP*
this thread is so full of win, it deserves a *bumP*