Oops, I did it again...Brought home another DB30S (New Project)
I figure the hobby is doing ok over here, every once in a while I see other people riding their minis.
I only been back in the island for the last 3 years after a 27 year absence. So I don't know other people to meet and go riding around, I sort off do a quick solo and return home.
I have been picking up minis that show up in the local classifieds, so far I got a 70's Duster, a Wirl Wind, a DB-30 and 2 Bajas MB-165 plenty to stay busy.
Probably as I expand my rides I will meet other people, will see.
I only been back in the island for the last 3 years after a 27 year absence. So I don't know other people to meet and go riding around, I sort off do a quick solo and return home.
I have been picking up minis that show up in the local classifieds, so far I got a 70's Duster, a Wirl Wind, a DB-30 and 2 Bajas MB-165 plenty to stay busy.
Probably as I expand my rides I will meet other people, will see.
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And added some others to my clutch cover and fender. Made this bike for my wife who was diagnosed with Epilepsy nearly 3 years ago now... But her epilepsy has progressed and she hasn't driven for over 2 years. She'll probably never ride it, but I will ride it proudly for her and hope I can raise just a tiny bit of awareness. Purple is the color adopted by the Epilepsy Awareness Foundation and the reason I chose this color combo. No cure for epilepsy, and little funding for research.
ut: You win. Now it's mine and a badass bike. Thanks for passing it down the line bro. Lol
Never quite satisfied, and bored on a Tuesday night, I thought it would be fun to rob my yet to be used box stock clone motor, of it's larger valve, .065 milled and ported head with Champion rockers, 22lb springs and big bore RuiXing carb (headwork and carb boring courtesy of Dan at Childish Concepts Racing) and do another Hemi delete/212, clone hybrid...
This bike has turned into a little more than a "cruser", but after building my buddy's high compression Mod 2 Hemi, and having another buddy drop off another Hemi to build, I didn't want this bike to be out done...
Luckily for me, I just happened to have a set of correct length NR chromoly pushrods and .010 metal head gasket lying around for this very application.
Stay tuned...
This bike has turned into a little more than a "cruser", but after building my buddy's high compression Mod 2 Hemi, and having another buddy drop off another Hemi to build, I didn't want this bike to be out done...
Stay tuned...
With the piston basically at zero deck, and the .065 milled head, this thing should have a good bit of compression and hopefully a bit more power sucking air and fuel through the 6.75 bore carb and ported head. Pretty straight forward swaps all in all.
Well, results were impressive for a moment... But after 1 hard ride my idle quality went to shit, like it had a bad vacuum leak. I double and triple checked everything including valve lash, and replaced all the intake gaskets and plastic insulator but nothing seemed to help. After scratching my head over it a couple days, I decided to remove the engine and completely disassemble it again going over everything with a fine tooth comb, concentrating on the valvetrain and head that I had just done. In the meantime, the bike served as a test bed for a couple other engines I had built.
Another Hemi Predator with .020 long rod, .010 head gasket, CS cam and 22lb springs with "stock look"
Tillotson carburetor.
Gen 1 (non Hemi), .020 long rod with milled and ported 5 bolt Grayhound head, CL22 cam, 22lb springs and big bore carb.
Back to my Hemi block/clone head hybrid...Surprisingly, I found that the exhaust lobe on the cam had almost a flat spot and the lifter looked pretty beat up too.
hard to see in the pic but fairly obvious in person. Being the only issue I could find, it was time to order a new cam and lifter, and gave me an excuse to make some upgrades. Since some of my competition is now on the forum, I'm keeping my upgrades on the low, but will say It now has over .300 lift with dual springs on new stainless valves. I ended up ditching the guide plate as the new thicker molly pushrods rubbed, and it was unnecessary with these Champion rockers.
I also got myself another Premier Stinger clutch for it. Used on eBay for $40, it had a 17t driver on it that I switched out for a much smaller Bully driver that still had needle bearings instead of the bushing typical of most others.
She hauls now...
I'm going to try the next size up in main jets and might play around with gearing a little more, but I'm loving it so far...
Tillotson carburetor.
Back to my Hemi block/clone head hybrid...Surprisingly, I found that the exhaust lobe on the cam had almost a flat spot and the lifter looked pretty beat up too.
I also got myself another Premier Stinger clutch for it. Used on eBay for $40, it had a 17t driver on it that I switched out for a much smaller Bully driver that still had needle bearings instead of the bushing typical of most others.