Recent content by awJCKDup

What an excellent execution of design, casting, machining and finishing. She runs great too! Congratulations on a job well done! John

Nice build Bob, built one myself and love the little guy. Best free plans I've ever gotten. Waiting for the video. John

This is an area I have been looking at too. Steve when you say your valve lift is .070 is this actual valve lift or cam lift ( before rocker arm ratio )? John

Thanks Brock, it runs well enough. I didn't do anything to the engine except clean and paint, it is not the original engine and showed signs of a complete tear down, timing chain, valves were all adjusted to specs. Thanks for looking John

Hi Brock, the Yamaha is looking good, I'll be watching the rest of the build. I just finished taking mine for it's first shake down ride, still have a few things to get done, the seat for instance, so far have done all myself so I might as well try doing some upholstry, if anyone has any tips...

Thanks Red I knew someone here would have the answer. Now that I know what I'm looking for I can do a bit more research. My builds to date have been bar stock engines, I'm too cheap to buy kits! If I can get some details of the missing parts.....who knows, maybe I'll end up with a Hybrid...

I got a smokin deal on these castings, now if I only knew what it was....the cylinder, head, flywheel, and base are cast iron, the crankcase is cast aluminium. The cylinder and head have water jackets in them. The cylinder also has what appears to transfer ports that go from the crankcase to the...

Welcome to our forum, hope you enjoy it here, lots of people to get help from if you need it. We are kinda needy tho, as in we need pictures ;) John in Kokomo

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i have this problem too, so i am looking for the answer also. john

Ramon, can I ask how you got the surface finish to look like it was cast? Sandblast ? Great work here, very nice. John

Great looking engine, thanks for showing us the build. Very nice work! John

Merry Christmas everyone!! I'd like to take this time to thank all the mods for the excellant work making this the great site it is. Also thanks to all the contributors who have taken the time to document their builds, and everyone who has shared their projects and tips and sometimes their...

The following was brought up in a post and I hadn't thought about it before..... Gail brought up a topic related issue that should be considered when building, BUT more often when operating model engines. Upper cylinder corrosion is quite common in model IC engines using ferrous cylinders...

Really a great looking engine, and the box is wonderful too. Very very nice! Congrats John