Clone Wars...Who's is the fastest
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Depends on your point of view....
Maybe the tillotson is just more predictable with respect to weather.
You know I cut the lawn up here with my very retro 1958 Lawnboy C-17A.
I could if I chose tweek that OMC carb everytime I start it up.
The prescision of that carb is amazing for a utility engine. There is so much adjustment and the increments are so fine ( like 10 turn to seat with as little as 1/4 turn you can perceive change ).
There are other engine and carb combinations like that out there and I honestly don't mind the daily tweek if I feel its an improvement.
Slide carbs are very nice when dialed in.
But they are never as close as a they could be if they had screws
Maybe the tillotson is just more predictable with respect to weather.
You know I cut the lawn up here with my very retro 1958 Lawnboy C-17A.
I could if I chose tweek that OMC carb everytime I start it up.
The prescision of that carb is amazing for a utility engine. There is so much adjustment and the increments are so fine ( like 10 turn to seat with as little as 1/4 turn you can perceive change ).
There are other engine and carb combinations like that out there and I honestly don't mind the daily tweek if I feel its an improvement.
Slide carbs are very nice when dialed in.
But they are never as close as a they could be if they had screws
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Old thread, sure..
I drive mine down an I-10 access road, and I can almost keep up with the cars on the highway. The speed limit there is 70mph.
My bike is geared pretty high though. The rear sprocket is small, and the high ratio on the torque converter is actually an overdrive. Those are 5 inch wheels.
But the good thing about the torque converter is that it gives a low ratio too... even if you're already moving, it'll pull the front wheel off the ground if you gas it. I can't say it's the fastest, but I can say it really is dangerous.. :smile:
It's your typical Greyhound HF clone with minor mods... I put in the stock length ARC rod and ARC flywheel, flat top piston, Honda wrist pin, Honda valve springs, ported the head, rejetted the carb, removed the governor (all internal and external parts), removed low oil shutoff parts, added a homemade header, and UNI air filter. It runs and idles fine, and the plug is a nice tan color.
I drive mine down an I-10 access road, and I can almost keep up with the cars on the highway. The speed limit there is 70mph.
My bike is geared pretty high though. The rear sprocket is small, and the high ratio on the torque converter is actually an overdrive. Those are 5 inch wheels.
But the good thing about the torque converter is that it gives a low ratio too... even if you're already moving, it'll pull the front wheel off the ground if you gas it. I can't say it's the fastest, but I can say it really is dangerous.. :smile:
It's your typical Greyhound HF clone with minor mods... I put in the stock length ARC rod and ARC flywheel, flat top piston, Honda wrist pin, Honda valve springs, ported the head, rejetted the carb, removed the governor (all internal and external parts), removed low oil shutoff parts, added a homemade header, and UNI air filter. It runs and idles fine, and the plug is a nice tan color.
Stopping is a bigger deal for me.
Just ran some tests of my new rear brakes.
An attempt to improve braking.
Sadly there is still not enough stop......
Piss me off.
I can't get brakes set up with the kind of smooth action and stopping power I want.
Ya its easy to throw all kinds of power at these things but make the stop and handle and ride with loosening up yout fillings.
There is the real work.
Just ran some tests of my new rear brakes.
An attempt to improve braking.
Sadly there is still not enough stop......
Piss me off.
I can't get brakes set up with the kind of smooth action and stopping power I want.
Ya its easy to throw all kinds of power at these things but make the stop and handle and ride with loosening up yout fillings.
There is the real work.
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I had a scrub brake setup on mine, but when I added the torque converter it was in the way and it had to go. I rigged up a band brake setup at the spur of the moment, and it stops pretty well, considering the speeds at which I ride this thing. The torque converter helps with stopping too.. unlike a centrifugal clutch, it will engine brake when it returns to its low ratio.
The scrub brake worked ok, but by design, once the steel scrubber becomes polished smooth from use, it really doesn't provide much friction. In the past we've bolted pieces of rubber (not unlike a mudflap) to the scrubber using a carriage bolt, and that helped quite a bit.
The scrub brake worked ok, but by design, once the steel scrubber becomes polished smooth from use, it really doesn't provide much friction. In the past we've bolted pieces of rubber (not unlike a mudflap) to the scrubber using a carriage bolt, and that helped quite a bit.
