GX440 Clones Are Here!

Newoldstock

Newoldstock

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You know I have this old Elan with a blown engine.

I wonder what it would be like with a 440 thumper 4 stroke in it and 4 series clutch.

Something like that would probably be a real pleasure for ice fishing.
 
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ben2go

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vegascarts said:
Thanks for the order Shadowwalker!

Boomstick,

We have a shipment of 68mm Stroke crankshafts on the way to us now. The reasonably priced 500cc engines are a year or so out.

Im working on the CNC program for the billet 70mm cranks, by the time I setup our machine itll be a few months out.

-Geoff
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Will the 500cc engine builds have an rpm limit like a governed engine?I'd be interested in one with an 8000 rpm limit.
 
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cubcadet70

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Geoff. On the billet stroker cranks. I would highly recommend bolt on counter weights. Cheaper on cost. So everything can be made out of 1.5" or 2" flat billet steel on the water jet then finished machining on lathe then on the grinder.
 
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Shadowwalker

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vegascarts said:
Thanks for the order Shadowwalker!

Boomstick,

We have a shipment of 68mm Stroke crankshafts on the way to us now. The reasonably priced 500cc engines are a year or so out.

Im working on the CNC program for the billet 70mm cranks, by the time I setup our machine itll be a few months out.

-Geoff
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I'm excited to get it. It will be a learning experience for sure.
 
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vegascarts

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cubcadet70 said:
Geoff. On the billet stroker cranks. I would highly recommend bolt on counter weights. Cheaper on cost. So everything can be made out of 1.5" or 2" flat billet steel on the water jet then finished machining on lathe then on the grinder.
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Seems like we are on the same page :)

The forged cranks will be 68mm stroke and available in about 2 months, the billet cranks will be 70mm stroke and are still 6 months out. The billet ones will have remoavble counter-weights .
 
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cubcadet70

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vegascarts said:
Seems like we are on the same page :)

The forged cranks will be 68mm stroke and available in about 2 months, the billet cranks will be 70mm stroke and are still 6 months out. The billet ones will have remoavble counter-weights .
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Very well then! Most of us garden tractor pullers builds cranks that way. I'm sure if you will look around from Vogel Manufacturing, Midwest Super Cub, Lakota Racing, and Nichols Performance. They all make cranks the same way. I would highly recomend Vogelanufacturing and talk to Kevin Vogel. He's really interesting in those big blocks we all are building. He has some designs in mind that he's been wanting to do. But the market is just not big enough just yet. Will be very soon! :) Good luck!
 
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vegascarts

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Boomstick said:
JMHO, that's a LOT of RPM's to ask of a 500cc stroker. 6000RPM's with billet components & good head work is probably a little more realistic.
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I don't know man, those go-kart guys really turn them hard. They turn the 440s 8500 on the stock 10-bolt block and when trying to find the limit, the block ate the sheets at 9200. Who knows what these new 460 blocks will take.

I don't build them that aggressive so I cannot speak from experience, just from what my customers have told me.

-Geoff
 
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