About the rocker pads... I actually did the measurements with both versions of the rockers and came up with the same results. As with any good measurement, I took it several times then took the average - same for both. I did this because I always thought this particular bike made slightly more power than the black one and I thought it might have had something to do with the rockers - if the ratio was slightly better, the valves would get a little more lift = a little more air fuel mixture = a little more power. But this was not the case. Goes to show how accurate the butt dyno is haha.
Not sure about the 5.5mm valve guides, probably is. Thing is, Chris makes everything custom to each application anyway, so he'll turn some up in the right material and size. Yeah, I am happy with the decision about SS instead of Ti.
Current power falls off at about 7800rpm but will rev to 9000rpm. I basically want to be able to rev to 10000 and have power all the way up to 9500. I think this is achievable with the weight loss program.
Yeah, will be lightening the rockers - I covered this a few pages back in the thread
This amount of research is usually very unnecessary (unless rebuilding an engine to non stock spec) but I am treating it as an educational process and I am super passionate about it so it's all just really interesting to me! I have read a few posts on your blog too, looks like you take a similar approach!
Not sure about the 5.5mm valve guides, probably is. Thing is, Chris makes everything custom to each application anyway, so he'll turn some up in the right material and size. Yeah, I am happy with the decision about SS instead of Ti.
Current power falls off at about 7800rpm but will rev to 9000rpm. I basically want to be able to rev to 10000 and have power all the way up to 9500. I think this is achievable with the weight loss program.
Yeah, will be lightening the rockers - I covered this a few pages back in the thread
This amount of research is usually very unnecessary (unless rebuilding an engine to non stock spec) but I am treating it as an educational process and I am super passionate about it so it's all just really interesting to me! I have read a few posts on your blog too, looks like you take a similar approach!