Well after I had the bike out the first time a month or two back, I ran into some cylinder head troubles due to wrenching under the influence. After enjoying several adult beverages I decided it was a good time to re-torque the cylinder head. Long story short, I managed to misalign the tappets when reinstalling the valve cover and destroyed the valve guides and valves. Took a little time to get a freshen up a new head and get it going again, but it is running again!
I've put 87 miles on this thing now, and it is really something else to ride. The turbo loves everything between 7-12k rpm. Builds scary boost, 5-10psi fairly frequently all the way up to 14 psi a few times. Maybe my head studs, mls gasket and extra low compression ratio will keep this thing together forever. Maybe it will all grenade in another mile and I'll have to throw in an ebay engine and dial down the boost. It's way too much fun as is to tone things down right now!
Currently back up on the operation table for electric work. Battery went from good to bad in short order on a ride Sunday. Thinking I fried my reg/rec from having it mounted too close to cylinder heat, and this took out the battery. Parts on order.
I've put 87 miles on this thing now, and it is really something else to ride. The turbo loves everything between 7-12k rpm. Builds scary boost, 5-10psi fairly frequently all the way up to 14 psi a few times. Maybe my head studs, mls gasket and extra low compression ratio will keep this thing together forever. Maybe it will all grenade in another mile and I'll have to throw in an ebay engine and dial down the boost. It's way too much fun as is to tone things down right now!
Currently back up on the operation table for electric work. Battery went from good to bad in short order on a ride Sunday. Thinking I fried my reg/rec from having it mounted too close to cylinder heat, and this took out the battery. Parts on order.