Muttley McLadd wrote:
Are you suggesting that a home tuned iron barrel is as powerful as an expensive shop-bought kit?
Top form tonight Muttley. :bigsm:Muttley McLadd wrote:Or opinion..nelson pk wrote:However all the high end barrels come in aluminium and nikasil lined for these reasons.....cooling and wear properties. Fact.
Another option is that people love buying things that they don't need and wont use. And other people make a living selling it to them.
Yeah, ok.soosh wrote:Better properties? Not sure what you mean but I've read the word "bulletproof" before to describe kits.So I recon if you put both barrels on a fence and shot at them with a sawn off,I recon the iron barrel would still get you home.nelson pk wrote: As i said, cast iron can be reliable and its cheaper but is it considered to have better properties than aluminium barrels?........i dont think so.
Does that mean that if you get CE or cam lam to build it for you using all the reccomended parts then it cant go bang and if it does they will replace all parts and give labour for free?.....If so thats great if not then its the same as every other kit only faster and more exspensive...soulsurfer wrote:Hi Chris, yes I see where you're coming from, but what I mean is that when this is all bolted together as per the instructions, you will get what it says on the tin and as Nelson describes, you won't be faffing around experimenting to get the best from this, you put it all together and you'll get what you're told you'll get, you'll even save the dyno costs 'cos it's all been done for you. In other words, if you don't want to be riding up the road doing plug chops every five minutes and posting pictures asking whether the colour is good or not, but would rather be riding off into the sunset without fear of holing your piston after having built this motor, then that's plug and play, nothing to do with engine builds is as simple as unpacking a DVD player, but this is as close as you've ever had. So by comparison I think it's pretty much plug & play.
Going back to cost, how much would one spend on top quality parts, set up costs, travelling to dyno sessions etc. etc. for a motor that produces 30bhp and 20 ft/lbs? But I guarantee you it still won't have the tractability of this motor, the top figure isn't the be all, it's about how it performs on the road and how it pulls the gearing that counts, and I very much doubt that any motor that's produced the same peak figure before this even comes close, plus there's reliability to think about.
Steve, I saw the casings that Charlie's been working on, you won't be disappointed
If i splash out on a super Monza instead of a TS1 next autumn then i dont care about a hp/rev curve it'd just better be "f****n scary" for the money. :baddevil: Wow, chill out, I thought Muttley's jokes were funny. I'd didn't read them as a direct pop at you in particular just comical jousting banter.nelson pk wrote:Top form eh......its easy to make jokes at other peoples expense.
