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sjc
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thinking of swopping my 58x110 rodded crank and fitting a 60x110.. wot are the advantages and disadvantages,,,cheers steve,,,,,,,,,,,p.s, cranks goin into a mb race tour tuned ts1,,
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Could I just add on
What about a 60mm crank and 120mm rod, work ??
Super smooth ??
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Train Driver wrote:Could I just add on
What about a 60mm crank and 120mm rod, work ??
Super smooth ??
I think we had that suggestion before but seem to recall opinion was that 13mm of packer was probably excessive and might cause some other issues cowling and exhaust fitment being two.
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Unless you could find a piston with a very low crown/deck height.
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warts wrote:Unless you could find a piston with a very low crown/deck height.

True, but I'm guessing they're like rocking horse sh!te
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MB do low crown pistons
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talk to mark, + he will want to know what stroke you will use when porting the cylinder
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search the web and ejukate yself wiv stuff from peeps like these http://www.bimotion.se. ifin y read the page as opens itll tel y a little bout rod length n efect,

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nice one muppet, very good reading 8-)
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