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Im looking for a 185/200 alloy kit to fit a small block casing and ive read somewhere that someone does the kits and the ports are cleaned up and the barrel honed, ready to fit - or did i imagine it

Buzzsolomoto

http://www.buzzsolomoto.co.uk/scooters- ... /id/000021

rosscla wrote:Buzzsolomoto

http://www.buzzsolomoto.co.uk/scooters- ... /id/000021

Thanks for that

are the port timings on these kits ok ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/122017831407
The same kit but £40 cheaper.

With regards to these kits we have pulled the last batch as the ports were way out. the exhaust port sits approx. 3 mm low and the top ring is visible at bottom of the stroke, these kits have got gradually worse so we have been looking at other options. other problems were the combustion chamber in the head was not central to the bore, again we use to rectify this by skimming the face and re-profiling the head but with the last batch I was unable to get it right as there was insufficient material on the face

I have some cast iron 185 barrels coming in and these will be paired with a GOL race piston and an Italian head. we have had one on test now for about 3 months without issues .They are not in the same league as the muggello or the casa kits, but are far better than the Indian alloy ones. should be around the £190 mark

Thanks
Antony

Buzzsolomoto

buzzsolomoto wrote:With regards to these kits we have pulled the last batch as the ports were way out. the exhaust port sits approx. 3 mm low and the top ring is visible at bottom of the stroke, these kits have got gradually worse so we have been looking at other options. other problems were the combustion chamber in the head was not central to the bore, again we use to rectify this by skimming the face and re-profiling the head but with the last batch I was unable to get it right as there was insufficient material on the face

Yeah, I've had such great hope for these kits, but they're getting worse, depending on where you're getting them from. The one thing is that they seem to be using the same liner, just cast wrong, which means all of the ports are off in the same relationship. I have a barrel just like the one you described, and it'll end up just fine with a packing plate and machining off the top to put everything back in order. And the bore is too tight....and the ports are terrible...and the head is garbage.

If you're ever gonna do one of these kits, you have to include the cost of fixing them into the purchase price.

I'd be interested in a cast iron 185 for the chop. Any idea what the porting will be like?

buzzsolomoto wrote:With regards to these kits we have pulled the last batch as the ports were way out. the exhaust port sits approx. 3 mm low and the top ring is visible at bottom of the stroke, these kits have got gradually worse so we have been looking at other options. other problems were the combustion chamber in the head was not central to the bore, again we use to rectify this by skimming the face and re-profiling the head but with the last batch I was unable to get it right as there was insufficient material on the face

I have some cast iron 185 barrels coming in and these will be paired with a GOL race piston and an Italian head. we have had one on test now for about 3 months without issues .They are not in the same league as the muggello or the casa kits, but are far better than the Indian alloy ones. should be around the £190 mark

Thanks
Antony

Buzzsolomoto

Any idea how long it wil be before they are going on sale as im in need of a barrel, piston and head now and after reading your post I dont think i will be getting an indian alloy one now

you could try one of these and do a little bit of porting yourself, or get someone to do it for you
https://www.beedspeed.com/lambretta-bar ... rh8asj9qs0