winter project.....

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Re: winter project.....

Post by Mincehead » Thu May 26, 2011 9:06 am

Perfectly `safe`. Often motors are hung in spine frames with minimal engine mounting. The TRX frame is a very rigid design, the motor isn`t required to beef it up acting as a stressed member.
When the motor`s bolted in at the rear up to that cast alloy `H` section it keeps everything nice and rigid. I reckon one mount up by the head would be fine and dandy. :wink:
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Re: winter project.....

Post by Killerwhale » Thu May 26, 2011 1:13 pm

coxylaad wrote:would that be safe?

I would prefer to have a lug welded onto the head if possible.
As said, i´m using the TRX head and other parts and using flatslides etc...I would want to have that lug also!

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Re: winter project.....

Post by coxylaad » Thu May 26, 2011 3:45 pm

As safe as it is, I think in the interests of my OCD I think I will look into getting a lug welded onto there just like the other side.

Not sure how feasible that will be as its right near the head gasket. Dont really want anything warping there.

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Re: winter project.....

Post by coxylaad » Tue May 31, 2011 3:49 pm

Killerwhale wrote:
coxylaad wrote:would that be safe?

I would prefer to have a lug welded onto the head if possible.
As said, i´m using the TRX head and other parts and using flatslides etc...I would want to have that lug also!
so wont that take you back down to an 850 then?

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Re: winter project.....

Post by Killerwhale » Tue May 31, 2011 4:08 pm

coxylaad wrote:
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coxylaad wrote:would that be safe?

I would prefer to have a lug welded onto the head if possible.
As said, i´m using the TRX head and other parts and using flatslides etc...I would want to have that lug also!
so wont that take you back down to an 850 then?
Nah, only the head so i can use the FCR´s etc...not cylinders/pistons. Have sourced a set of high comp wiseco´s as well :)

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Re: winter project.....

Post by coxylaad » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:05 pm

so are you using the 850 cams too?

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Re: winter project.....

Post by Killerwhale » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:29 pm

coxylaad wrote:so are you using the 850 cams too?
Yes, Tornado top effect cams.

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Re: winter project.....

Post by coxylaad » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:37 pm

well, I think I will be utilizing the TDM900 mounting points and adding some frame drop outs to hook them up.

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Re: winter project.....

Post by zednine » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:58 pm

Ive bben giving it some thought ( nice to meet you today by the way ) ........ the Trx 850 head is the way to go .......... you will be able to get a bit of porting done too whlst the heads off :D

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Re: winter project.....

Post by coxylaad » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:23 am

the tdm900 throttle bodies wont mount to the TRX 850 head. so I exchange one problem for another!

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Re: winter project.....

Post by Killerwhale » Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:19 pm

coxylaad wrote:the tdm900 throttle bodies wont mount to the TRX 850 head. so I exchange one problem for another!
Right you are, if one don´t own a pair of FCR´s i guess it´s better to go for injection!

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Re: winter project.....

Post by Mincehead » Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:51 pm

Look up Quan-time`s posts and threads, he`s actually bored throttle bodies out to 41mm if I remember correctly. The thread you want also shows his flow bench and silicon mouldings of the head / inlet and exhaust tracts too. :wink:
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http://trx850.motomaniac.net/forum/view ... 2&start=15

http://trx850.motomaniac.net/forum/view ... f=6&t=5159

This way you`ll have the advantages of FCR41`s with the injection system. For anything related to quality information about tuning TRX`s Quan`s posts are the ones to look up. :wink:
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Re: winter project.....

Post by coxylaad » Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:08 pm

Good stuff that, although thats a lot of graft there for I am not sure what gain I would get.

If it released 110+bhp from the engine and retains its midrange punch I would be interested, but I worry you are just going to push the power further up the rev range and lose the midrange, which is the character of the engine to me.

I would like to have a genuine 100bhp engine with big mid range towque mind :)

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Re: winter project.....

Post by Killerwhale » Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:56 pm

coxylaad wrote:Good stuff that, although thats a lot of graft there for I am not sure what gain I would get.

If it released 110+bhp from the engine and retains its midrange punch I would be interested, but I worry you are just going to push the power further up the rev range and lose the midrange, which is the character of the engine to me.

I would like to have a genuine 100bhp engine with big mid range towque mind :)
I´d like a 6 speeder wich do not GULP oil!

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Re: winter project.....

Post by coxylaad » Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:26 pm

any updates on this ?

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