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  1. jayskind

    turbo buell and harley exaust manifolding

    Hi Craig I appreciate your offer, but the bike just moved to Costa Rica. The local Harley Dealer has never even seen one. I will however post copies of the dyno reports as I have a few guys down here that have them for cyles. Pass the word onto others I can get all the exaust plumbing custom...
  2. jayskind

    pressure limits on synth oil

    I don't know about fancy acronyms, but I do know that Zinc (an extreme pressure additive) has been reduced over the years in oil. Diesel engine designers who taugh me class claimed sythetics work well, but aren't worth the money for a diesel engine do to the build up of sulfuric acid in the...
  3. jayskind

    Starting Up a repaird engine

    Hi: treat the engine as normal. Clean Oil/good pressure etc. Way too much is made of initial start ups in enthusiast magazines. You go tour a G.M. plant at least when I did in the eighties and they just start up a vehicle and drive it off the line. One thing that does make a difference,but not...
  4. jayskind

    4-VALVE HEAD - OPTIMUM PORT VELOCITY??

    Hi I was quickly scanning through your questions and answers and I have a suggestion. Look into the original work Jim Feuling did with his four vavle Harley Heads for Evo motors. They were often used for similar applications to yours (IE 3 and half to 4 inch bore v-twins), how many pushrod...
  5. jayskind

    turbo buell and harley exaust manifolding

    Reply to everyone thank you for answering my question. No plenum is necessary in exaust. Got it, and yes that is one less headache I have to worry about. And to Waros: No the question you have is valid such as domestic v8s [sorry no approsprophe on my keyboard/spanish english thing). Who doesnt...
  6. jayskind

    turbo buell and harley exaust manifolding

    Turbo mounted to one exaust port on a harley engine with a 4 inch long pipe from one port and a 24 inch long pipe for the other cylinder. I have found most of these so called tuning shops for an application I am building from scratch so loyal to profit that I dare not even ask them any...
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