Author Topic: My First 88 LT500 Build (Read 38367 times)

Motoman991 · « **Reply #775 on:** December 13, 2013, 11:51:36 am »

I had a Banshee with a 404 big bore kit. I rode the **** out of that thing and never took apart the engine. It was still running good 4-5 years after I sold it. Can't say the same for my hybrid. It sees 3 hours of use and something else breaks.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #776 on:** December 13, 2013, 11:57:00 am »

Right I'm thinking of having Shearer or k&t build me 4 mill 421 cub don't wanna go to overboard I figure 100-110 hp on race gas should be plenty to win a lot of local trophies.

Motoman991 · « **Reply #777 on:** December 13, 2013, 12:45:21 pm »

Quote from: Buckeye513 on December 13, 2013, 11:57:00 am

Right I'm thinking of having Shearer or k&t build me 4 mill 421 cub don't wanna go to overboard I figure 100-110 hp on race gas should be plenty to win a lot of local trophies.

We use to have a 421 cub that was drag ported by k&t. It scooted along quite nicely lol.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #778 on:** December 26, 2013, 07:48:34 pm »

Keeping the Zilla here's what's left of my reeds. Took the exhaust off and scoped the cylinder with my rigid sea snake camera with a special 6mm hd camera head, found no remenants of any carbon fiber down in the crank or any if the ports or cylinder. Going to order some new reeds and run it.

Dezsled · « **Reply #779 on:** December 26, 2013, 08:08:48 pm »

Motor got hungry an ate the fourth petal?

LT250RWV · « **Reply #780 on:** December 26, 2013, 11:59:54 pm »

Did you have the reed tension right. On the high setting.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #781 on:** December 27, 2013, 04:27:19 am »

The broken one is one of the inner/middle reed peddles.

LT250RWV · « **Reply #782 on:** December 27, 2013, 05:02:25 am »

Yea that wouldnt have any to do with it

MD2smoker · « **Reply #783 on:** December 27, 2013, 06:18:37 am »

Have you checked inside the power valve and pipe?

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #784 on:** December 27, 2013, 08:02:38 am »

Yes both clear.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #785 on:** December 27, 2013, 03:50:44 pm »

Well I found one of my reed peddles. Was stuck in the paper and wire fins inside my k&n filter. I figure this one got blown into my filter when the bike back fired and the other one got sucked through the exhaust the next time I fired the bike after the backfire cause I can't find any remenants of it at all.

LT250RWV · « **Reply #786 on:** December 27, 2013, 09:57:21 pm »

Thats crazy

Rider414 · « **Reply #787 on:** December 27, 2013, 11:01:36 pm »

Quote from: LT250RWV on December 27, 2013, 09:57:21 pm

Thats crazy

It really is...........damn!!

Dezsled · « **Reply #788 on:** December 28, 2013, 07:18:39 am »

What did you figure out that caused the backfire? Timing , jetting?

Man you got lucky and hit all the glitches in this build!

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #789 on:** December 28, 2013, 07:53:48 am »

Ordering new reeds from Jerry and some more jets for my carb should have it back together and running in the garage at least by next weekend if Jerry has the 88+ small v2 reeds available.

I'm assuming because the engine was loose in the chassis and moving a lot more then it should've been it was a grounding thing that caused the backfire. It never backfired the entire two days of its maiden voyage and I ran it hard as hell for a 9 hour ride one day and a 5 hour ride the second. Once I get the reeds and everything back together going to leak down test it and tighten everything down with loctite.

MD2smoker · « **Reply #790 on:** December 28, 2013, 01:12:27 pm »

Loctite and lock washers are a zillas best friends! Glad you found
The other petal, i was gonna ask if you checked inside the filter
cause of the backfire.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #791 on:** January 10, 2014, 09:01:06 am »

Put my new reeds on last night realized I never took any pictures of my cylinder after I got it back from Matt "scam artist" Hatfield.

Dezsled · « **Reply #792 on:** January 10, 2014, 09:11:53 am »

Are the two transfer port ceilings the same height? Right side looks lower

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #793 on:** January 10, 2014, 11:00:51 am »

I believe so I took it with my phone and couldn't see the screen while shooting the pic so it's at a funny angle.

LT250RWV · « **Reply #794 on:** January 10, 2014, 12:25:09 pm »

It looks like the one side is alot higher then the other one to me.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #795 on:** January 10, 2014, 12:51:43 pm »

It probably is hack it up Matt hatfield had it after all.

Dezsled · « **Reply #796 on:** January 10, 2014, 02:43:31 pm »

Looking at it it could be distortion from the lens too

MotorGeek - Jerry Hall · « **Reply #797 on:** January 10, 2014, 03:35:32 pm »

The port is a little higher on the left side. It is nothing to worry about. The port not being the same height on both ports in that spot will not hurt or help the performance or reliability. The only thing it should hurt is the feelings or cause embarrassment and or the reputation of the engine builder that allowed that allowed that type of craftsmanship to escape from their shop.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #798 on:** January 11, 2014, 06:47:58 am »

Thanks for the reassurance Jerry lol. And I highly doubt the quality of work the dumpster fire that is Matt Hatfield is going to hurt is feelings. He's a poor broken pathetic man.

Rider414 · « **Reply #799 on:** January 11, 2014, 08:15:35 pm »

Jerry's responses are always professional and very true.

Probably why I have two motors done by HPR.

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