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Gen3 motor failure 300 miles on 1/4 mile


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engine threw a valve keeper/collet max revs 140 mph  - no compression on 1 cylinder

dealer would not warrant as exhaust change and they know he rides bikes to race

not catastrophic 

 

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sorry after 2 minutes of listening.

If he or any of his family "hit" the rev limiter . the engine would definitely be "toast" 

by the time they shut the throttle 

fast reactions NOT 

probably has really good 60' times at the drag race :D

edit 

watched the vid and had to laugh at "factory defect" :D

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2 hours ago, JOHN-DYNOSTAR said:

sorry after 2 minutes of listening.

If he or any of his family "hit" the rev limiter . the engine would definitely be "toast" 

by the time they shut the throttle 

fast reactions NOT 

probably has really good 60' times at the drag race :D

edit 

watched the vid and had to laugh at "factory defect" :D

Lucky I set mine lower then

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that motor has been on valve bounce for a long time  for the collets to come out .

love to see the tops of all the other valve retainers

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1 hour ago, JOHN-DYNOSTAR said:

that motor has been on valve bounce for a long time  for the collets to come out .

love to see the tops of all the other valve retainers

:nod:

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3 hours ago, JOHN-DYNOSTAR said:

that motor has been on valve bounce for a long time  for the collets to come out .

love to see the tops of all the other valve retainers

What do you think, why it was only the 1st cylinder ?

It was quite hard listening to him explain, but i wanted to see the Gen3 valves and head.

Valve cover was so tight, was there one screw still in place (?)

 

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41 minutes ago, MikaS said:

 

It was shimmed wrong

 

:no:

i must admit i have taken my old engine to the rev limiter loads of times

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It is very usual there are shims around 2.80 thickness, as stock.

If there was 2.58 and it should be 2.78 , there is 0.45mm clearance on cyl1 exhaust valves, too much loose on top of valve.

I just wonder if there was ticking sound and he missed it.

 

 

edit: numbers corrected

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3 hours ago, mark3evo said:

:no:

i must admit i have taken my old engine to the rev limiter loads of times

Not at 300 miles you haven't....

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