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gitchesum
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 Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:26 pm Post subject: Chinese 2054cc |
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1438658
When I first saw this I thought what a crazy cheap engine build this could be....Then I remembered a coupla years ago buying a bunch of 4 inch c-clamps from Harbor Freight.....they were all pretty for a while then I noticed after some use they would get cocked sideways from the pressure and would fail and fall off the work piece. I picked one up and the outside all painted and smooth completely hid the metal matrix inside....looked like 10 different kids of metal all angry at each other for being forced to fuse together... full of voids and all matter of decomposition.
Do ya think the inside of this metal on these parts look like that too ?
As Alice said....curiouser and curiouser !!!
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Honda XLR 250, 69 Z50, Yamaha 100 Enduro...and others.
GMC SLT 4x4 Dmax
Kubota L3710, not enuf attachments.
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pallen
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Dan Ruddock
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The Chinese flat out lie about the specs of their products. I have seen this first hand. Sometimes the stuff is ok and sometimes it is horrid.
I use auto blade fuses in a product I manufacture and have found a cheap Chinese fuses can pass twice the current it is rated for.
I tell my costumers to only use bussman or littlefuse and if the transistors fail from using the China crap I won't warrantee it.
I make slot car controllers and Chinese have thankfully stayed out of my market.
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DarthWeber
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http://www.apspart.com/index.php/Beetle/pro_list/type_id/9
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JB weld the case halves....that'll keep the fretting to a minimum.  |
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weasel_ugs
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Location: Prescott Valley,Az.
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| P&L....... APS 94x69 How is this 2054cc? Are they using a stroker crank? |
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gitchesum
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The # on the crank says 4374....I assume that means it's a 74mm stroke, hence the A pistons.
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Looking for SP Kadron manifolds...please !!
57 SC
61 rag w/356B brakes
61 356B
Honda XLR 250, 69 Z50, Yamaha 100 Enduro...and others.
GMC SLT 4x4 Dmax
Kubota L3710, not enuf attachments.
And various VW's that come and go... |
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weasel_ugs
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| gitchesum wrote: |
| The # on the crank says 4374....I assume that means it's a 74mm stroke, hence the A pistons. |
But the pistons say 94x69 or does the 69 not mean for 69mm crank? |
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spyvsspy
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| weasel_ugs wrote: |
| gitchesum wrote: |
| The # on the crank says 4374....I assume that means it's a 74mm stroke, hence the A pistons. |
But the pistons say 94x69 or does the 69 not mean for 69mm crank? |
It probably means "A" pistons
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| 74+A pistons = about a .090 cylinder shim depending on what deck you want&the case you use,+- .030. |
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