Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:16:44 +0000
- Message No. 4459
From: Peter
Subject: Re: Gasoline info & more displacement
Frank, might I suggest you contact Todd Eagan of
tjeagan@yahoo.com
He is from the states and has experience in messing about with XRV engines.
Pete (UK)
Frank Evan Perdicaro wrote:
> Gasoline is a complex subject. Living in California, land of
> gasoline laws, I have taken to learning about it in detail. Let me
> suggest you all read Bruce Hamilton's Gas FAQ. This is a long,
> technical paper, but certainly it is worth reading. I have a copy
> on my web site at
> http://www.dsea.com/~frank/gas_faq.html
>
> For quite a while I've been thinking about a large displacement
> NT650. One oft-used method is to take an XRV 750 motor, bore and
> stroke it out to about 880 cc. Is there room for more using other
> Honda parts? My guess is yes.
> What prevents one (assuming he has the cash) from putting the
> cylinders and heads from a Pacific Coast (850cc) or Shadow 1100 on
> the XRV bottom end? Is anybody on this list familiar with such a
> conversion? All the parts come from the same 52 degree 3 valve 2
> plug Honda engine family. Assuming I can deck, weld and re-tap the
> AT bottom end for attachment of Shadow parts, what more is needed?
>
> Frank Evan Perdicaro, KF6JGX Dainippon Screen Engineering of America
> BSP, MSCE; old GMC, Chevy&Hawk w/V 3700 Segerstrom Ave
> inhouse: frank@server, x1258 Santa Ana CA
> outhouse: frank@dsea.com, 714-546-9491x1258 92704 DoD:1097
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