Hey guy's ,
Work on the engine has forced me to think outside the box . With the cowl already fixed in place and mod to fit Eduards . It was a good metal challenge on figuring how Karaya's engine is going to fit without having to cut 2mm off the bottom part of the cylinder or having to sand off that beautiful detail on the rocker arms .
So out comes the dermal and I grinded the inside very carefully working at slow speed . Some areas are almost paper thin . Still need to smooth this out and for this I will use a piece of scotch brite pad . The engine block itself is not exactly round . The back side is what I like to call ...the egging effect .
I cut off the mounting tab and drilled a hole in it's place so the cylinder can slide over a pin in the engine block . The bottom of the cylinder was then sanded as thin as I could go . Almost 1 mm . The mounting location on the block was also sand but this is roughly 1/2 mm ( extra space comes for inside the cowl ) . Only parts that will now need to be trimmed to fit is the induction pipes . Lot's of test fitting is need and the best way was to mount a cylinder on top and bottom of the engine case . She fit's !
Front engine mount fit's and lines up with the mounting hole in the fire wall , making me one happy lady indeed
On a let down is the spark plug leads are moulded running the side of the cylinders , this has to be removed and not easily done with out losing the detail
Terri
