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6 is good (very good indeed) - what might be better ? 1 year 7 months ago #30550

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Hi guys
Last weekend I heard rumours that a certain project is moving ahead, I^ve been able to catch a bad picture, yet is says a lot:

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Holger
 
Z1300 A1/ KZT30AG built 1979
frame KZT30A 004285
engine KZT30A 000288
location: borderland-triangle France/ Germany/ Switzerland, Europe
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6 is good (very good indeed) - what might be better ? 1 year 7 months ago #30551

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image is too small to have a good look for photoshop but it's too late for April fools.  Crank, cams, carbs would all be very difficult. I hope it's real though and more than just a display piece (needs better curtain material for the stand)
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6 is good (very good indeed) - what might be better ? 1 year 7 months ago #30553

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It is real, I have seen the crank, bottom end and head in real life. His aim is to reach 200 HP with a normally aspirated engine.  That will make his sidecar rig fly on the Autobahn! 

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6 is good (very good indeed) - what might be better ? 1 year 7 months ago #30554

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Well I hope that they have been videoing the development and build to share like the great Allen Millyard 

Allen's YouTube channel
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6 is good (very good indeed) - what might be better ? 1 year 7 months ago #30557

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I remember seeing these pics somewhere a while back. So that'll be a 1715cc straight 8 if he's using standard pistons?
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6 is good (very good indeed) - what might be better ? 1 year 7 months ago #30558

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Craftmanship to create these kind of modification certainly very impressive - anyone who has seen Allen Millyard's videos would see how much detailed machining/welding work is involved.  However, whilst inline 8 cylinder engines are theoretically capable of perfect primary and secondary balance if firing order is optimised, these are not used in practice due to inherent torsional vibration issues that cause fatigue cracking and crank failure.  It should be possible to add harmonic viration dampers (as most inline sixes do as well) but the calculations required to specify these are quite complex and would probably require expensive software. Adding these to the end of the crank would make the engine even wider.

Just a thought but still appreciate the conversion work involved.

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