Ralphthe3rd
9th November 2008, 22:57
A little background on Gene first...
My friend Gene is 58yrs old(but looks 38), and is a master machinest by trade, and closet inventor. He dabbles in classic cars- he owns a custom(350 Chevy powered) '53 Studebaker, and a '63 Studebacker Avanti(Supercharged). This man has designed and built his own fuel injection systems, and also his own Supercharger and Tubrochargers. He has raced Go-carts and Midgets powered by Harley/Aermacchi two strokes, he has owned several Sportsters in his lifetime- although his first- was actually/technically, a '55 K-Model Flatthead, that was converted to OHV using iron XL parts in the 1960's and was bored and stroked to 83ci and was raced at the drags- and ran mid 10sec ET's in the late 1960's ! Gene is a bachelor as is myself, and we share many common interests.
Here are some pix(sorry I couldn't close up some details) of some of this years projects....
1)-the carb below is a 40mm Harley/Keihin Carb that he's converting to run like fuel injection...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/3016685269_5c716075fa.jpg?v=0
2)-this next pic, is the modified Big sucker air cleaner on his XL1200 streetracker, the added extra element to the filter, was needed to clear his 4"+ custom designed velocity stack/splitter...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/3016685263_36e85461f7.jpg?v=0
3)- this next pic, shows the open Big Sucker- revealing his spring loaded velocity stack/splitter...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/3016685285_c0a7f5f9d8.jpg?v=0
4)- this pix shows more detail. BTW- the splitter extends all the way back to within 3 thousanths of an inch from the slide, and it's radiused to the same contour as the slide, ie- NOT straight across like all the other versions I've seen built or marketed.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/3016685277_dbbb549de5.jpg?v=0
5)- one more pic to show some other detail of the stack....
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/3016685291_60d910c6f8.jpg?v=0
Something I noted yesterday- while at a Bike Swap meet, was that I found another maker for Carb splitters...the company Boyesen(known for making racing Two Stroke reed valves), is also marketing their own brand of carb splitter for a half dozen dif carb models/styles. But their splitter is slightly unique(maybe for copyright infringements?)- but they use an "+" Splitter not just the normal "--" design. The price for these very simple sheet metal splitters was $130 at the show....see the Boyesen website for more details.
http://www.boyesen.com/cwo/V-Twin
My friend Gene is 58yrs old(but looks 38), and is a master machinest by trade, and closet inventor. He dabbles in classic cars- he owns a custom(350 Chevy powered) '53 Studebaker, and a '63 Studebacker Avanti(Supercharged). This man has designed and built his own fuel injection systems, and also his own Supercharger and Tubrochargers. He has raced Go-carts and Midgets powered by Harley/Aermacchi two strokes, he has owned several Sportsters in his lifetime- although his first- was actually/technically, a '55 K-Model Flatthead, that was converted to OHV using iron XL parts in the 1960's and was bored and stroked to 83ci and was raced at the drags- and ran mid 10sec ET's in the late 1960's ! Gene is a bachelor as is myself, and we share many common interests.
Here are some pix(sorry I couldn't close up some details) of some of this years projects....
1)-the carb below is a 40mm Harley/Keihin Carb that he's converting to run like fuel injection...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/3016685269_5c716075fa.jpg?v=0
2)-this next pic, is the modified Big sucker air cleaner on his XL1200 streetracker, the added extra element to the filter, was needed to clear his 4"+ custom designed velocity stack/splitter...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/3016685263_36e85461f7.jpg?v=0
3)- this next pic, shows the open Big Sucker- revealing his spring loaded velocity stack/splitter...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/3016685285_c0a7f5f9d8.jpg?v=0
4)- this pix shows more detail. BTW- the splitter extends all the way back to within 3 thousanths of an inch from the slide, and it's radiused to the same contour as the slide, ie- NOT straight across like all the other versions I've seen built or marketed.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/3016685277_dbbb549de5.jpg?v=0
5)- one more pic to show some other detail of the stack....
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/3016685291_60d910c6f8.jpg?v=0
Something I noted yesterday- while at a Bike Swap meet, was that I found another maker for Carb splitters...the company Boyesen(known for making racing Two Stroke reed valves), is also marketing their own brand of carb splitter for a half dozen dif carb models/styles. But their splitter is slightly unique(maybe for copyright infringements?)- but they use an "+" Splitter not just the normal "--" design. The price for these very simple sheet metal splitters was $130 at the show....see the Boyesen website for more details.
http://www.boyesen.com/cwo/V-Twin