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Re: re-lining cylinders?

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:27 pm
by 2TInstitute
You can go up to 0.8mm on plating so effectively you could go reduce bore size by 1.5mm.
Seizures are not that much of a problem , excess ali comes off with hydrochloric acid and a cotton bud.

Re: re-lining cylinders?

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:08 pm
by ken007
good info, thanks, i would feel more comfortable with a .5mm o/s than 2mm, one more question, can the plating be bored out at all or is it to hard? if it was damaged would the whole process need to be repeated? thanks

Re: re-lining cylinders?

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:12 am
by 2TInstitute
errrrrm that's the idea of plating YOU DON"T NEED TO REBORE IT JUST REPLACE THE PISTON WITH ANOTHER THE SAME SIZE.

Re: re-lining cylinders?

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:17 pm
by ken007
thanks for that, didnt know that but i sure do now,cheers

Re: re-lining cylinders?

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:52 pm
by mboddy
I have been running 2mm oversize in my RD370LC race bike with Wiseco pistons with no problems. I would be happy to run 2.5mm with the Nickosil plating.
I never have seizures. I run Penrite Hyper 2stroke at 24:1 and drill the pistons either side of the exhaust port.

Re: re-lining cylinders?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:43 am
by 2TInstitute
Ohhhhh dear

350 cc + 5% = 367.5cc
66mm bore X54mm stroke= 369cc

:lol:
Secrets safe with me

Re: re-lining cylinders?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:55 am
by hybrid
No need to keep the secret.
From memory, the 370 is the bike that Mark races with the bigger capacity bikes, so it's actually well under the limits.

Re: re-lining cylinders?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:07 pm
by 2TInstitute
Throw that stroker crank in then :D :D

Re: re-lining cylinders?

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:57 pm
by mboddy
I make sure my bikes are completely within the rules.
The 250 is 1mm os.
The 350 is 1mm os.
The 370 is 2mm os.

Re: re-lining cylinders?

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:35 pm
by 2TInstitute
I knew that just shit stirring :)

Re: re-lining cylinders?

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:06 pm
by mboddy
No worries. Pity I can't afford that OW31 replica cylinder.