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by wistech
Fri Jul 05, 2019 1:07 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: I made it just in time for independance day.
Replies: 16
Views: 5887

I did start getting my AARP mail so I got that going for me. Who has senior citizen discounts on Cannondale stuff?
by wistech
Fri Jul 05, 2019 4:08 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: I made it just in time for independance day.
Replies: 16
Views: 5887

OLD TIMERS more like it . Back in my day we pulled a rope to start our machines. laugh.gif I just started putting miles on this old classic made in the USA .
by wistech
Fri Jul 05, 2019 3:16 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: I made it just in time for independance day.
Replies: 16
Views: 5887

Cover your eyes kids......Gratuitous but shot .
by wistech
Fri Jul 05, 2019 1:01 am
Forum: Powertrain
Topic: Engine question
Replies: 0
Views: 4542

Dale sleeves are crush fit from the head pressure and also get pressure from the sleeve oring as well as head oring . When I have sleeves bored to fit my pistons I have a special case fixture to use. I have my own brand of pistons but mostly use cp brand for customers race engines. I dont really use...
by wistech
Fri Jul 05, 2019 12:20 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: I made it just in time for independance day.
Replies: 16
Views: 5887

So I dug out my moto, installed a clean set of harley injectors ,new cyclone II intake,fuel filter ,changed oil,new battery found the plastics,and checked the air pressures in the shocks and tires. I made a commitment to have it running before the 4th of july. Tuesday it fired up and since it has be...
by wistech
Thu Jul 04, 2019 11:58 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: I made it just in time for independance day.
Replies: 16
Views: 5887

This is how our quads spent the last 3 years. The other ones are in pieces on the shelves. I have done nothing Cannondale related since the last world record engine build. I thought that would have motivated me but id did not. Work has just bummed me out although shooting, jetskiing and snowmobiles ...
by wistech
Thu Jul 04, 2019 11:38 pm
Forum: Powertrain
Topic: Engine question
Replies: 0
Views: 4542

Longevity from steel to nikasil? Ive been using both and both barring damage from other engine concerns they both last pretty much forever in this application. Both can be bored bigger but Nikasil is much more expensive to recoat. I have seen Nikasil peel off and get chips . Some of the aftermarket ...
by wistech
Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:17 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: The Halls Of Destruction
Replies: 391
Views: 20145

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nftbUgurqQc" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nftbUgurqQc</a> another maxxforce turbo failure . I think this would be number 4 for these engines.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFiwPqeuGpg&fbclid=IwAR3pr5JQPkwhAFb...
by wistech
Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:40 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Amazing CDI box trick
Replies: 2
Views: 2792

I got an old trx300 Honda in the shop yesterday with no spark. So I did the usual check, the plug, wire, ohmed out the coil, checked the power switches. I found nothing wrong. While digging on line for a wiring schematic, I ran across this trick that bakes the cdi box in an oven for ten minutes to m...
by wistech
Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:36 pm
Forum: Cannondale Quads
Topic: 02 cannibal build
Replies: 0
Views: 5324

Make sure you replace the valve springs and valves in any head that had a cam failure. Valve spring need to be checked anyways new or used as there is some seriously weak ones out there.