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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
A nice Ulimate Engine
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 86338" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Roller bearing cranks do not need lots of oil, especially too much pressure. But the cams and followers do........The stock feed system to supply these is hopeless. A better set up would be to direct flowing oil at each cam lobe and follower. I even thought about making some kind of trough or bath under each cam so that it consonantly rotates in a bath of oil, just like how modern OHC engines have their cams in the head that run a a bath of oil. You look at these modern engines with high mileage on them and the cams look like brand new. The cams and followers on a Vincent are way too small and this does not help. The other trick is to make up some "squirter nozzels" that direct an oil jet directly at the cam/follower like how the Horner's did to their Goodwood bike. The other trick they did was to run a vacuum pump on the engine to eliminate any breather issues that also plague these engines, that is one part of their bike that no one notices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 86338, member: 597"] Roller bearing cranks do not need lots of oil, especially too much pressure. But the cams and followers do........The stock feed system to supply these is hopeless. A better set up would be to direct flowing oil at each cam lobe and follower. I even thought about making some kind of trough or bath under each cam so that it consonantly rotates in a bath of oil, just like how modern OHC engines have their cams in the head that run a a bath of oil. You look at these modern engines with high mileage on them and the cams look like brand new. The cams and followers on a Vincent are way too small and this does not help. The other trick is to make up some "squirter nozzels" that direct an oil jet directly at the cam/follower like how the Horner's did to their Goodwood bike. The other trick they did was to run a vacuum pump on the engine to eliminate any breather issues that also plague these engines, that is one part of their bike that no one notices. [/QUOTE]
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