The Spares Company
Club Shop/Regalia
Parent Website
Contact Officials
Machine Registrar
Club Secretary
Membership Secretaries
MPH Editor and Forum Administrator.
Section Newsletters
Technical Databases
Photos
Home
What's new
Latest activity
Forums
New posts
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Information
Bike Modifications
Machine Data Services
Manufacturers Manuals
Spare Parts Listings
Technical Diagrams
Whitakerpedia (Vincent Wiki)
The Club
MPH Material Archive
Flogger's Corner
Obituaries
VOC Sections
Local Sections
Local Section Newsletters
Miscellaneous
Club Assets
Club History
Club Rules
Machine Data Services
Meeting Documents
Miscellaneous
Essential Reading
Magazine/Newspaper Articles/Letters
Adverts and Sales Brochures
The Mighty Garage Videos
Bikes For Sale (Spares Company)
Log in
Register
What's new
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Forums: Public Access
Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Cylinder liner material: hard verus soft cast?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="davidd" data-source="post: 54878" data-attributes="member: 1177"><p>My experience is quite good with the Nikasil plated 4032 aluminum sleeves. I have run the same cylinder in the racer that was done in 1997 with no air cleaner. It is still racing today. The advantages are durability, you can use almost any muff (I would not use the original die cast Series D muffs), and there is great heat transfer, which is good in the hot running Vincent engine. To consider this it is best if you have companies that specialize in it. Here, we can send a piston, muff and liner drawing to Millennium Technologies (<a href="http://www.mt-llc.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mt-llc.com/</a>) and they have their affiliate, Advanced Sleeve (<a href="http://www.advancedsleeve.com/" target="_blank">http://www.advancedsleeve.com/</a>) make the liner, and Millennium finishes the machining and plating and returns it. No less than $400 per cylinder.</p><p></p><p>The question of cast is sort of like "plug indexing." There is a lot of opinion based on experience, but little hard data. LA Sleeve uses ductile iron, which is not well liked by some hot rodders who prefer cast or Nikasil on cast. I believe Maughan uses cast liners and I would tend to go with their expertise on the subject.</p><p></p><p>David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davidd, post: 54878, member: 1177"] My experience is quite good with the Nikasil plated 4032 aluminum sleeves. I have run the same cylinder in the racer that was done in 1997 with no air cleaner. It is still racing today. The advantages are durability, you can use almost any muff (I would not use the original die cast Series D muffs), and there is great heat transfer, which is good in the hot running Vincent engine. To consider this it is best if you have companies that specialize in it. Here, we can send a piston, muff and liner drawing to Millennium Technologies ([url]http://www.mt-llc.com/[/url]) and they have their affiliate, Advanced Sleeve ([url]http://www.advancedsleeve.com/[/url]) make the liner, and Millennium finishes the machining and plating and returns it. No less than $400 per cylinder. The question of cast is sort of like "plug indexing." There is a lot of opinion based on experience, but little hard data. LA Sleeve uses ductile iron, which is not well liked by some hot rodders who prefer cast or Nikasil on cast. I believe Maughan uses cast liners and I would tend to go with their expertise on the subject. David [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
What was Mr Vincent's Christian Name?
Post reply
Home
Forums
Forums: Public Access
Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Cylinder liner material: hard verus soft cast?
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top