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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 150701" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>Terry's instructions suggest for 50 thou as a safe squish clearance. His instructions are meant for fitting his top ends to a standard Vincent bottom end, which is not without a good deal of flex (see Picador engine dyno testing, MPH)</p><p></p><p>I ended up with a bit less, just over 40 thou. Given the very skookum cases, crank and rods present, I thought it would be ok at that. On disassembling the engine for crank dynamic balance at 1500 miles, the squish areas were completely free of carbon. Also, there were no signs of piston contact with the heads.</p><p>The engine is 92x102, 11 to 1 Cr.</p><p>Maybe it would work at an even tighter squish clearance, however getting it wrong could cause a very bad day!</p><p></p><p>One of my concerns with this engine was that the big cams, carbs , high compression and funny heads would make it useless at low and mid rpm. We've probably all ridden a bike like that at one time or another, where you must rev the piss out of it just to pull away from a traffic light. They are quite horrid for road use.</p><p>I'm happy to report that this engine works quite well at low speed. As TT posted about Roy's bike, the Prince heads seem to work efficiently right from just off idle on up.</p><p>There is a definite extra surge between 4000 and 6500 rpm, but that might be due to the MK5 cams kicking in. Below that it's very manageable.</p><p>BTW, Roy gave me advice on ignition timing, which I followed (Pazon). It worked out spot on. </p><p></p><p>Glen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 150701, member: 2708"] Terry's instructions suggest for 50 thou as a safe squish clearance. His instructions are meant for fitting his top ends to a standard Vincent bottom end, which is not without a good deal of flex (see Picador engine dyno testing, MPH) I ended up with a bit less, just over 40 thou. Given the very skookum cases, crank and rods present, I thought it would be ok at that. On disassembling the engine for crank dynamic balance at 1500 miles, the squish areas were completely free of carbon. Also, there were no signs of piston contact with the heads. The engine is 92x102, 11 to 1 Cr. Maybe it would work at an even tighter squish clearance, however getting it wrong could cause a very bad day! One of my concerns with this engine was that the big cams, carbs , high compression and funny heads would make it useless at low and mid rpm. We've probably all ridden a bike like that at one time or another, where you must rev the piss out of it just to pull away from a traffic light. They are quite horrid for road use. I'm happy to report that this engine works quite well at low speed. As TT posted about Roy's bike, the Prince heads seem to work efficiently right from just off idle on up. There is a definite extra surge between 4000 and 6500 rpm, but that might be due to the MK5 cams kicking in. Below that it's very manageable. BTW, Roy gave me advice on ignition timing, which I followed (Pazon). It worked out spot on. Glen [/QUOTE]
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