Grimracer
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As you might guess testing was a big part of the last few weeks for most of us heading to the big show..
Here is what i got for testing this last month..
Mod tunnel style..
This spring Wicked Wanda had the wrist pin and the hole in the piston fail...o well.. its an old motor and its time has come..OK.. now to the next motor..
Good running Rossi that i borrowed from Richie.. just a tad short on HP (the motor in the Nemesis Video on my website).. its good but the PL is tired.
I had a back up IB Nova so i converted it to OB Bolted it on and O yea... speed was good.... then I lunched a bearing after i hit the turtle that knocked the motor off the transom. The motor stayed on the boat and did not deep six.. whew..
New bearing and im in good shape right...wrong.. new bearings and after about 6 runs the new rear bearing BROKE... yea BROKE.. i have never seen anything like this before.. a slice of the rear bearing (outer race) about 3/4" long broke off.. sending parts past the piston...toast..
Back to the Rossi...
OK.. one more back up Nova.. one more try... good PL.. put it all together and whala... its slow and i dont have time to find out why...
BACK TO THE ROSSI..
Its the Rossi for the Internats...
BIG FUN
Grim ready to racer
Here is what i got for testing this last month..
Mod tunnel style..
This spring Wicked Wanda had the wrist pin and the hole in the piston fail...o well.. its an old motor and its time has come..OK.. now to the next motor..
Good running Rossi that i borrowed from Richie.. just a tad short on HP (the motor in the Nemesis Video on my website).. its good but the PL is tired.
I had a back up IB Nova so i converted it to OB Bolted it on and O yea... speed was good.... then I lunched a bearing after i hit the turtle that knocked the motor off the transom. The motor stayed on the boat and did not deep six.. whew..
New bearing and im in good shape right...wrong.. new bearings and after about 6 runs the new rear bearing BROKE... yea BROKE.. i have never seen anything like this before.. a slice of the rear bearing (outer race) about 3/4" long broke off.. sending parts past the piston...toast..
Back to the Rossi...
OK.. one more back up Nova.. one more try... good PL.. put it all together and whala... its slow and i dont have time to find out why...
BACK TO THE ROSSI..
Its the Rossi for the Internats...
BIG FUN
Grim ready to racer
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