So, if you look at the custom cylinder, you'll notice it has a third case transfer. It also lacks a piston-port intake. This is because I made the cylinder only compatible with a case-inducted motor. The ZA50 motor pictured here has the reed-block welded to it already. It uses a malossi VL6 reed, usually found on smallframe vespa scooters and certain moped cylinders. (Gilardoni Puch) I actually cut the two huge chunks that became the reed block out of a single piece of aluminum by hand with a hack-saw.That took F O R E V E R...
The block is pitched to the flywheel side, to create proper clearance for the rear-facing carburetor. My buddy Ratboy did most of the welding, alot of which was pretty difficult, in exchange for a six-pack of cold ones. Rat works at one of the coolest places in the world, and gets to horse around on stuff like the #2 & #3 LeMans winning Ford GT40's from 1969, Amphicars, Nazi Staff Mercedes', Isettas, $300,000 Porsches, Loti, Ferraris etc..etc..
I've actually had this laying around for over a year, but without the custom cylinder it was made for, it didn't make much sense to share. Some of the gross welding on the case transfers I did myself, and I'll probably end up fixing before the cylinder goes on. I'm getting a sense that this motor, while absurdly customized and DIY, isn't going to win any beauty pageants.
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It wins the beauty contest of my heart!
gnarly!
duuude. do you have any pictures of the mold before the pour? i want to know MORE. also, what are you doing about the cylinder wall? chrome coating? how expensive? ever think about using cast iron sleeves then pressing into an aluminum block?
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After the cylinder has been machined, expect a pretty thorough blog post on the whole affair from start to finish. But I'll tell you that I started with a cast-iron kymco jug, that I cut my ports into and then built the mold around that, casting aluminum on top of the cast iron, copying the process toyota uses for their truck engines.
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