Jim Comstock has finished his work on my cylinder head. He has repeated what I once did to my first Norton Commando engine: re-angled the holes for the valve guides so that he could fit 3 mm bigger inlet valves. Then he has opened up the inlet tracts to a 33mm diameter, ported the tracts…
DetailsSometimes you need to be lucky. The balancing company I found does not only have their premises close to me but the owner is the father of a couple of girls that are friends of my daughter, plus he has a very experienced man operating the balancing machine, Mr. Weber. He started by re-arranging the…
DetailsI got the crankshaft in from Canada a few weeks back and have been busy ever since trying to make it fit the rest of the engine ( read drive belt pulley ). The maker claimed that his balancers would not be able to finish it in several months so I had him send me…
DetailsI added the year to the month and day above as this project seems to drag out over several years. It is not THAT bad though. I think I got started in September/October 2015 so with a bit of help from God, Mohammed and the last of my suppliers I may get to fire this…
DetailsI am still patiently waiting for 3 major items to come in. Crankshaft, Cylinder Head and Exhaust System. The crankshaft is holding up the assembly of the engine bottom end, primary drive and final re-design of the rear engine plates. Once it is here I am also ready to fit the cylinder head and once…
DetailsEnd of year business travel and Christmas festivities behind us I managed to put in a couple of hours work yesterday to take stock of where the project is standing and what is next to do. The switch to the Norton engine has proven to be more complex than I had anticipated but then again…
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