Rudolph Hart

It's just been in and out of the shop for a cut and polish,the main colour is chrysler deep cherry crystal red.

I hope you guys will excuse a pic of the whole bike cheers

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Saito 65 with Chrysler red cylinder.
Beautiful work Pete, I am going to post my 65 and see how close the colour is, it's a Chrysler colour also.

SrTelemaster150

Shouldn't that be "Hemi Orange"?

Hobbsy

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It could be, I still have the can, I think.

Glowgeek

Those older Saitos with airbleed carbs; has anyone noticed that they are more sensitive to fuel pickup height in relation to the spraybar? For example leaned out properly at idle when a tail dragger is at rest on the ground and then richening drastically if the tail is lifted up to a level flight position? I ask because I have a airbleed 2S that is giving me fits in a tail dragger and was wondering if that's just one of the characteristics of airbleed carbs.

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It doesn't seem to be, my little Saito 30 has been a tail dragger LT 25, it never called any attention to itself that way. Most air bleeds close the inlet hole the instant that the throttle starts to open.

Jesse Open

Glowgeek

OK thanks. I started a thread here for those interested.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/glow...l#post12516265

Glowgeek

And HEAVY too. I used to ride my friend's Road King on visits. I remember the first time I lifted it off the side stand and wondering whether or not I could ever pick it back up if I ever laid it down. They are deceivingly powerful too.

Jesse Open

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Now now Gary, some of your type A is leaking out, not as bad as the oil leaks on older Hogs but still leaking out some.

the Wasp

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Pete,,,, you make such beautiful art, that is just wonderful, and all without lacquer,

we have an airbrush artiest over here that is Native American, he has been the guy to go to since the early 70s to paint your Harleys, my brother had a old 60s chopper, with a 6ft long forks, I believe it was a springer LOL because it had the springs LOL I was just a kid, any hoo, he had the tear drop tank painted in a desert seen with mountains in the back, and 2 choppers with babes in shorts with bikini tops on the back of the bikes and the bikers with beards and one with no shirt, of course there was the son and a rattler, and a coyote,, it had the Sportster engine, the bike and engine was all totally rebuilt, LOL it was great, but as the bike got older you could see the lacquer had started cracking under the clear coat

keep it up Pete

Jim

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sorry, I should have listed the numbers for the Magnum 180Fr, those numbers are so interesting I have not forgot them

APC 17X8,,,,,,,,8800
Xoar 18X8,,,,,,,8200
Xoar 17X6,,,,,,,8600

the numbers were just rounded off, you could add another 40, 50 or 60 and it wont changing things much, but ether way I know you got the drift in differences

Jim

Captcrunch44

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you know I was thinking last night, as I said, my FA100's manifold will fit my 82's head, but it's longer than the 82's manifold, well I was wonder if you try the 100's manifold on your 82 maybe you should first try it without shortening the 100's manifold, I am just wondering how well the longer manifold will work on the 82, for that mater you could try the longer 100 manifold with the stock 82 Carb see if that makes a difference, ???
a mounting-adapter for the carb will be easy to make..

Jim

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Love to try a 100 carb setup, don't have any lying around, do ya?

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see a Saito 125 NIB for $300,, it will probably be sold in 10 minutes

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...TO-125-4-cycle

Captcrunch44

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LOL well sorry, not an extra one, and I want to try mine on my 82, too.. ask Garry if he has one,, and ask about the 100s manifold too, if not ask on RC Groups, that's a must.

I was thinking about increasing my 82's compression, but I am a bit worried about getting the C-Rod off 90 degrees a bit to the crank's pin

Jim

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Same carb part#, different intake manifold part#

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those a part numbers are in the manuals, I got to get off line right now,,,, later, I promos

Jim

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That's what .0001" dial indicators are for. . For a mounting jig I used a 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 6" chunk of hard maple, dado a slot for case clearance, drilled and tapped engine mounting holes, clamped it on the mill, milled the top off, mounted the engine, mic'd it and milled it. In my case it measured on perfect plane with the engine mounting ears and dead flat except at one of the cylinder mounting holes, probably from an over tightened cylinder mounting screw.

Edited: There are better ways to ensure parallelism between the deck and crank centerline but so far the way I did it seems fine. I may make a 6" long slip fit arbor to insert into the bearing bores for reference measurements next time.

the Wasp

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numbers numbers numbers

FA100 vs FA82,,

Cab Barrel IDs,

FA100,,,,,,, .336'
FA 82,,,,,,,, .315'
difference,,,,,,, .021"

Manifold's IDs,

FA100,,,,,,, .348'
FA,82,,,,,,,, .330'
Difference,,,,,,, .018"

these numbers are good, meaning not so big of a difference where you would say they are to big to try.

and keep in mind that if you find an O-ring with a smaller ID you could try the 100's Carb on the 82's manifold, this is just something else to try because the 100's Carb Barrel's ID is only .006" larger than the 82's Manifold ID..

to add, I again, tested the 100's manifold, and it fits the 82's head very-very nicely !!!

The EDIT,,
FA115,,,,,,,,,, .332
FA125,,,,,,,,, .344

so with my numbers above I have to believe that my 100 and my 115 has the same size Barrels.

NOTE that all the venturi's I measured were a bit oval, by .002" to .004"

I was surprised the 115 Barrel was not larger than the 100's

I will edit my post above, and to add I have these numbers written down, you can ask for them again if needed

Jim

Glowgeek

Thanks Jim, good info