Case splitting

tomgoodwin3 · Post by **tomgoodwin3** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:23 am

Right, staying on my recent engine theme I have an issue with splitting my case....

Jake Raby on his DVD shows how 'easy' it is to split, make sure all the bolts are removed, insert a screw driver between the crankshaft and the small seal at the front of the engine (making sure not to touch the sealing surfaces) and hey presto one split case....

...done that, the case budges 1 or 2mm but does not split.

Any suggestions? I'm aware of the total no, no of inserting any kind of wedge between the sealing surfaces.

Cheers!

Pablo · Post by **Pablo** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:54 am

There is a few sneaky case studs on there in places, Ive been cought out with them b4, normally covered in crud.

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:32 pm

what Pablo says, there are a couple of bolts that are sneaker buggers

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:51 pm

Have you undone the one at the bottom of the crankcase hidden by the flywheel?

davidppp · Post by **davidppp** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:36 pm

As above..I have a selection of cases well buggered by folk who did not remove all the nuts..

This is certainly your problem.

The bets advice is to celan it all really well, and make sure the flywheel and pulley are off..

There is one nut below the cylinder which is favouritew to miss..

Kind regards
david

tomgoodwin3 · Post by **tomgoodwin3** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:32 am

Done!

You guys were right, I had missed one pesky bolt....

The internals are looking in very good condition:

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:23 pm

What fueling do you run?
If it's not the factory FI I suggest bunging in a different cam/lifters whilst it's in bits. I had a Eurorace H grind in both my 1971cc & my 2055cc '2' litres. Giving the heads a bit of TLC will help with the breathing & power output too

tomgoodwin3 · Post by **tomgoodwin3** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:12 am

It used to run twin dellorto 36's

I have a strong suspicion that stateside tuning built this engine originally so I'm gonna approach them with suggestions on how to beef up the power output.....some work on the heads is definately top of my list