Dave's baja story..

[Seandonato73]

No thats not normal

 

[DAVE1979SK]

it starts well again, in one pull when the engine is cold. even though the mixture is lean)) I had a badly plugged gas hose in the carburetor (reverse). the air probably went there. so i assume there were these 2 defects. ignition and tightness of hoses. but we'll see what I say in 2 days . the guys in OBR definitely think I'm an idiot

 

[Seandonato73]

No offense but so do I......

 

[DAVE1979SK]

No offense but so do I......

I am not arguing it looks like that. but the engine was unreliable from the beginning. first it rattled (still does) then the ignition. but later I thought it was a carburetor. but it turned out that it is not a carburetor, but a hose. the engine sounds as if it has 200 tanks behind it. OBRs are already stolen from me and I will never buy their engine again. if I could turn back time, I would buy a TPS and not this overpriced and overvalued engine. also the exhaust came to me in a terrible condition. on their website they write that their exhaust is the most powerful on the market for their engines - another lie .. I tried 3 exhausts and OBR is the worst of them. but I still have nothing against the guys. they're great people, especially Dan. nothing personal against them .. dan wrote me that the engine can be sent back for inspection at any time.
but on the other hand I have to say. that the engine is already going really better, now i need a wheelie bar: D and heavier gear ratio than 19/55 . but the only thing that annoys me now is the rattling sound either in the engine or around the engine. if it's not in the engine, then I'm an idiot again. I'm just comparing it to my g320 which has a completely clean sound ..

 

[Seandonato73]

Shouldn't be any rattles,.mate. best look into that.

 

[DAVE1979SK]

today's bash with OBR pipe .I was wrong. is it a good pipe . the problem was probably a hose seal between the exhaust bend and the exhaust.the engine will definitely be tuned for better performance. but I didn't have time to tune it. because my front shock broke ..

 

[DAVE1979SK]

Update : replacing the seal on Reed SS ..
and testing my old g320 engine with Obr pipe

 

[DAVE1979SK]

Hi everybody . I haven't driven yet this year. I made such an upgrade. verigo vented clutch housing, ufc clutch bell and taylor clutch bell carrier and blackbone gears. Do you think I can expect some performance improvement? I don't have time to try it yet

 

[MonsterAir]

What gears are you running?

 

[DAVE1979SK]

What gears are you running?

hi bro . i used the same gear as last time 19/55 . I wanted to least go at 20/54, but I changed my mind.previously I had spur gear DDM black magic and TR pinion
this is how I made the washer under the spur gear

 

[DAVE1979SK]

a few upgrades . taylor layshaft , brake hex , taylor backplate and new taylor pipe .In the end, I did not use the Taylor backplate. because the gears cover does not fit there. I put back the tr 2 backplate, but I had to cut out holes in the gears cover.

 

[John Parks]

a few upgrades . taylor layshaft , brake hex , taylor backplate and new taylor pipe .In the end, I did not use the Taylor backplate. because the gears cover does not fit there. I put back the tr 2 backplate, but I had to cut out holes in the gears cover.

Very nice

 

[DAVE1979SK]

FLM Super Duty "4 Ever" dogbones after 5 tanks.I am surprised that they bent with my 34 reed ss. I ordered an IRC kit. I hope it won't bend again)) I keep changing the dog bones since I got the reed SS. at the same time, it's a small bore. What about big engines 40cc + ?

 

[DAVE1979SK]

 

[DAVE1979SK]

starting up after 5 months turned out like this .. my reed signature series didn't even last a year

 

[DAVE1979SK]

Dan immediately found out what happened

 

[Rep732]

Ouch so what was the outcome, any warranty or help with repairs?

 

[DAVE1979SK]

don't know yet. will they send me a new piston and ring. or will I send it to them for repair. or whether it will be free..tomorrow I will know more. anyway it was bad luck and a coincidence ... i started the baja only in the apartment at idle for a few seconds about 2 weeks ago .. before that i was driving at the beginning of november last year.. not since then. really bad luck.
that's probably because I'm waiting for taylor 35 v2 reed to be on sale

 

[Rep732]

I'd hope for a new top end, that cylinder probably is scarred too?

 

[Seandonato73]

Check out the bottom end too, those ring pins can fly down a transfer and wreck the bearings.