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Mexicano
I blown my cylinder during a "Street Race" last saturday...... :-(
I was racing on the street against a Gilera Runer 125....the guy didn't know what "hit" him....he never could get me...funny...he couldn't believe a fucking Vento was so fast and powerful...I was runing at 120 Kms./Hr. 8,200 Rpm's, suddenly my engine made a weird noise and shut down!!!, tried several times to make it run again...but no way to do it.....two hours later I got a pick-up truck to tow my baby back home.
Today I start checking what is wrong with my engine, spark O.K., fuel O.K., but when I checked compresion it was very low (40 P.S.I), I checked the reed cage and it was O.K., so I removed the head from the cylinder and find some small scratches at the head and piston crown...oh God!!.....removed the cylinder and piston and find this:
The piston wrist pin retainer broke and demaged the piston and cylinder:
Today I ordered my new cylinder and piston kit, but this time I will use Teflon Buttons instead of fucking steel retainers...as I used years ago in 4 stroke racing engines:
Of course I have to modify this teflons to make them fit into my small piston but this is not an issue......the BIG TASK is that I have to modify the cylinder again to make it fit my cases and modify the piston too!!!, but you know what??, it worth the time and money just to see the other guy's face when he couldn't get me!!!!, fortunatelly he didn't see me when I was aside with my blown engine...
Do someone ever had this same problem with those reatiners???
Thanks,
I was racing on the street against a Gilera Runer 125....the guy didn't know what "hit" him....he never could get me...funny...he couldn't believe a fucking Vento was so fast and powerful...I was runing at 120 Kms./Hr. 8,200 Rpm's, suddenly my engine made a weird noise and shut down!!!, tried several times to make it run again...but no way to do it.....two hours later I got a pick-up truck to tow my baby back home.
Today I start checking what is wrong with my engine, spark O.K., fuel O.K., but when I checked compresion it was very low (40 P.S.I), I checked the reed cage and it was O.K., so I removed the head from the cylinder and find some small scratches at the head and piston crown...oh God!!.....removed the cylinder and piston and find this:
The piston wrist pin retainer broke and demaged the piston and cylinder:
Today I ordered my new cylinder and piston kit, but this time I will use Teflon Buttons instead of fucking steel retainers...as I used years ago in 4 stroke racing engines:
Of course I have to modify this teflons to make them fit into my small piston but this is not an issue......the BIG TASK is that I have to modify the cylinder again to make it fit my cases and modify the piston too!!!, but you know what??, it worth the time and money just to see the other guy's face when he couldn't get me!!!!, fortunatelly he didn't see me when I was aside with my blown engine...
Do someone ever had this same problem with those reatiners???
Thanks,
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