Can a Rocket III take down the establishment, and rule this island

[Gerald]

Guess my run of bad luck is still going.
Van rental place had a delay this morning and my van was an hour late.
So I was an hour late to the dyno...
Missed my slot.

Left the bike there though, they gonna do it over the next few days.

Sorry that happened to you, hopefully that is the end of bad luck.

 

[Rick111]

I have boosted cars Vortech and one pro charged we run plugs that are one or two steps “ colder” than stock . Brisk is the brand.

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

Probably an optical illusion but some of the isolators on the plugs appear a different length. What do you think caused the belt problem?

You are correct, 2 of the plugs are DR9EA, which are the non protruding tip version of the DPR9EA9 (the other 4).
I can't remember why but I think they were mixed like that when I bought them.

Not sure re the belt, the new one is a lot thicker than the old one, even from when the old one wasn't worn down.
So that isn't helping the ribs sit into the Vs properly.
I might ping Richard TTS as they might've seen it before. I do believe they have changed the tensioning idler design since my time.

I have boosted cars Vortech and one pro charged we run plugs that are one or two steps “ colder” than stock . Brisk is the brand.

The Rockets plugs were 7s in the early years and they changed to 8s then.
These are 9s.
I thought 10s might be a step too far, but we'll see.


I forgot to mention - and didn't take a photo- but the dyno reception had a little whiteboard up with "Dyno Leaderboard" on it. The top 2 were Kawasaki H2 varients, can't remember exactly maybe a H2 SE or that.
They were around 248hp and 238hp.
Thought to myself, if my yoke puts out anywhere near what it should, it will eat those 2 alive on the board!

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[Rick111]

Strap her down tight and let her rip

 

[Kevin frazier]

390hp, 310tq. Triumph take note.

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

390hp, 310tq. Triumph take note.

Happy birthday dude

I'm trying not to think about guessing what it will make.
Chances are, they'll have a misfire issue or a coolant leak or something annoying that I'll have to go and fix before they can run it properly.
That and these things are usually less than you'd like.

Was thinking the 240 Carpenter minus say 40 coz I'm not running what they dyno with and the pistons are also low comp custom turbo ones now. Is 200 wheel. Then add hopefully 14 pounds boost, brings it to near 400 wheel.
Oh and another near 10% for the stroker's extra displacement.
Brings it to 420-440 wheel. 500 crank.
Rotrex brochure the C30-94 as maxing out at 435hp so I guess that has to be the limit (at the crank)?
370 wheel.

No word back from the dyno guys yet..
I asked them to do an 'as found' power run too just so I know what it was making with my 3/4 tune.

 

[Rick111]

The above sounds reasonable with the work and mods you’ve done . The suspense is killing me

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

Houston, we have a problem.

The dyno shop phoned up this evening to tell me the bike has a coolant leak and leaked coolant on the dyno. OK so my run of bad luck continues; 4th thing to go wrong in 0 miles, after a few thousand miles of zero problems since the build.

Also, they told me that there is nowhere to put their AFR gauge, that I need to cut & weld a bung into the exhaust.
I pointed out that the 3 other times I was at the dyno, they simply dropped their sniffer rod into one of the cans.
Oh yeah but there are 2 cans so exhaust can go out either one and they only have 1 AFR gauge so I'm gonna need a bung just after the headers.
OK I says, if you take a look, there is one there already - as there is a big illuminated AFR gauge mounted on the handlebar.
Ehm uhm ehm I think you better talk to the boss when you come to collect it.
Right fine.

Oh yes and the 3rd problem - the bike wouldn't cool down, it wouldn't go below 95°C, even with all the dyno fans going.
I said the bike runs hot, they're known for it, I've done thousands of miles and it's never overheated, it's fine, drive on.. actually hang about - how was it on the dyno long enough to get that hot when it was leaking coolant all over the dyno and you had to stop?

So reading between the lines, including how I had to wait a few months for a slot - it looks like they just don't want to dyno this bike?

I've to go spend more money now on a van to collect it, and have nothing to show for it. At least when I'm there I can corner 'the boss' and get some answers.
Will pretty much ask him straight up, why don't you want to work on this bike.

And meanwhile, find someone else with a dyno who knows what they're doing, because that's where this is going!

This week has been a trifle disappointing...

 

[Nashvegas]

Dang, did they give you a clue as to where the coolant was leaking from? If it was just a hose, that would be good to know because you can fix it in their parking lot.

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

Dang, did they give you a clue as to where the coolant was leaking from? If it was just a hose, that would be good to know because you can fix it in their parking lot.

I think it'll be something simple like a jubilee needing a squeeze.
But im really getting the hint that they just don't want to do this bike.
Why, is beyond me..
But I'll ask tomorrow when I get there (2 hour drive), and hopefully fix the coolant drip in the parking lot.
The other 2 'obstacles' are nonsense.