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Howdy ya'll!!
This is the start of the beautiful adventure of turning an unsuspecting, early model Rocket 3 into a proper LSR (Land Speed Racing) machine. In true Spaz fashion, I've done this completely bas-ackwards and thrown together a rather ugly starter kit for Bonneville Speed Week 2020 to get her out there racing against a few open records. I figured I could pluck the low hanging fruit and see if this bike has what it takes to be a viable salt/dirtmissile machine.
First, a couple snapshots. Now, when I say thrown together, I really mean it... this bike was completely stock 2 weeks before we left to race this year (well, stock for a racebike, anyway). First was the removal of.... stuff. All in all, about 160 lbs of stuff fell off the bike that I didn't need/want (yes, I weighed it all). Forward controls, bags, pipes, covers, guards, brackets, seats, sissy bar, handlebar, windshield.... the list goes on and on. I had to fab up some clip-ons, as no one makes an off the shelf 60mm clamp (!!) for 1" bars. After that was a lower gas tank with an aftermarket pump and 1:1 regulator (just to be safe...), and a quick and dirty turbo system to get it into the blown racing classes. Did it need that for the speeds I was planning on this year? Probably not, but I am a Spaz, and I do love me some forced induction, so that's what it got. The kit will change next year, but the G25-660 turbo and 40mm Tial WG will remain. Tuning/fueling was done by a PCV and a little bit of TuneECU (more on that later), some Carpenter clutch springs (blew through the stock clutch at about 65-70% throttle at 4psi), and a Pingel electric shifter. I had some, uh, issues with the shifter... namely not reading the instructions and setting it up right, so I had to hand shift it during the event, but it will go back on with better brackets and such this coming year.
This is the start of the beautiful adventure of turning an unsuspecting, early model Rocket 3 into a proper LSR (Land Speed Racing) machine. In true Spaz fashion, I've done this completely bas-ackwards and thrown together a rather ugly starter kit for Bonneville Speed Week 2020 to get her out there racing against a few open records. I figured I could pluck the low hanging fruit and see if this bike has what it takes to be a viable salt/dirt
First, a couple snapshots. Now, when I say thrown together, I really mean it... this bike was completely stock 2 weeks before we left to race this year (well, stock for a racebike, anyway). First was the removal of.... stuff. All in all, about 160 lbs of stuff fell off the bike that I didn't need/want (yes, I weighed it all). Forward controls, bags, pipes, covers, guards, brackets, seats, sissy bar, handlebar, windshield.... the list goes on and on. I had to fab up some clip-ons, as no one makes an off the shelf 60mm clamp (!!) for 1" bars. After that was a lower gas tank with an aftermarket pump and 1:1 regulator (just to be safe...), and a quick and dirty turbo system to get it into the blown racing classes. Did it need that for the speeds I was planning on this year? Probably not, but I am a Spaz, and I do love me some forced induction, so that's what it got. The kit will change next year, but the G25-660 turbo and 40mm Tial WG will remain. Tuning/fueling was done by a PCV and a little bit of TuneECU (more on that later), some Carpenter clutch springs (blew through the stock clutch at about 65-70% throttle at 4psi), and a Pingel electric shifter. I had some, uh, issues with the shifter... namely not reading the instructions and setting it up right, so I had to hand shift it during the event, but it will go back on with better brackets and such this coming year.
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