Thursday 1 October 2015

TALE OF TWO PISTONS





FXS BLEW REAR HEAD GASKET NOT A BIG JOB TOOK THE REAR HEAD OFF THOUGHT Mmm FORGED PISTON .....




ORDERED A GASKET SET THOUGHT MAY AS WELL DO THEM BOTH TOOK THE FRONT HEAD OFF AND FOUND A CAST OEM PISTON ???




DONT THINK THATS A GOOD IDEA THE DIFFERENCE WAS A 100gms BETWEEN THE OEM AND THE FORGED NOT A LOT BUT AT  80 MILES AN HOUR ITS A WONDER IT DIDNT KNOCK THE ARSE OUTTA IT.. GOT A NEW SET OF PISTONS TO GO IN, ITS ON 30 OVER, THE HEAD NEEDS A SKIM GOT SOME BAD MARKS AROUND WERE THE GASKET BLEW MAY BE THE REASON WHY ITS HAD A PISTON IN THE BACK BEEN RUNNING A BIT HOT.




DID SOME SHOTS OF BOON'S A65 CAFE RACER