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Post by chanito on Nov 15, 2005 6:02:27 GMT -5
Retrofitting the new style PCV system to older ruckus would be very expensive as it involves, the new PCV solenoid valve and reed valve part from under the seat, the new chain tensioner, the air filter housing, the hoses plus a new ECM and harness
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Post by chanito on Nov 19, 2005 8:44:44 GMT -5
Question.- I keep hearing that you need to break in your motor with mineral oil before switching to synthetic, Why? Answer.- when you machine a cylinder you leave a cross hatch pattern in the cylinder wall, these are a bunch of valleys and peaks, they are important because the oil will remain in the valleys and keep everything lubricated, the rings will ride over the peaks and wear them to a nice smooth surface, and the wear will stop and they will enjoy a long happy relationship, however synthetic oil will promote something call glazing, which is the rolling of the peaks into the valleys, filling them up, and make the cylinder wall too smooth for any oil to stick to the surface therefore creating a wear problem and an oil consumption problem, and the only way to fix it is to take the engine apart and using a tool call a cylinder hone, grind some peaks and valleys back into the cylinder wall, and start this all over again, so break in any new or just machine engine with mineral oil, for about 1k kilometer or 600 miles before switching to synthetic
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Post by wickedsf on Nov 20, 2005 0:03:36 GMT -5
Q: Can I install a aftermarket exhaust made for another scooter? Example Leo Vince for Yamaha Zuma. I know I have to cut and weld. Would it make a difference in performance? Waste of time & $$?
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Post by chanito on Nov 20, 2005 9:55:59 GMT -5
Answer.- Yes you can adapt an exaust made for another scooter, but remember the ruckus is a 4cycle engine, most scooters including the zuma are 2cycles, so the scooter will have to be a 4cycle also, because 2cycle and 4cycle exhaust need are very different, a 2cycle exhaust will be extremelly restrictive in a 4cycle engine killing your power
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Post by chanito on Nov 30, 2005 21:18:19 GMT -5
I keep reading that the ruckus have a CD ignition, and sometimes you mention it like it is the chutzpas 8-)The ignition coil is a very important part of an engine and has change very little, but it has change, most modern coils are the transformer type now, way more reliable than the old oil cooled cans of yesterdays, the job of the coil is to transform the battery voltage into a voltage high enough to ionize the gap of the spark plug and create a spark that ignites the mixture, it uses two sets of windings, one call the primary gets the volt into the 250 volts range and the larger call the secondary winding that get the voltage into the 30-40k volts, there is two ways to get the secondary into producing the high voltages; one is the inductive trigger and the other is the capacitor triggered one, in the first (inductive) you cut the power to the primary, collapsing the magnetic field forcing the secondary into kicking the voltage up, most single coil cars use this system, racing people use a different system to fire the spark, they use the capacitor discharge system (nice name eh?) they use a capacitor to store and step up voltage (to 250-300 volts) and using an electric gate send that voltage to the primary winding, creating a sudden magnetic field which creates a very high voltage in the secondary which is so powerful a spark would be create in the combustion chamber even if the spark plug is very bad, because that spark is WAY MORE INTENSE, but it last only about 200 microseconds (a conventional induced spark is less intense but last up to 1800 microseconds) and the control at high engine speed is great, the high end MSD system have 6 different capacitor so they can create 6 very intense rapid fire sparks. The main difference between these two systems is that in the inductive discharge system, primary current flow is turned "OFF" to produce the secondary voltage surge to fire the plug, and in the capacitor discharge system, primary current flow is increase to produce the secondary voltage needed for the spark, the capacitor system is way more reliable and easy to control its only disadvantage is the short duration of the spark, which on a cold engine will not burn the mixture completely (that is why the cold rucki have that fuel smell), so we need a multiple discharge system
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Post by Kami no Chiizu on Dec 3, 2005 18:50:33 GMT -5
What's a chutzpas?
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Post by Dandy Dan on Dec 3, 2005 20:23:51 GMT -5
Good question! Chanito? Kami and Chanito: You guys need to add "Proud Member of the 1000 Posts Club' into your signature like I have. Chanito can also add the 1500 posts club. The rest of you guys can just keep trying to imagine the fantastic deals we get from the Battlescooter Store.
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Post by Kami no Chiizu on Dec 3, 2005 20:38:01 GMT -5
Hey, I think Godlike Ruckster says it all for me.
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Post by chanito on Dec 4, 2005 13:49:53 GMT -5
When my kids were younger they use to called anything that was awesome or super nice the chutzpas, i thought everyone in that generation used, so i used, maybe my spelling is wrong
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Post by Kami no Chiizu on Dec 4, 2005 18:38:19 GMT -5
Your kids are weird.
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Post by chanito on Dec 4, 2005 22:34:04 GMT -5
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Post by chanito on Dec 8, 2005 21:18:14 GMT -5
What is the proper way to break-in an engine? Every one has its own way to break-in an engine, i have try a lot of different ways, some are better than others, but this is the one i think is the best, i used to built draggster engines and they break-in different, so forget all that my friend built race engines and he breaks them this way mambo jumbo, so i will explain MY WAY AND WHY I DO IT THIS WAY, rings when brand new are not perfectly round but oval shaped, also they relay on the gas pressure between the ring and the piston to seal against the cylinder wall, the spring tension alone is not enough, so they need to move freely in the groove and be perfectly round, that is what break-in is all about. First, stay away from synthetics during break-in Second, avoid short trips, that will not allow the engine to warm-up fully just ride your scooter normally and try to keep changing the engine speed, do some full throttle accelerations while riding (this sudden increase on engine speed will push the rings against the cylinder wall) this should help making those rings round, changing the engine speed will allow the rings to rotate slightly in their grooves keeping them free and allowing a new surface to ride against the cylinder wall keeping the wear even, riding it until it is fully warm up, will make the engine warm all over avoiding any cold spots which might cause problems later, so do not be afraid to go full out once in a while, actually do it regularly, just do not stay full blast for too long (like 5 minutes, good luck finding a place were you can do it for that long) and remember to keep changing the speed, which is what i find the hardest to do during break-in, if you follow this, you should be done with break-in at the 600 miles or 1k kilometers, but to stay on the safe side wait until your third oil change to switch to synthetic oil, so that is chanito break-in method
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Post by ZoomZoom on Dec 8, 2005 22:48:01 GMT -5
Another fine chapter with interesting point of views. Chanito, do you use synthetic oil now or just change your oil often?
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Post by chanito on Dec 11, 2005 22:58:28 GMT -5
I just use regular oil, i change my oil every 600 miles, because we do not have oil filter i change the oil often, and since i use regular oil every oil change is just 70 cents
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'05 Ruckus, '97 Polaris 400L 4X4
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Post by ZoomZoom on Dec 12, 2005 1:09:20 GMT -5
Same here. I just checked my oil after aprox 300 miles and it was high and still smell of gas, something is definately wrong. I wonder if I will be able to get this fix under warranty now?
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Post by Dandy Dan on Dec 12, 2005 7:48:26 GMT -5
70 Cents??? You get a whole jug for 5$?? Here a cheap jug is about 12-15$ and a good one like Mobil 1 is 35$.
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Post by chanito on Dec 12, 2005 20:00:20 GMT -5
I work on a dealer so a quart is 89 cents, but is about a dollars at the autoparts
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Post by ace1969 on Dec 13, 2005 9:28:16 GMT -5
$1.29 - $2.00 a quart for regular oil around here depending on brand and store. I have never looked at synthetic.
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Post by ace1969 on Dec 13, 2005 19:53:40 GMT -5
By the way the front axle is just a long 10mm bolt Does this mean we can get stronger bolts from the hardware store to replace the stock ones with?
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Post by chanito on Dec 13, 2005 21:20:28 GMT -5
Yes we can get a better quality fastener from an airplane supply company ;D ;D
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