Full Version: Up In Smoke
looking for a good machine shop that is fast and dependable my daughters 400 is blowing clouds of white smoke and burnin up oil real bad i need to have the cylnder bored /piston and valve job before pres weekend! any where in san diego
Where you at?
Hmmm...that I don't know 
I knmow racers toy store does boring, but i dont know if they will do the whole bike. I mean take the whole bike and dod the valves. And do you know if the cylinder needs to be nikasiled? some bikes use it some dont
no its not nikosiled it std and needs a bore ,and yes i have it all apart to save time,money
You can try Fox Engine Works in Alpine, ask for Allen 619-445-1415. Tell him when you need it and see if he can do it in time.
Hey Ripster,
Bummer on the 400ex. I have friends that recommend Allen Fox also.
Bummer on the 400ex. I have friends that recommend Allen Fox also.
saw you circiling this weekend should have stopped for a 
and jumped in line. did some sweet hi speed duning.
and jumped in line. did some sweet hi speed duning.
Alba bored my wife's cylinder for her blaster the same day I dropped it off. Might want to call them, and see if they are busy.
thanks everone bit the bullet and went to alba its right down the street from work and the cylnder was nikoseal and it could not be bored and the cost to bore and resleeve was as much as a new cylnder---sucks so after 853.00 bucks and a new cylnder and piston gasket and valve job the bummer is i still have to put it together dam bikes keep taken my dough for my supercharger for the car! 
Damn, you could of picked up a new engine of ebay for a few buck more. Good luck with the rebuild. Allen Fox does great work. WOuld of suggested Samcoe, if he was still in business!!!
I heard samcoe is still in business. just working out of his garage now.
| QUOTE (RIPSTER @ Jan 31 2005, 07:35 PM) |
| thanks everone bit the bullet and went to alba its right down the street from work and the cylnder was nikoseal and it could not be bored and the cost to bore and resleeve was as much as a new cylnder---sucks so after 853.00 bucks and a new cylnder and piston gasket and valve job the bummer is i still have to put it together dam bikes keep taken my dough for my supercharger for the car! |
Uh, I just built a 426 for my brother and the cylinders are not nikasil'd. Unless you have had it bored already, they should of bored it for you. This just adds to the BS I have been fed my Alba.
wht exactly is nikasiling? is it like chroming? well im trying to ask is it dipped into a liquid and it smooths out the cylinder? or what?
racers toy store would of been a cheap way to go, it cost like $35 or something like that to bore my cylinder, then $185 or so to nikasil and they bored my cylinder the same day i brought it in. Most of the time was nikasiling.
Oh and whoever told you that needs a kick in the hiney, you should go and complain about that person. Because it doesnt matter if its nikasiled or not. You can still bore it. My stock cylinder off my Z was bored out and then re-nikasiled.
racers toy store would of been a cheap way to go, it cost like $35 or something like that to bore my cylinder, then $185 or so to nikasil and they bored my cylinder the same day i brought it in. Most of the time was nikasiling.
Oh and whoever told you that needs a kick in the hiney, you should go and complain about that person. Because it doesnt matter if its nikasiled or not. You can still bore it. My stock cylinder off my Z was bored out and then re-nikasiled.
Nikasil from what I understand just makes the cylinder walls very slippery but very tough. Not supposed to wear out as quick as a regular cylinder.
| QUOTE (SHOCKER @ Feb 3 2005, 07:31 PM) |
| Oh and whoever told you that needs a kick in the hiney, you should go and complain about that person. Because it doesnt matter if its nikasiled or not. You can still bore it. My stock cylinder off my Z was bored out and then re-nikasiled. |
Did you even read what he said? he said it was cheaper to buy a new cylinder than to bore and renick it. If it is infact nikasil coated, then that may very well be true. According to you, it was $35 to bore, and $185 to renick yours. A brand new cylinder for my yfz, from Yamaha is $170. Therefore, what they told him could very well be true.
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