GT250 Cafe - Build Experiment

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:42 pm

Yes, but the welding for say a mounting plate like yours might obviate the need for welding the boxes as well.

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:19 am

tz375 wrote:Yes, but the welding for say a mounting plate like yours might obviate the need for welding the boxes as well.

Yes thats true .

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:19 am

Tom , any updates on your project ?

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:37 pm

Suzukidave wrote:Tom , any updates on your project ?

Let's see...

8/8 - Drive from Ohio to house in Georgia
8/9 & 8/10 - Pack house in Georgia
8/11 - Movers have truck trouble...late...pack only 1/2 of house
8/12 - Movers back pack almost rest of house...leave some items behind...Jump in van and Explorer pulling trailer with H2, GT250, GT750, and H2 JB Weld Special
8/13 - Arrive at apartment in Ohio @ 1AM..At work at 7AM...Leave at 7PM
8/14 - Arrive at work at 7AM...Get call at noon...movers at new house...go home to unload
8/15 - Borrow 16ft truck from work...load up apartment including GT250 cafe, two H2 engines, and two GT750 engines...Unload at new house
8/16 - Go to apartment and get last stuff...fill Explorer and van...Clean apartment...pressure wash garage floor...run to house...mow grass to keep neighborhood association off my a$$...
8/17 - At work at 7AM...Get call at 10AM...They want me in Columbia, SC for a meeting tomorrow to present to the DC Lottery...12:15PM leave house....9:40PM Check into Columbia SC Hilton... NOTE: Mark (m in sc) - That was me southbound on 77 in the blue Prius about 8:45 that honked the horn twice as I passed through Rock Hill....
8/18 - Do presentation...Leave Columbia SC and drive to our offices in Duluth GA...arrive at 5PM...Meet with boss and Software head until 6:30PM...Currently sitting in my room in the Johns Creek Hilton typing this INSTEAD OF WORKING ON THIS PROJECT!!!!!!!!

NEXT DAMN QUESTION!!!!!

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:04 pm

Tom,
So you have let life get in the way of a perfectly good project eh?

Hopefully things will start to settle down a bit and allow you more time for life.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:25 pm

Chill out Tom. Things will smooth out soon. Transitions are always a bitch for a while.
Cure for the blues is 3 ice cubes, 2 ounces of burboun (or scotch if you prefer) and 2 ounces of lemon lime soda. Straight Canadian Club over a few cubes works even better.

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:55 am

Uh .. i guess thats a no

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:08 am

Meant it jokingly Dave... Weekends should start looking better shortly as the boxes get unpacked.... I promise!!!!

Tom

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:57 pm

I could tell you were a bit stressed

but i saw the smilee faces at the bottom to let me know you might have been blowing off a little steam but all was good . I know how life can get in the way of fun things .. i still look forward to your updates on your project

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:16 pm

Dave,

I have been looking at my reed motor project again and it looks like a whole lot easier to to copy Tom's approach (in a modified form).

It would make the welding process two steps rather than one - plates on blocks and flat face on block. I may just have to borrow that idea.

Now where the heck is that cylinder block hiding?

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:16 am

Teaser , i am going to start a new topic line about 750 reeds rather that taking over Toms topic . In the performance section .

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:57 pm

Dave

Sounds like a plan.

Jughead · Post by **Jughead** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:19 pm

Hey Tom? Wanna trade Jobs a while? I think I can Straighten your Company up a Bit.

markdam · Post by **markdam** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:10 pm

please give us an update im waitng with baited breath

heres some pics and vid from our annual 2stroke show a few susys a gt750 and a handfull of gamma 400 and 500

http://s497.photobucket.com/albums/rr33 ... =slideshow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMpB04WPhWI

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:34 pm

I have been playing with the calipers and some porting software...plus some spec research....

Picked up a third brand new 553M05400 Wiseco piston kit for an outrageous $25 plus shipping... I have three of them now and I think I have less than $150 in all three w/rings, pins, and shipping... The power of not being in a hurry on eBay...

I ordered a couple spec bearings for the crank that are NLA or $$$... I will need to machine the dowel recesses in the outer races when they arrive this week...will do that on a Bridgeport...

Will finally break down and order a TIG this week...to replace the MIG stolen from my GA house...

Have decided to go with smaller 6-pedal reeds (Polaris)... Same reeds as I now have on the H2 Special... A tad narrower and will not overhang the cylinder stud spacing... The larger ones (since I got 3 in the deal) will move over to the "re-birth" of the JB Weld H2 Special sans JB Weld... I'll be using the TIG for both projects...

Other than that, the roller is still sitting in the garage untouched for a couple months....

Tom