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That looks fantastic. Well done.
The little KTMs are pretty damn cool. I had to hunt to find this older one for a decent price. The new ones are $$$$$$$$Off topic: Damn, even little 50's are full blown racers these days. I had to pull start my first bike and it only had a rear brake.
Nice rack. I’m sure everyone was staring at it as you rolled through hammertown
Looks sick. Could you have run the clamps the other way - with the bolt outside the peg where the little down hook is, that way you didn't need to fully unbolt and rebolt every time you could just loosen enough to swing the detent out of the peg?So got this done-ish. Straps don't do much other than stop a slight chatter front to back that the peg clamps don't catch- the clamps are doing most of the work and it doesn't move at all. Added some plating on the sides when the lower 45 was, and had a piece of bonus scrap lying around so I figured what the heck, I'll throw a tiny gusset on there too. I haven't welded with flux in a while and it turns out I'm shitty at it(I kept getting lost in the smoke)., but the whole thing passed me jumping up and down on the tray, so it should be fine for an 80 lb bike.
Definitely could have, but running the bolt through the peg made me feel a little less nervous about the whole setup. Like even if the hook somehow cracked at the weld the bolts would stop the whole thing from immediately sliding offLooks sick. Could you have run the clamps the other way - with the bolt outside the peg where the little down hook is, that way you didn't need to fully unbolt and rebolt every time you could just loosen enough to swing the detent out of the peg?
40s, 4.88 in axles (but I still have a set of 5.13s I've been lagging on installing), Atlas 4.3:1 tcase(no temp issues in low range though), 700r4 with whatever standard gearing it's supposed to have in it. Previous owner has polished the turd with shift kit, TC lockup switches, and two tranny coolers with electric fans on them. Not sure what sort of TC is in it.Remind us of your current arrangement/ gearing?
Intriguing idea. Are there any tricks other than just adding bigger tranny coolers?Add more cooling. You can cool the living hell out of a transmission for a fraction of the time, effort and money of a 4500 swap.
Since you already like how well your combo works this seems like the obvious solution.
Fantastic. We had that thing loaded down with as much chit and people as we could fit (5 seats filled, two folded down for more luggage/wine), and a full trailer (jeep + my little 125 and my son's 50). It handled it like a champ. I did a test run where I noticed the rear springs were sagging pretty hard, so I did throw on a load distribution hitch and that got us sitting only ~1/2" lower in the rear.Random tangent, how does the Expedition tow, and handle mom duties? It's on our short list of new cars for my wife.
Either add more cooler or move more air. At the end of the day you need more air to contact (sort of, there's metal in between) your trans fluid.Intriguing idea. Are there any tricks other than just adding bigger tranny coolers?
Also I think what really bugs me is I know there are people putting down more power with no heat issues. I guess I'm wondering if there's something fawked up with my current trans that I could fix, or if 700r4s are just dogs as some people have told me, or if there's some kind of magic formula that will help me get this thing where it needs to be.
Motor is right on the edge of getting too hot as well. Tried running water wetter this trip and that seems to keep it under control. I think part of the issue is that there's not much room for a decent radiator and coolers and all that.Either add more cooler or move more air. At the end of the day you need more air to contact (sort of, there's metal in between) your trans fluid.
How's the engine? Engine ever get warm? If the engine is pretty damn cold most of the time you could use a fluid-fluid heat exchanger to move some heat around.
They're tiny. The converter volume is huge compared to the trans volume. You hit the skinny pedal and it doesn't take long before all the fluid in the trans has been through the converter and is good and hot.
I bet there's something less than ideal about your cooling setup but that's for someone who isn't too lazy to reads the last 10 pages to find.
Deep down I like wheeling with a manual more than automatic, but I also like the idea of an auto being more user friendly as my kids get bigger and want to take a shot at driving.ass is spot on. add a couple more coolers. give that a try before going full send with nv4500. if you are truly happy with the set up other than normal driving.
i like the idea of the auto. maybe not 700r auto but your spot on on having other people drive the jeep, wife, kids, neighbor or whom ever. but the easy cooling would be manual. but if engine is getting warm you need to solve that first.
how big of rad. simple math they claim is 1 square inch = 1 HP not including the tanks. if that makes since.
oh, good point. I'll have to bust out at tape measure tonighti cant find it now but i was under the impression you measure the area of the fin and tubes. not the tanks on the side. but i think you still fine though.