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we know for certain the 450/480 were same base gaskets, parts fish tells us that. if you compare photos of 480/500 jugs on ebay they look the same as far as studs are concearned. the whole base mating surface looks almost the same to me. i do see some slight shape differences mainly at the boost ports but i dont see that to be a problem at all. we are only concearned with wether 450/480 jug goes on the 500 cases and i do believe they do. one thing that stands out to me is the 500 transfer port area seems to bow outward more than the 480, maybe its just camera illusions. might take some grinding to get everything matched up perfect. welding may even be involved, hell i really dont know for sure.
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so ya, i brought down the 450 today, Its different, by a ways.
The gasket surface at the base of the transfers will contact a watercooled crankcase by 1.5-2mm with that finned cylinder hanging inside the wet cases, and even the 500 fin cases. The studs are a long ways off, 12 and 11mm. It would have been alot easier to have gone with the '84 500 parts, theres some serious hours or welding and machine work to get that cylinder adapted to the cases, nevermind the pipe flange not working, the reed being small and no doubt there isnt a boot that will work proper.
This is another post based on nothing but bullshit and theory confirming yes Clyde you're a douche and you talked this guy into parts he wont be able to make fit.
The gasket surface at the base of the transfers will contact a watercooled crankcase by 1.5-2mm with that finned cylinder hanging inside the wet cases, and even the 500 fin cases. The studs are a long ways off, 12 and 11mm. It would have been alot easier to have gone with the '84 500 parts, theres some serious hours or welding and machine work to get that cylinder adapted to the cases, nevermind the pipe flange not working, the reed being small and no doubt there isnt a boot that will work proper.
This is another post based on nothing but bullshit and theory confirming yes Clyde you're a douche and you talked this guy into parts he wont be able to make fit.
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Ha dang, no love lost around here huh?
Roosty, I have researched a lot of your tech stuff and know you know your shit so I dont want you to take my questions as me questioning your knowledge, just me trying the what when were and why. I looked into this swap a bunch of different places and didnt find much. So if anything my mistakes and ya'lls collective knowledge might document what works, what wont and why it wont.
Anyways simple question first. The exhaust flange shouldnt be a problem. I would use the 480 flange and I am going to build a custom pipe since this is being built for the street. Probably an old downpipe style.
Same thing with the boot. I figure the 480 reed cage, with the 480 intake boot, with a PWK, and a Pod filter feeding it no airbox.
Now comparing the 480 to the fin 500 there are still major differences? I pulled my 85 motor from storage and my cylinder should come in around fri and I can post some pics and see more of what you are talking about.
Does it look like the 500 fin to wet cases would be a pretty involved feat as well? If it starts getting into the really expensive high end machine work kind of thing I might just sell some stuff and try and get in the market for a 500 fin complete motor.
Roosty, I have researched a lot of your tech stuff and know you know your shit so I dont want you to take my questions as me questioning your knowledge, just me trying the what when were and why. I looked into this swap a bunch of different places and didnt find much. So if anything my mistakes and ya'lls collective knowledge might document what works, what wont and why it wont.
Anyways simple question first. The exhaust flange shouldnt be a problem. I would use the 480 flange and I am going to build a custom pipe since this is being built for the street. Probably an old downpipe style.
Same thing with the boot. I figure the 480 reed cage, with the 480 intake boot, with a PWK, and a Pod filter feeding it no airbox.
Now comparing the 480 to the fin 500 there are still major differences? I pulled my 85 motor from storage and my cylinder should come in around fri and I can post some pics and see more of what you are talking about.
Does it look like the 500 fin to wet cases would be a pretty involved feat as well? If it starts getting into the really expensive high end machine work kind of thing I might just sell some stuff and try and get in the market for a 500 fin complete motor.
The 84 500 cylinder will bolt right on your 85. Get a 84 cylinder and head. Roosty you got any pics of Jeff Thomas's twin it is watercooled finer
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alrite that all sounds good, you've got ambition. now i dont want to kill it for you but you're also going to put a cylinder with port timing meant for 76mm stroke on a 79mm stroke bottomend. You'll need a deck spacer forsure, which might help in the blending of the transfer port area (which is extremely bad right now) but you're going to have issues with the port timing.
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I suspected it, but hadnt tried it. I knew the other stuff was a long ways off.pstoffers wrote:The 84 500 cylinder will bolt right on your 85. Get a 84 cylinder and head. Roosty you got any pics of Jeff Thomas's twin it is watercooled finer
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If this is correct (no offence) Then I will have a 480 cylinder and head in the classified section for a good price if anyone is looking. I didnt think the 84 would bolt right up. If so then I probably lost a bit of money but still have the majority of the parts for the project in handpstoffers wrote:The 84 500 cylinder will bolt right on your 85. Get a 84 cylinder and head. Roosty you got any pics of Jeff Thomas's twin it is watercooled finer
I was looking for the bore x stroke on the internet and couldnt find it! I knew that if the bores were the same the stroke had to be shorter or the displacment wouldnt be the same (duh).Roostius_Maximus wrote:alrite that all sounds good, you've got ambition. now i dont want to kill it for you but you're also going to put a cylinder with port timing meant for 76mm stroke on a 79mm stroke bottomend. You'll need a deck spacer forsure, which might help in the blending of the transfer port area (which is extremely bad right now) but you're going to have issues with the port timing.
I can see all this is dumb if the 500 fin is way close and the 480 is way off. So I guess the first step of this swap has been nailed down.
step #1. Get a 500 finner cylinder. lol
The 84 is the same crank, rod and piston as 85-88
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My bad 84-86 ROD same crank - rod length 84-01 is that better Brit?britincali wrote:How can the rod length be that same when they changed in 87?pstoffers wrote:The 84 is the same crank, rod and piston as 85-88
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its stil wrong
84-86 short rod
87-01 long rod
84-86 short rod
87-01 long rod
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Thats what I said same crank - the rod lenghtRoostius_Maximus wrote:its stil wrong
84-86 short rod
87-01 long rod
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I figured this project is getting kicked to the side because now Im wanting to use this motor in an AF. Unfortunatly I had already orderd and 84 topend complete with slightly used piston. Might be a running topend, might not Im going to post pics of the bore and see what ya'll think. Anyways the motor had been sitting for 12 years and I was unpleasantly suprised that in the very small amount of time it had been run the piston damged the cylinder. So I will be making another thread adressing the motor because I have some questions.
Anyway since the jug was off and the piston was junk I went ahead and tried out the fin cylinder. Just like pstoffers siad, it bolted right up So since I didnt want to do maintance on my 250, I was curious to see if the now larger motor would fit into my frame. Sure enough it does. I think this bike looks way mean and has the potential to be cooler than Roland Sands CR5.
I do not know what the immediate future holds for this bike. Any money I am putting into 500 stufff will be for the motor to run it in the AF or into a roller itself. But If I have all the parts rounded up and it just take some metal work and shit to make this thing good enough for a little ripping around to see what its like then I might do it.
Worse case scenario it will get put in the corner and when I come across a tired short rod motor it might get some money thrown at it.
Anyway since the jug was off and the piston was junk I went ahead and tried out the fin cylinder. Just like pstoffers siad, it bolted right up So since I didnt want to do maintance on my 250, I was curious to see if the now larger motor would fit into my frame. Sure enough it does. I think this bike looks way mean and has the potential to be cooler than Roland Sands CR5.
I do not know what the immediate future holds for this bike. Any money I am putting into 500 stufff will be for the motor to run it in the AF or into a roller itself. But If I have all the parts rounded up and it just take some metal work and shit to make this thing good enough for a little ripping around to see what its like then I might do it.
Worse case scenario it will get put in the corner and when I come across a tired short rod motor it might get some money thrown at it.
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Thanks guys. My watercooled cylinder is roached. I have no idea what I want to do. I want an AF bike really bad, but am financially way closer to having a cool bike to thrash around on back roads with. Who knows.Gmbond wrote:I love the look too!
Just imagine a great big downpipe tucking under the frame and I like it even more!
My main hurdle that would not carry over to an AF is going to be building a bitchin downpipe for this thing. I have read all kinds of info on pipe building and am kinda intimidated by it, but I kind of want to tackle this because I cant afford to have one built.
I purchased a program called "2 stroke wizard pro 3" and it is supposed to compute a pipe design based off of motor, desired power characteristics, port size ect. My plan was to have this program design my expansion chamber, build it in CAD, then print templates to cut my sheet metal with. Once that was done tack it together on on the bike make sure it fits then take it to a welder to finish it off so I dont warp it and pull it all over the place with heat.
Anyone have any experince with pipe building or using this program? would this be how to tackle it?
I would bet a good welder could modify an old high style factory pipe to go under the frame.
Cheap and effective. The old style stock pipes always ran the best in my experience.
Cheap and effective. The old style stock pipes always ran the best in my experience.
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