Edelbrock heads

[peasea]

only thing is you are either gonna have to block off the head breathers or modify your rocker boxes to use them , i did the modification but she tends to blow a little bit of oil out the aircleaner but i thought that less crankcase pressure is better so why not , have had the moter together now for 11000km and no problems other than the afor mentioned breather problem , on our SI trip in feb i was getting around the 50mpg so i am very happy , one thing i was told by Doug Hayes properly warm your engine before riding or you will crack your heads

Doug's no fool, we stayed the night at his place the other week, on the bourbon, talked a whole load of bollocks but a good night anyway. He and Erin are great people.

My breather comes from the back of the crankcase, not the heads. I used to get a few drips from the stock air filter deal so switched to a teardrop arrangement (much like the S&S setup) and nothing changed. I then re-routed the tube to a seperate breather filter, which I mounted under the oil tank on the PRIMARY side and voila! No more drips and it's been like that for about fifteen thousand k's. Not a drop! I live in hope that the current system will suffice when I switch heads.

I don't doubt your 80hp claim with your combination; why not get Doug's boys to check it out on the dyno at R&S?

PS: Warm everything up first, from your bike to your missus.

[bernardf]

i will have to get me a catch tank at some stage but it isn't a major
i find that the missus warms up quick on the back of the bike
will have to put the bike on the dyno one of these days , would definately go to R&S as opposed to the crowd in Auckland , them Hamiltonions are a friendly bunch and helpful too