Ran into a snag maybe and need some advice. I was looking around on the net and just happend to stumble across my buggy before I bought it. He joined another buggy site to asked questions about the buggy. He is asking about gas but says things that raised my eyebrow. He talks about adding a bottom gasket. I will copy and paste from another site along with a link.
I have a fl250 with some kind of race motor (( Internal Combustion Engine ? )) in it. i was told to use race gas and premium mix. because of my high compression other have told me to use airplane gas. any ideasWhats the actual PSI it has?
not sure it was over 120 then the guy that worked on it found that it had no base gaskets never told me what it was after he put a fl350 gasket in. All i know it is ported all to hell and i don't have the tools to checkYou need to know the PSI at the least. Get,buy, or borrow a gauge. Ports help flow a lil more but not the actual compression.
If it had no base gasket, the porting was probably set up to that. Adding the gasket will raise the ports and shift the RPMs it wants to run at upward. It would also lower the compression. If you test the compression and it is high, but would prefer not to run race fuel, I would remove the base gasket and use anaerobic gasket maker there. Then put in a thicker head gasket to lower the compression.
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Okay I am thinking they set it up with no gasket. I have the contact info to Calvin Pollet. He worked for Cammex Racing in the 80's. So I emailed him. This is what was said.
I would have a little concern that the base gasket is aligned with the case and cylinder, but if it is running ok it must not be hanging into the tunnels too badly.
I would be a little concerned that the distance between the head and the piston, (the squish) is correctly setup, since at one time it was setup without a base gasket, and now it has one it could be a little out on the squish.
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So what to do now? The motor (( Internal Combustion Engine ? )) seems to run fine. BUT I have only driving it up my street like in the vid a few times. He said fl350 gasket? Maybe he ment fl250? Start with taking compression test right? Take the gasket out? Or run it?
Well he also posted some pics from a year or so ago. The good thing is the origianl radiator is in these pics. It has the same beadlock wheels now but he put new tires on it. He also cut that radiator off and added some little cheap thing. I do not think even this is the original radiator setup. it looks odd and if you look on at the pics you can see 3 tabs on the frame. I bet the original rad was there. that's how they are in the mag pics as well. Hmmm
Here is the before pics. (ported all to hell? I liked reading that Hehe :) I am hoping this little buggy should rip pretty good. Beem told is more than likly a Class 3 Odyssey with open class 360cc Cammex Racing Products Engine. But only way to know for sure is to take the head off.