pazsion
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- Aug 9, 2008
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richmond,
Virginia
I've put some thought into this as well..
small gains can sometimes bring light to the bigger picture... overall performance..and where you want to see improvements...
The only reason i have not is money, and not finding the correct titanium alloy for the job.. titanium alone is way too brittle for repeated shock loads... unless it's combined with other materials...
the piston rods, crank, flywheel, clutch, the tranny and axles and lug bolts.. are subjected to all kinds of shock forces.. torque shock.. just all kinds of places a metals ability to stretch and bend and take sudden and great ammounts of forces..
these places are in need of special concerns to work properly and endure..but will gain noticeable diffreneces in weight and "performance" or overall operation of the motor..and getting that power to the earth..materials with less flex or twist, you will feel a significant change in how quickly it seems that power is released to the earth/road
for example.. high-carbon steel oem cv axles vs carbonfiber or a diffrent grade material.. used.. some people notice that the steel bolts they used at the receiving end would shear off.. or spinning wheels and breaking traction was alot easier.. xD
It wont be worth doing if, it won't last long enough to enjoy those gains tho.
when messing with rotational mass, and balance of the crankshaft.. takeing out those areas of weight could lead to a severely out of balanced crankshaft.. and would be more serious then simply mild discomfort due to rough idle and vibrations... the whole crankshaft would need to be rebalanced.. and customized.. just because those points of weight have changed drastically.. but this is my theory.. until someone bolts stuff together and spins the assembly @ extream speeds to test it.. we won't know xD until we try it
small gains can sometimes bring light to the bigger picture... overall performance..and where you want to see improvements...
The only reason i have not is money, and not finding the correct titanium alloy for the job.. titanium alone is way too brittle for repeated shock loads... unless it's combined with other materials...
the piston rods, crank, flywheel, clutch, the tranny and axles and lug bolts.. are subjected to all kinds of shock forces.. torque shock.. just all kinds of places a metals ability to stretch and bend and take sudden and great ammounts of forces..
these places are in need of special concerns to work properly and endure..but will gain noticeable diffreneces in weight and "performance" or overall operation of the motor..and getting that power to the earth..materials with less flex or twist, you will feel a significant change in how quickly it seems that power is released to the earth/road
for example.. high-carbon steel oem cv axles vs carbonfiber or a diffrent grade material.. used.. some people notice that the steel bolts they used at the receiving end would shear off.. or spinning wheels and breaking traction was alot easier.. xD
It wont be worth doing if, it won't last long enough to enjoy those gains tho.
when messing with rotational mass, and balance of the crankshaft.. takeing out those areas of weight could lead to a severely out of balanced crankshaft.. and would be more serious then simply mild discomfort due to rough idle and vibrations... the whole crankshaft would need to be rebalanced.. and customized.. just because those points of weight have changed drastically.. but this is my theory.. until someone bolts stuff together and spins the assembly @ extream speeds to test it.. we won't know xD until we try it