Todd#43

Nice looking Monster. Does Doug have the bike now or what? Like to hear the rest of that story. I was in touch with Bruce and Doug back in my Ducati Days, but I haven't played in that stuff for a few years now.

Nice. Did Bruce build it for you? What exactly did you have done?

5% to 7% loss through the driveline is pretty typical. BTW, Jeff at CR rode my duc....ask him about it.

If that's a crank number, he's not doing too bad.

I'll get some pics of the stuff when I get to the shop. Flounder, the mills are all between 5 and 10 years old. Spec's are here: http://www.hhrobertsmachinery.com/Man_Machines/Knee_Mills/3-GL/3-gl.html The Roberts machines have power drawbars, powerfeed on X and digital readouts on X, Y and the quill. and here: http://www.bpt.com/index.asp?pageID=63&prodID=56 The Enco is a copy of the Bridgeport, but the quality isnt there.

Regardless if its 20% or 90% the amount of power gained for the money spent/ amount of work was not worth it and for it to only last one season is almost insane. I mean if you want to play the numbers game then yes 20% looks like a lot of improvment but its only 9hp. In comparison to Rustys stock bike on a different dyno with different atmospheric conditions there wasnt much difference in power and we also havent seen your graph on how smooth the delivery was, any bike can be tuned to full kill all the time and not be really safe on the AF side. The point of this thread isnt how much HP he made but how much rideability he gained, the graph is smooth and all the throttle positions were tuned for better throttle response and smoother power delivery..... not a numbers pissing contest. Woah dude....step away from the crack pipe. This was a 748cc v-twin motor putting out over 20 RWHP than a stock motor, and you're not impressed? WTF? It also put out more HP than a bike with 33% MORE displacement. What would it take for you to add 20-25% more to your bike? Would it last a full roadrace season? When I say it "would last a whole season" doesnt mean that it blows up the last race of the year. Typical ducati maintenance was needed at the end of each season...valve adj. etc. I've got some more news for ya, punkin - this was a roadrace bike, not a drag bike. Nice power delivery throughout the range - not just on top. I didn't post the numbers to make this a pissing contest. I only posted it to show that at 104 his bike isn't making what it could be making. Fucks sake, it isn't even making what it SHOULD make. Brian may well have done a fine job tuning it and it may well be more rideable, but that doesn't mean its right. THAT's all I'm saying.

Depends on what you're interested in. Make me an offer and we can go from there. By the way, I'm not delivering anything, so you'd have to move them yourself.

Anyone looking for a Bridgeport type mill? Let me know, I have four that I'd like to get rid of. Two of them are HH Roberts 3HP variable speed heads, 10" x 50" tables One is an Enco, 3HP step head One is a Bridgeport, 9 x 42 table, Variable Speed head. All are in good shape. I also have two surface grinders, a 3B-48 Devlieg, and some miscellaneous band saws that have to go also. Machines are in Akron, Ohio. PM me if you want more details.

That's roughly a 20% improvement over stock, and the motor would last a whole season. I'd say that's pretty impressive. What? The bike had 250cc less displacement than your 996, and made more HP with nearly as much torque. How can you compare that to yours and feel ok with what you're getting? I'm sure your bike is better now than it was before the tuning, but if you're only getting 104 I still think you have some issues.

Good info. Actually, I forgot about the 6.0 issues. We had one at MPH for a while and finally traded it in on a Duramax. Nice truck. I've found a few in the low 200k mileage range for under $10K. I think I might go look at some this weekend.

Ok...I'll bite...why? While I'm on the subject, how many miles is "too many" on one of these? I've been seeing plenty of them with over 200k for decent money. Is that a problem?

Basically I want a diesel, 13,000 pound GVW. Everything else is negotiable. Shoot me a PM with the details.

And you cant even see the sexiest bits in that pic I'll post some more from home later.

My bad...it was only 106HP/55FTLBS, on pump gas running a little fat. I can't find the sheet for the U4 map. Not Brian's dyno. Basically, it was a Corse SS build. Pankl Ti rods, RS Pistons, 1mm over valves, Corse "G" grind cams, Corse rockers and springs, fully ported Corse head (radius valve job), degreed cams, 916 throttle bodies, Arrow Ti Full system, custom mapped power commander.

Sounds like a very ill 996.

It was 104 and change. I can't see it now either. Kinda weak, if you ask me. I had a 748 that put 113 at the tire.

I'm in Northern Ohio, but I'd drive a bit for the right deal.

Ok, its a long shot, but I thought I'd ask here anyway... Anyone have (or know anyone) that has a 1 ton Diesel pick up for sale? I'd prefer a four door dually, but I'd be open to whatever is out there.

I've been around. Moving my business this month, so work has me kinda covered up.

No kidding? How about being a little more specific? Still running the "stage 2" jets and the 48 holes in the air box?

So, what did you do?

+1 I spent the whole weekend formatting and reloading mine. Good Luck, MrB