zrxdean
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posted May 21, 2003 08:31 AM
eBay strikes again
BBT just arrived and delivered an old (but straight) Marvic to match my old Marchesini - $350 with rotors! A little sandblasting, powdercoating, and I'm good to go. I love ebay 
  
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Cmarsh93z
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posted May 21, 2003 08:33 AM
your happy? I couldnt tell?
I can get a RC comp drag race wheel brand new for 450
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zrxdean
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posted May 21, 2003 09:02 AM
I'm happy. This wheel is magnesium, very light. New Marvics are $1200 a set, without rotors.
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kcadby
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posted May 21, 2003 09:19 AM
What about the crank???
I think my phone is dead today...had it turned off all weekend so...I don't know if you called???
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kcadby
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posted May 21, 2003 09:20 AM
YIKES!!! good think ugly is only surface deep!!! 
...(picture didn't come up first time)...
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zrxdean
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posted May 21, 2003 09:44 AM
Yeah, yeah, I'll get it looking pretty, don't you worry :P
I called Mon night - The crank looks great - bearings too, and get this - bearings are all the same size for my old crank - so I'm hoping they will clearance OK. I just got the rod bearings today, so I will bolt it up tonite and see how they clearance. I'll call if I need something -so turn your phone on
I got the head and block back from Jerry Cooper - he put fatter copper orings in the block AND the head - to sandwich a recommended spring steel head gasket. This is how he sets up all his nitrous Gixxer water cooled motors. Seems like a lot of material to smash together, but what do I have to lose?
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your car is slow
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Fuck Nitrous...Got Boost?
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posted May 21, 2003 09:53 AM
niceeee.
I love ebay
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RAC4IT
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Bergie
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posted May 21, 2003 10:21 AM
Post the results after you clean it up, I'd like to see the before/after. Good ebay catch...
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frEEk
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ummm... yeah
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posted May 21, 2003 01:30 PM
whats the story with those rotors? u need to use different rotors with the marvic wheels? are those supposed to be lighter than ebc pro-lites etc? they kinda look like carbon surface in teh pic.
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zrxdean
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posted May 21, 2003 02:22 PM
The wheel was a HRC unit from the early 90s, the rotor carriers are magnesium, the rotors themselves are steel, but pretty light I think. You could use any rotor, but my stockers are 5-bolt, and these are 6. I'll need to fab a spacer for my caliper to line them up.
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kcadby
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posted May 22, 2003 08:53 AM
Dean...AKA...the KING of EBay!!!
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krexken
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posted May 22, 2003 08:55 AM
New rod bearings? You got that baby split in half again? Got all your new plumbing worked out? I wound up wacking an inch from the bottom of my stock pan. Short block on mine is about finished. Still cutting seats to get shims right. Bout there, finally. Nice grab on the wheel.
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zrxdean
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posted May 22, 2003 09:55 AM
Still waiting on the tank for the dry sump Ken. The Muzzy pan is a work of art, I'll post pics when it's all together. You see the sidewinder?
http://plaza.ufl.edu/sabat/sidewinder.jpg
Rod bearings took one too many baths in watery oil - scratched up the crank too. I found a used crank on ZRXOA for $135 delivered - man I coulda kissed that guy. Now I can maybe send my old one to Falicon or APE... & catch up to your displacement Good luck with your motor.
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DR JOE
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posted May 22, 2003 07:34 PM
Dean your bike looks awesome... What all have you done to her???
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zrxdean
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posted May 22, 2003 09:06 PM
Thanks Doc. Go up one level on that link and you can see more than want to know about the ZRX.
Bearings clearanced perfect - I just put the cases together and got it back in the frame - woohoo! Tomorrrow nite, jug, head, clutch, etc etc, Sat morning - SEMDRA (if all goes well please please...) Sun night - Lisboa for a conference... next week... SLEEP.....
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your car is slow
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Fuck Nitrous...Got Boost?
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posted May 22, 2003 09:11 PM
where the hell is lisboa?
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zrxdean
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posted May 23, 2003 05:50 AM
Portugal
http://emotion.ulusofona.pt/
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your car is slow
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Fuck Nitrous...Got Boost?
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posted May 23, 2003 07:03 AM
ooooOOOOO
now THAT should be a fun flight eh?
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zrxdean
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posted May 23, 2003 07:05 AM
Oh yeah, no worries about SAMs around there, oh no. 
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DR JOE
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posted May 24, 2003 08:12 AM
How do I go up one level ?? All I get is your awesom picture....
Is the sidewinder made for the Zrex???
I will take some pics of my Zrex for ya with all the winnings...hahahahah
You did what I wanted to do to mine from the start, but I street ride mine all the time so it would not be a smart move... Good luck with all the inprovements....
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kcadby
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posted May 24, 2003 06:25 PM
http://plaza.ufl.edu/sabat/
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zrxdean
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posted May 24, 2003 06:58 PM
Thanks Kevin  The sidewinder is a new Muzzy product - they did a run of 10 I think. It fit perfectly, sounds excellent (has a removable baffle I left in). It saves a lot of ground clearance (once you do away with the sump...) but doesn't leave much for leaning into right turns. Another thing I love is the loss of low end torque (wheelies), now I can leave at a higher rpm and ease into the powerband a bit. Also should free up some hp when spraying - big primary tubes, fat collector. It's a beautiful pipe.
The motor went together well - no extra parts. Ran a 6.17 @ 119 off the trailer Smokes a little tho - I should've replaced the rings. I ran a let-off 6.32 to qualify 7th in Super Gas (6.25 index) and lost in the second round, getting beat on the tree and breaking out despite letting off with a 6.16 @ 113  Best pass was 6.15 @ 119.7 - good mph for the ZRX, at least for 93 gas. Best part - head gasket is holding so far. Next TNT at Gville I'll spray and see if it really holds Now to sleep.
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your car is slow
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Fuck Nitrous...Got Boost?
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posted May 24, 2003 08:12 PM
Glad its runnin again deano!
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DR JOE
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posted May 25, 2003 07:34 PM
Hey kcadby thanks for the link...
Dean that is a lot of stuff done to a Zrex... Your bike was on the dragbike readers ride of the month about a year or so ago?? If so I talked to you about your clip ons and all the mods that you had done so far... Small world .... Via the internet...hahahahah
Nice runs... can't wait to see what its does on the gas...
DR JOE
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entropy
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posted May 30, 2003 01:17 AM
Dean,
going to Lisbon, eh???
Good time of the year if you like grilled sardines and chocos!!!!!! Several festivals in early June. Go to the Alfama and chow down.
I lived for 2 years in Cascais (about an hr W of Lisbon) and developed a taste for sardinhas na brasa along with plenty of Sagres or Super Bock beer.
I envy yr trip!!!!!!!
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