first good ride after motor build

well I got to take a decent ride this week after having my motor built to a 686 stage 1 raptor cam an ported head put about 70 miles on it an I must say the thing is an animal thru the woods now 50+mph thru the woods quickly also installed a temp gauge so I always know what temp its running (stays around 175-180 with the spal fan an shroud I installed aswell) haven't toped it out yet, still breaking it in but it gets up to speed a lot faster an has a lot more seat of the pants power. need to do a little more tuning but so far it runs strong an goes awesome. but im not done yet as soon as the trials close around here its getting torn down again to get a stroker crank an middle drive plate this thing is a addiction an I cant stop

 Awesome. Spend, spend, spend!

Sounds great but don't stop now, you got the bug!

i want to do all that too....Just havnt done it yet.  Im going to do my middle drive plate all at the same time.

SWEET!!! Can't wait for my Stroker to be done, the best part is Mamma said she didn't need fast so she said it's a go to swap motors after her stroker is done....  

nice!!! a modded rhino is the best for woods for sure

yea Kyle   you been bit by the mod bug    , its a great infection though , but if you don't make new mod every other week, seems to have a brake out     , O what a great addiction LOL     gots ta go call James I 'm having a brake out  gots ta get antidote ( fix)   

Crusty wrote:

SWEET!!! Can't wait for my Stroker to be done, the best part is Mamma said she didn't need fast so she said it's a go to swap motors after her stroker is done....  

Now that's a deal.

I'm feelin the itch, Jeff. Winter is coming on and know better place to hang out than in the garage with the Rhino. Like what you're doing to that Rhino Kyle!

def. a big improvement from the stock 660 I love the power I gained cant wait to see what it will do stroked. im trying to not get bored with it so I keep doing different things to make it better an so far its the best toy ive owned so far next to my Harley

Sounds great Kyle!!  I'll be the same boat soon with the weather and the engine is the next thing on the list, just ordered doors today.  I think I got the bug too!!!

mines stroked to720cc with the same cam...and it does great!glad to hear its running good.

yea its running great no issues yet still need to tune for wot but seems to be good every where else

chuddly wrote:

i want to do all that too....Just havnt done it yet.  Im going to do my middle drive plate all at the same time.

yea that's the best way to do it. all at once but I couldn't wait lol had to do at least the top end now while I can still ride.
 u think u can use that cam I sent ya?

mine is stroked an I run the mud buster cam an I love all the bottom end power , an its not to shabby on top end either    

been getting my parts list together for the stroker build an been thinking about +2 valves how much of a gain would I get with the bigger valves?

rhinosport84 wrote:

chuddly wrote:

i want to do all that too....Just havnt done it yet.  Im going to do my middle drive plate all at the same time.

yea that's the best way to do it. all at once but I couldn't wait lol had to do at least the top end now while I can still ride.
 u think u can use that cam I sent ya?

im gonna give it a shot.  I know a couple really good machinist so i will let them work their magic on it.

as I said before mine dropped valve an took out head an piston/rod so I did every thing at one time ,so saying that my 2+ valves an ported head can't say what difference they will show alone but will say with my build every thing worked great together ( holy shit what a difference       )  so I say if your stroken it the ported an 2+ valves will let it get more air in an will let it make more power , I 'm very satisfied now but would like to get my carb bored an then port intake to match up sure there's more power to be had there also , but that will be after I get back to work NO FUN FUNDS lately   

rhinosport84 wrote:

been getting my parts list together for the stroker build an been thinking about +2 valves how much of a gain would I get with the bigger valves?

big difference with +2

Thanks for the info guys. Ill be adding the valves to my parts list than

My .02 Get billet middle drive plate in fast as possible. I did 686, cam and sheave thinking no way i would break middle drive, I don't drive hard at all. Wrong! The changes you made already producing 1 1/2 times stock power at least. Replacing both cases, gears and bearings over not buying $100.00 part will make you sorry.

You folks with the built motors ........ What did you have to do if anything as far as radiator and axles go?? Also type of gas you are having to use?? Hope this winter to put it on a trailer and haul it to James for a massage!!

i run stock radiator and a heater and stock axles

I have a 686 built by James. My stock rad seems to be doing just fine but I did add a little bit of a back up with an oil cooler. I'm convinced that the oil cooler saved my motor when a rad hose came off and it ran for probably 5 mins with no water.

As far as gas goes, if you run high compression you will need high octane. I run stock comp. so I can run any gas.

I run stock radiator an axle's also , hell even 87 gas an running fine