Tri Z Engine Build

[El Camexican]

I can't believe you can't out three blades, jb weld the wires to the blades, and carefully plug it into the wall.

That's what a real Mexican would do

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There you go OnF1, that's exactly why there are none at Home Depot, or anywhere else down here. A Mexican shop worker will cut off the plug of ANYTHING. For 110V they twist the wires and stick them in the slots, for 220V then they fray and flatten the wires and stick them into the clamps that hold the fuses in place in the box.

I will be at a suppliers tomorrow and try to snap a photo for you. When I painted my trailer there the compressor didn't have a pressure sensor/switch (or an on off switch) on it, so I would stick the wires into a high voltage box, sparks would fly till the wires welded themselves to the fuse clamps and I would run back to the spray gun and paint as fast as I could to try and keep the tank from getting over 100psi then when the cup ran dry I'd run back to the box and pull the wires out before refilling the gun. Keeps you on your game.

JB Weld? You jest!

[onformula1]

Can I just ship you one? UPS, Fed-ex, USPS?

I never tried to ship to Mexico, they must have shipping correct?

[ironchop]

They steal everything out of the mail ......it`s a joke......insurance and maybe it gets delivered !

you must be talking about the UPS hub in Nashvegas Tennessee.

Many a firearm part or Vintage chopper part I have sent or received has completely disappeared in the Brown Triangle down there never to be seen again. The claims lady and I were on a first name basis in `06.

are you all electric, Camexican?

If so, just steal the plug off your dryer or stove while your wife is out....that's what I would do. Then play stupid when she gets home and claims "you should have known better"

That's the speech I got last week for baking paint jobs in the kitchen oven

[onformula1]

you must be talking about the UPS hub in Nashvegas Tennessee.

Many a firearm part or Vintage chopper part I have sent or received has completely disappeared in the Brown Triangle down there never to be seen again. The claims lady and I were on a first name basis in `06.

are you all electric, Camexican?

If so, just steal the plug off your dryer or stove while your wife is out....that's what I would do. Then play stupid when she gets home and claims "you should have known better"

That's the speech I got last week for baking paint jobs in the kitchen oven

On the oven, been there done that, got busted so, I grabbed a oven off the street on bulk trash day and fixed it for the shop, I also found a large toaster oven for the small stuff.

I built a hanging system for both to.

Happy wife, happy life.

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[El Camexican]

Can I just ship you one? UPS, Fed-ex, USPS?

I never tried to ship to Mexico, they must have shipping correct?

Thanks for the offer, but I ordered the plug yesterday on ebay for less than 1/3 of the price here. I'll run up next week and grab it.

Glamy seems to have used the Mexican Postal Service before They open everything and send on only what they deem to have no value. When I got married the only gift that made it here was a card. I swear if you shipped a pig they'd even steel the squeal!

Most of the time they don't even reseal the envelopes and boxes, so if it does make it past Customs it can still get lost. It can also take more than 6 months to get a letter by mail. I've lost count of how many times I've had to go an pay a reactivation fee for my phone, gas, or power because the bill never came, or came 3 weeks after the cut off date.

There are services that will bring stuff down her for a fee that are reliable likely because there are greasing palms all the way down here, but they are by subscription, so I don't bother and just use our US warehouse address and pick things up myself.

Here's a power box I saw today. OSHA anyone?

[El Camexican]

I like view out the hole .....um window the best !

I think it's a false wall.

[fieldy]

It ain't humid but it sure is hot........down in Mexico......riff raff......
looks like someone done stole the ac for the metal, nice hard hat, safety first!...........let's hear it for the man! Cool bike!
Maybe someone tied a rope to the bars and took off leaving the huge hole like many a mexican western picture show.

[El Camexican]

It ain't humid but it sure is hot........down in Mexico......riff raff......
looks like someone done stole the ac for the metal, nice hard hat, safety first!...........let's hear it for the man! Cool bike!
Maybe someone tied a rope to the bars and took off leaving the huge hole like many a mexican western picture show.

It' pretty humid where I am and pretty hot too.

Truth be know that half wall is a pretty common feature down here. The key to beating the heat is a high roof and air movement, so most welding shops have cement walls about 8 to 10 feet high and then a steel roof on columns another 10 feet above that. They may add chain link to the void if it's exposed to a street. This particular shop is on a huge parcel of land owned by one guy that converted it from a dairy farm to a complex that contains over 6 businesses. That short wall is part of the original farm which now separates the shop from a pallet manufacturer. If you send enough time down here you don't even give walls and wiring like that a second glance.

[onformula1]

Nico, check your email, thanks

[barnett468]

Truth be know that half wall is a pretty common feature down here. If you send enough time down here you don't even give walls and wiring like that a second glance.

Yup...looks pretty much the same inside police headquarters in Rosarito Beach.

[El Camexican]

Finaly got the pipe on. Muthey's collar worked great, the only thing I had to do to make it fit perfectly was sand the burr off the Jemco flange and open up the collar to the same size as my ported hole.

Sounds awesome! With the pipe and all the mods the Tri-Z "sound" is gone, I love it! Started with a 48 pilot and a 170 main. Once warm it became pretty obvious that a couple sizes down on each is needed before I bother to take it for a rip.


I found someone to cut my swing-arm, so that's the next step. Plan is to add 3.99" to make sure it stays in the mod class at TF

[onformula1]

Finaly got the pipe on. Muthey's collar worked great, the only thing I had to do to make it fit perfectly was sand the burr off the Jemco flange and open up the collar to the same size as my ported hole.

Sounds awesome! With the pipe and all the mods the Tri-Z "sound" is gone, I love it! Started with a 48 pilot and a 170 main. Once warm it became pretty obvious that a couple sizes down on each is needed before I bother to take it for a rip.


I found someone to cut my swing-arm, so that's the next step. Plan is to add 3.99" to make sure it stays in the mod class at TF

Chop, chop choppy!

I checked my specs I think you are very close on the pilot maybe a 45, but I think you will end up with about a 162 main jet. (165 second guesstimation)

PWK 38mm correct?

[jeswinehart]

El, you're coming too TF2016 ???

[El Camexican]

Chop, chop choppy!

I checked my specs I think you are very close on the pilot maybe a 45, but I think you will end up with about a 162 main jet. (165 second guesstimation)

PWK 38mm correct?

Yep, 38 PKW. Blue "JD" needle from a 250 KTM, #7 slide, pod filter, stock steel reeds, float height at 16mm and 1.5 out on the air screw to start. She came off the choke pretty fast and smoked pretty heavy when warm. It sings up super fast from idle, but starts to blubber a fair bit as she nears the top. In saying that it sure seems to rev a lot higher than it used to. The thing sounds more like a 125 that a 250 when the throttle is stabbed in neutral. I love it!

[El Camexican]

El, you're coming too TF2016 ???

Yea, it's a 99.99% done deal ( I hate saying 100% in case something comes up). I had planned to go this year, but totally screwed up the date when coordinating a trip my wife was planning and told her to buy her tickets for the day TF 2015 was ending Given the rain I guess I was lucky. Anyway, I won't make that mistake for 2016. Really looking forward to it Planning to bring 2 trikes, 1 big bottle of rum and a 1/2 dozen cigars. Food, shelter and other luxuries I'll figure out when I get there. Slept in my truck cab for three seasons of drag racing, I can do it again for one week.