"How to".. index
Please note: This will be a long "work in progress".
Photos and specific details will be added to every procedure.
► What is blueprinting?
► Is blueprinting necessary?
► Advantages of blueprinting.
► Assumptions made before proceeding with items below.
Crankshaft assembly
- Check connecting rod for correct clearance (both ends)
- Size connecting rod if necessary (either/both ends)
- Check connecting rod for straightness (fix if required)
- Polish ends of crankpin and edges of crankpin bores in crank halves
- Possibly install "crank savers", requiring 6205 bearing (stock is 6304)
- Clean everything as if it were going on the Space Shuttle
- Assemble crank to correct width (determined in next section) and align
Crankcase assembly
- Clean/lap center (sealing) face of case halves
- Check bearing interference
- Check bearing alignment
- Check "roundness" of bearing bores
- Fix one or more of the above if necessary/desired
- Install main bearings (something other than stock, most likely)
- Assemble case halves, and measure distance between bearings (measurement used above)
- Check case for "square" (top of case parallel to crank centerline)
- Square bottom of case (4 "pads" that sit on motor mount) if necessary
- Square top of case to crank centerline if necessary (could be done before or after bearings installed, depending on method)
- Reinstall studs in top of case
- Clean everything as if it were going on the Space Shuttle
- Install seals
- Disassemble, and reassemble with crankshaft
- Double-check crankshaft endplay now that lower end is assembled
Cylinder
- Overbore if you're convinced you need all displacement you can get
- Possible "porting" of intake and exhaust port, remember: cast iron at bore/port interface must remain untouched on a KT100
- Hone cylinder to correct piston/cylinder clearance, preferably using "torque plates" (exhaust header and "dummy" cylinder head most important)
- Square bottom of cylinder to bore centerline (some might do this before finish hone)
- Machine head gasket recess square to bore centerline (debateable if necessary)
Test assemble for measuring
- Install piston on con-rod (no ring)
- Install cylinder on lower end using any base gasket and torque to spec (150 in/lbs is what I use)
- Use a dial indicator to check how low the intake port opens, and how high the exhaust port opens
- Calculate what is required for base gasket to set exhaust port where you want it
- Calculate how much trimming on piston skirt to set intake port where you want it
- Disassemble, trim piston, reassemble for 2nd check - if all OK, proceed
Piston/ring
- Deburr and clean piston
- Check/set ring endgap, lap ring, and check (light check) fit in cylinder
- Clean everything as if it were going on the Space Shuttle
Cylinder head
- During test assemble (above), torque down cylinder head and check cc's and squish clearance
- Cut cylinder head to obtain desired shape, cc's and squish clearance/angle
Final assembly
- Clean everything (again) as if it were going on the Space Shuttle
- Assemble upper end (piston, ring, cylinder & cylinder head)
- Double check port timing and cc's if desired
- Install ignition and set coil clearance
Carb
- Drill any holes you feel you want close to maximum (use care!)
- Clean everything as if it were going on the Space Shuttle
- Assemble carb using arm height and pop-off pressure settings you desire
- Install carb
Some/many of these items could be done in different order.
More could be done that I have not mentioned (i.e. bore carb venturi to max, bore intake manifold to max, shorten intake tract length
to minimum, etc. etc.). This is only a brief list of the items that quickly come to mind.
Many of the "settings" should/could be personal preference (or the preference of your engine builder): port heights, combustion chamber shape, cc's, carb hole sizes and carb settings, etc.
Pete