Makita Piston

Arild

Thanks mate👍

SpookDog

Soooo, it’s an expander ring, for bores that have a bit too much clearance. Goes behind the thinner ring, on the bottom of the piston. Not recommended to be fitted if you have a nice tight fresh bore...
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declan

@SpookDog moar compression!! Will do 109 in 4th gear with that in then

SpookDog

@declan
Wow, I wish I lived in the same reality as you...
I think 🤔

Calum

I mean, typically that's how it goes. The higher the compression the more power. Typically.... You need fueling and ignition timing to accommodate.

declan

@SpookDog 👌

DTR+NSR

When my dt was running 225psi it had incredible midrange but wouldn't rev high.

Calum

225PSI! Wow! That's mental.

DTR+NSR

@Calum that was a cold engine aswell! That's with +1mm over bore. Running a mick abbey modded head. Which is quite a few cc's less volume than stock 3mb.
Runing two base gaskets and a spacer plate now. To lower the compression which has also raised the port timing. I miss the heaps of midrange but not the bruised foot from kickstarting it lol.

Calum

Yeah I bet :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:

SpookDog

@declan
Sorry, didn’t mean to offend. Plus I gave 👃👌 up a looooong time ago! 🙂

In all seriousness, I’d like to know what the cc of a 3MB head is? Mine had to be reprofiled to get rid of piston ring explosion marks and I’m not sure if it was skimmed to the point that it kept the same compression ratio

DTR+NSR

@SpookDog I measured one of my heads at 13cc, unfortunately can't remember which. The dome of the +1mm mitaka piston measures at 3.5cc though : p

SpookDog

Cheers bud, that’s something to work with. I’ve got a good 3bn, my reworked 3mb and another 3mb (that I forgot about till now) that is battle~scarred but otherwise original.

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