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    Sumotrack rebuild

    That's the plan. 36-1 trigger wheel on crank, single tooth cam wheel, both will use allegro ats627 gear tooth sensors for pickup. They'll feed info to the microsquirt to run LS ignition coils. Eventually I'll have it back on EFI, but for the moment it'll just control ignition.
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    Sumotrack rebuild

    Gotta give sendcutsend a thumbs up. Parts arrived well packed and to size.
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    Forum decline

    I can see stopping the dreaded oil and tire posts, I'm pretty sure I see atleast 3 posts a week in the drz groups asking how to check the oil level. You'll even see multiple posts about very basic info that a Google search would turn up daily. But you have to let new people actively...
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    Filter/intake flow testing (with results)

    Not the same thing but tuning my DRZ400 with a wideband I found the stock airbox on it highly restrictive. With an oem replacement K&N I ended up with the entire top and right side cut out. When I went to an aluminum tube with bellmouth and a uni pod I had to drop jet sizes to keep it from...
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    Forum decline

    Yeah, I would agree the facebook groups seem more contentious than this forum. It seems atleast 1/3rd of the responses are negative. And once you have that first negative response it gets dogpiled with all the people that just parrot the same thing. This forum has less negative responses...
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    Sumotrack rebuild

    Ok, I decided to move to a dual trigger setup for ignition. I have an extra microsquirt in a drawer so I'll use it for ignition only so I can keep the LS coils and not make a new mount. Now my issue came when I started shopping 36-1 trigger wheels. $50+ for an off the shelf one I could...
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    Forum decline

    Machinist groups are the very definition of toxic. Practicalmachinist would ban you from the forum if you asked about atlas machines because they are "hobby" machines. Doesn't matter if you program and run live tool y axis dual spindle lathes at work, you had the audacity to mention an...
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    Forum decline

    I know some forums were sold, and the company that took over caused the decline. You can normally tell when the ownership change happens by the number of ads, it goes from minimal to everywhere. One forum I used to go went so heavy on ads it was almost impossible to read. Unfortunately...
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    Forum decline

    Some forums that were very busy 5 uears ago seem almost dead. Dotheton was always getting new posts and threads a few years ago, now some of the busiest threads go without reply for weeks to months. And it's not the only nearly dead forum that I used to frequent. Therangerstation, sohc4, and...
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    Sumotrack rebuild

    Vapor blasted the side covers. I have to say that whatever black paint yamaha used in the letters is some tough stuff. It just wouldn't come out.
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    277° rephase cost VS vibration reduction (2024)

    A lot fewer/more expensive ignitions on the market for a rephase. The vape system is 2 pickups and 2 CDI boxes. Pamco used to be around $100, but the current offerings seem to be $300+. I have only ridden a standard XS a little, but the rephase doesn't seem that different. Like others...
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    Sumotrack rebuild

    Sump filter is finished and mounted.
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    Sumotrack rebuild

    Sump filter progress. Need to get a filter, deburr and clean parts, and plug the end of the cross drilled hole.
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    Sumotrack rebuild

    I'd love something a little bigger and more rigid, but the $3k+ price has me keeping the atlas. But the atlas paired with the Induma 1s knee mill lets me do plenty. I'm lucky to have the lathe and a full size knee mill with less than $2k invested total to include tooling.
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    Sumotrack rebuild

    I've done a lot of different things with it. Definitely worth the $500 I paid almost 10 years ago.
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