Triumphrat

BombFactory · 09-29-2007

As Jeff requested, I've some exciting news

: The beast lives again! I received the engine on Monday, and finally had the chance to work on it this afternoon. It was essentially a long block, so the throttle body, fuel rail, starter, etc, had to be swapped over. A major pain was the fact that all the electrical connectors were soaked with oil, so that took some time cleaning all the stuff up. I also did away with all the CA emissions systems. I got the engine bolted up and the throttle and clutch cables all adjusted. After a quick run over to the parts house for a filter and oil, I was ready to fire it.

I received the Tuneboy Key for the ECU earlier this week, and I got the bike hooked up to TuneEdit. Turns out it had the 10090 tune loaded, which I think is the 02 TT600 map. I went ahead and loaded the 10091 which is for aftermarket exhaust. After 'borrowing' the full fuel tank off the satin black TT600, I was ready to roll.

It took a good while for the fuel system to prime, so there was some major cranking. But she sprang to life without giving much fuss. Everything ran great with no sensor errors or interesting noises which would cause me to leap at the kill switch in a desperate attempt to salvage the engine! The mill won't grab the low R's very well, which I'm sure is due to the muffler. Tomorrow I'm going to play around with the muffler discs to find the sweet spot. I also want to take the bike for a spin to make sure the tranny works well. I located a local supplier of methanol, so the next step is to go get 5 gallons of that and start adjusting the fuel mapping.

This past week I've been going over to the body shop in the morning. I have all of the bodywork buffed, and polished. It really looks like clean glass--a little too clean for a drag bike, in my opinion. So race day is looming ever closer! I'll snap some pictures tomorrow.

New Engine: