Last night I finished reading the threads in the modified deuce section. After all that reading I came away with some great ideas for my deuce and a lot of questions .
One: there are about as many ideas on tires and what will fit and how it will fit and what it will fit as there are members to this site ! Maybe someone who has tried all these combinations can come up with a sticky that will tell what will fit, how it will fit and what it will fit ! and what tire makes the most sense money wise .
Two: No one has come up with a definitive answer that explains the difference in the LDS and LDT engines and the increased HP of the LDS . Everyone has a guess or someone said or someone told me , but no true answers. The one about the pistons and oil spraying I can answer. I worked on the MAN engines for years and they have a oil galley in the piston that is feed from the rod end and exits through a metered hole which sprays the cylinder walls. I once cut in half a MAN piston to see for myself this galley. It is underneath the top of the dome itself and really does cool the piston top. I'm sure the Multifuels use something along those lines . So what else is the difference between these engines ? Bigger injectors ? higher injection pressure ? higher compression ? ( doubtful ) , cam timing ? ( again doubtful ) , what ???
Three: More speed, how to get there. Bigger tires, overdrive transmission, auxiliary transmission, raised fuel , which is the best for durability, longevity, and cost ? Some say the stock 9.00X20 tires are not as strong as the newer 395's or the HEMMIT's or the whatevers . Truth ? What about braking after installing larger tires. Some say no difference, others say "DANGER WILL ROBERTSON". Who knows for sure ? Who has run there rigg long enough to inform the rest of us ? What about fuel mileage ?
These are just some of the questions I have come away with.
I'm reading the regular deuce section now (on number 60 ). Maybe there will be more answers there, or just more questions. We will see.
