I used rare earth cylindrical magnets they are under the keepers. Works out great at first I was worried because I thought it put out too much voltage but the coils only use what’s needed to fire them. I have been running 2 summers now and the coils are fine.

By Bill Stipe on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 09:44 pm:
I did not take any more pictures as I was building it but you set your magnets like the original SS then NN and I selected a magnet long enough so the opposite pole did not interfere with the other about 3/4 long.

By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 01:21 am:
Bill, does that thing splash enough oil all by itself? Do you have a shot of it all assembled?
By Bill Stipe on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 10:55 am:
Erich
I thought about that a little too and that is why I drilled the holes as the oil returned from the pan I felt it would get inside the ring then spin out and run back down the back of the motor dropping in the funnel. Also the starter gear throws a lot of oil I made the mistake of starting it with the cover off---not good!!
This motor was an original block with A size crank about .0015 out of round mains and rods I bored the cylinders put new pistons and valves pulled almost all the shims some caps have no shims left and have run it hard for 2 summers. The second summer I had added an outside oiler off the mag post and split intake ports making it a 4 port and added a model A carb. it will run over 60 miles and hour with stock 3.6 gears. I run it in the SD tour and coming home every day when out on the high way we run 50 to 55 to beat the rain. Cindy and I would go for and ice cream run or supper every day the weather would permit all summer long. It still sounds good but I don't want to run the egg shaped crank this next summer so I am trying to find time to take it down and rebuild before the MN tour this summer.


By Bill Stipe on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 11:09 am:
I do have the crankshaft counter balanced and that I feel does help keep the motor together at higher RPMs but the oiling still has to be there I will most likely cut some fins on the magnet ring when I rebuild now that I know the magnet ring works as well as it did.
