That all sort of leads us round in a circle.
I appreciate that there is never a 100% ideal material for any application & I really appreciate your input, so I've decided to re define the question a bit, if that's OK with you guys?:
What type of billet aluminium would be best suited to...
All sounds a bit worrying/expensive,
would stress relieving heat treatment
not eliminate most of these problems though?
Anyone know anything about H30? I've noticed
a few companies using it, is it any better?
LJW, Engine wise I'm working on updating an old 'uniflow' two stroke design & building it with modern materials & tolerences to early 90's tuning levels. I got the inspiration from KG Draper's 1978 re-print of 'The Two Stroke Engine, Design & Tuning' (published by Haynes)& the huge pile of KR1...
Thanks LJW,Fortal looks like it'll be good for stuff like the yokes & fork bottoms. Anyone else got any ideas on the other issues, ie calipers, barrels, etc & best treatments?
If not, any ideas for further reasearch?
Cheers.
Hi,
I'm in the process of building a heavily modified, somewhat experimental, motorcycle. (two stroke)
I have the machining know how but am a bit confused by the material choices open to me.
I need to know what would be the best type of billet aluminium for the following applications & what heat...
