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posted on 25/7/15 at 04:53 PM Reply With Quote
893 blade engine?

Been offered an 893 blade engine complete 1993 engine what's it worth and are they any good?





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posted on 25/7/15 at 05:24 PM Reply With Quote
depends whats with it i suppose,

great little engines though,

prob £300 to £500 i would say, see what others think too,

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posted on 25/7/15 at 05:28 PM Reply With Quote
great engines, very robust fora tiddler
Bit old now, but still good enough to go quicker than you
And at that price igf it goes pop you buy another

£250-400 very complete IMO





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posted on 25/7/15 at 05:51 PM Reply With Quote
It has all electrics, copy of v5, no exhaust basically I think it's all there





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posted on 26/7/15 at 06:38 PM Reply With Quote
Paid 300 for it, hope it runs lol, need to get all the parts together now to fit it





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posted on 26/7/15 at 07:15 PM Reply With Quote
good price (Y)

I recently picked an engine up that had been sat for a number of years.
All I did was spray a bit of wd40 into the pistons and turned it over by hand a few times and then fired it up! first go!

If its had fuel sat in the carbs, give them a good clean out too

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posted on 26/7/15 at 07:17 PM Reply With Quote
I've got all electrics, no ignition though, who knows about the wiring on these?





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posted on 26/7/15 at 08:15 PM Reply With Quote
Your going to need an ECU and coils and a loom if you not got one (or get handy) http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=181275
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=70917
Haynes book is fine for the diagram





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posted on 26/7/15 at 08:18 PM Reply With Quote
It has ecu cool packs, etc, not sure if I need ignition, or it can be bypassed
Not collecting engine until the weekend and he has the haynes book for it too





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posted on 26/7/15 at 08:20 PM Reply With Quote
You've go it all then
What do you mean by ignition, the keyswitch?





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posted on 26/7/15 at 08:22 PM Reply With Quote
Yes and clocks but was going to use acewell or koso?





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posted on 26/7/15 at 08:24 PM Reply With Quote
Thats fine.
It will run without either. No hidden resistors codes or anything, just power up





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posted on 2/8/15 at 08:02 PM Reply With Quote
Picked it up today and looks like it's all there, turns over , has all gears, there is no gear lever, what do you guys use? I'm not sure wether to go for paddles or lever, If I have a lever I want to pull on the gear-lever for up and push for down, did I see someone on here had a cad drawing for paddles?





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posted on 3/8/15 at 06:32 AM Reply With Quote
You can buy a short lever to fit the splimed shaft. (Posibbly AB? ). I literally chopped and drilled an old lever for my home made shift.
Your choice lever or paddled, might be driven by your choice of column.
Various threads on hear about the differs the set ups and how





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posted on 6/8/15 at 07:04 PM Reply With Quote
I've managed to put the ending Ito the engine bay, not sure how I should position it, has anyone got any detailed pics? My exhaust ports seem to be close to top chassis rail, the engine is sat with the sump flush with the underside of the lower chassis, I have taken some pics, just need to upload them





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posted on 6/8/15 at 07:25 PM Reply With Quote
Unless you are making your own exhaust then pick one up and use that to position the engine.

Gear change, look on eBay for a monkey bike arm, made of steel so you can bend, weld or tap with ease and only a couple if ££

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posted on 6/8/15 at 08:48 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by locost7-online.com
I've managed to put the ending Ito the engine bay, not sure how I should position it, has anyone got any detailed pics? My exhaust ports seem to be close to top chassis rail, the engine is sat with the sump flush with the underside of the lower chassis, I have taken some pics, just need to upload them


You probably a little to high and need to drop the sump below the chassis rails by an inch
loads of pics, look in mine theres a couple of good ones





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posted on 12/8/15 at 07:13 PM Reply With Quote
I've now dropped the engine by 25mm, looks much better for exhaust clearance, I just need to finalise the position of engine, anyone got dims or pics?





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posted on 28/8/15 at 06:14 PM Reply With Quote
With reference to the gear linkage, apparently it's quite easy to drill holes in one of these cheap "pit bike" gear levers from ebay (and then connect cable or rods, depending on what you prefer):

http://r.ebay.com/7QN5JZ

If you go for cable shift, some people seem to suggest using push/pull cables used to control outboard motors on boats! (in other threads on here)

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posted on 28/8/15 at 07:55 PM Reply With Quote
I use 2 rods one to the pit bike gear lever into a triangle pivot near the top of the chassis the other down the tunnel

Works great.





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posted on 28/8/15 at 08:10 PM Reply With Quote
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I use 2 rods one to the pit bike gear lever into a triangle pivot near the top of the chassis the other down the tunnel

Works great.


This is how I am going to set it up, trying to keep it simple, rose jointed ends, 8mm rod?





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posted on 15/9/15 at 04:49 PM Reply With Quote
Think my rods are about 12mm





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