Posted: July 26th, 2009, 7:24 pm
this one steered off in a strange direction
AlisoBob wrote:Get your facts straight.....M.F.D.B. wrote:
"The clutch cover is BILLET Magnesium Pot Metal Unubtanium Dioxide
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Posted: July 26th, 2009, 9:32 pm
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 9:39 am
Old VW (i think) tranny cases were made out of magnesium. i hear stories of how my dad's generation would toss one in the fire, and the sonofabitch would go up like crazy, the fire pit was like staring at the sun supposedly.M.F.D.B. wrote:Much of the "aluminum" you come across is not pure. Especially in dirt bike parts. Aside from clutch covers and ocasionally stator covers, nothing is pure Magnesium, but an alloy of different percentages of Magnesium and Aluminum. Pure magnesium is lighter than Aluminum, but is very brittle and flammable. Manufactures put amounts of Mag into Aluminum to strengthin it, but like hardening steel, there is a point where hardening starts to actually become brittle.
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 9:41 am
NightBiker07 wrote:Old VW (i think) tranny cases were made out of magnesium. i hear stories of how my dad's generation would toss one in the fire, and the sonofabitch would go up like crazy, the fire pit was like staring at the sun supposedly.
I have witnessed this first hand several times.
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 12:30 pm
X2Exnav wrote:NightBiker07 wrote:Old VW (i think) tranny cases were made out of magnesium. i hear stories of how my dad's generation would toss one in the fire, and the sonofabitch would go up like crazy, the fire pit was like staring at the sun supposedly.
I have witnessed this first hand several times.
back in like 88 or 89 we made magnesium skid plates for a guys '33 chevy, was nice to see him drop the coils and slap the street on the weekends, dont know where that dude got to
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 1:02 pm
hell, at last years pismo trip we thre some kawasaki engine cases into the fire. Its not just for old guys 
The real irony of the old magnesium debate on the clutch cover is that it has the running dog looking emblem on the inside which was hondas logo for magnesium. But at the time I don't think anyone involved in the debate was aware of that
The real irony of the old magnesium debate on the clutch cover is that it has the running dog looking emblem on the inside which was hondas logo for magnesium. But at the time I don't think anyone involved in the debate was aware of that
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 4:57 pm
Oh ya? Who?dannygraves wrote:hell, at last years pismo trip we thre some kawasaki engine cases into the fire. Its not just for old guys
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 7:49 pm
i got a 39.538796 for sale. gauranteed to make you faster than brit
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 11:18 pm
Definition of "faster than Brit"....See Below:100hp honda wrote: faster than brit
