Slick's cylinder rescue

[sicivicdude]

I'm not sure what Slickerthanyou is doing up there on Awk's mountain but dang he knows how to mess'em up. He sent me a cylinder to do a little work on.... I must say it's the worst beat on blasty I've ever seen that is still runable.... It looked like it had been run over by a transfer. The top three cooling fins were bent down into each other in two different spots, and one had a chunk broke out of it that looked like a dog had bitten some out.

I worked and worked and worked on it but I'm pleased with the results. I didn't take any clear before pictures but you can figure how bad it was before by the damage that's left. I'm thinking about buffing the welds and leaving them, they just look cool to me...

 

[JonS]

i was here.


w00t! 1515151

 

[slickerthanyou]

Well I will post before pics, Looks good! Ya no grinding necessary, Been thinking of getting it all back to stock aluminum color then clear coating it.

 

[Awk08]

i don't believe slick has run anything other than his oconnor cylinder here ???

but my mountain mistress does luv the taste of skidplates, tire sidewalls, ebay swingers and lower extremities !!!!!!

 

[slickerthanyou]

Before-

 

[slickerthanyou]

i don't believe slick has run anything other than his oconnor cylinder here ???

but my mountain mistress does luv the taste of skidplates, tire sidewalls, ebay swingers and lower extremities !!!!!!

You be right! But this cylinder looks like it was dragged all over that mountain!

 

[sicivicdude]

i don't believe slick has run anything other than his oconnor cylinder here ???

but my mountain mistress does luv the taste of skidplates, tire sidewalls, ebay swingers and lower extremities !!!!!!

I was just making a light hearted comment about how hard the running is up there... this is a spare cylinder Slick's getting setup to run.

You be right! But this cylinder looks like it was dragged all over that mountain!

Dragged up, dragged down, and then thrown under the vehicle as your left....

 

[Awk08]

nice save civic, that before sh*t fell off the truck

 

[sicivicdude]

nice save civic, that before sh*t fell off the truck

I kinda panicked when I opened the box. It was carefully packaged with eggcrate foam, bubble wrap, and the box was taped thoroughly but the cylinder came out looking like that.... I was worried!

 

[slickerthanyou]

nice save civic, that before sh*t fell off the truck

Ya a black Ford Ranger!


Got that bad boy is a parts deal for nothing! I had to keep it or what kind of blaster daddy would i be?

 

[blasterfreek30]

damn that thing was the worst ive seen yet..nice job SI

 

[sicivicdude]

damn that thing was the worst ive seen yet..nice job SI

Like I said, worst damaged I've ever seen that was still runable. I figure it was involved in a BAD accident while it was hot because every fin on the right side was bent down but they didn't break until I tried to bend them back up.

 

[Scrappy]

Call it Frankenstein's 2 Stroke

 

[super noober]

man that must of been one hell of a crash to do that , awesome work as usual SI

 

[Whitty21]

lolol, nice cylinder slick, were you using it as a wheel chalk or something? lol

 

[yamaha28]

How the hell does a cylinder get beat up like that?

 

[sicivicdude]

How the hell does a cylinder get beat up like that?

Honestly, I can't even begin to guess except to figure that it was maybe involved in a wreck. It was beat up BAD.

 

[Blaner]

gee, im impressed with the damage and the fix!! couldnt that warping be from EXTREME overheating???

 

[slickerthanyou]

lolol, nice cylinder slick, were you using it as a wheel chalk or something? lol

It came with a Box of parts I bought for $50!

How the hell does a cylinder get beat up like that?

My guess is the kid I got it from didn't know how to take it apart. Or just kept dropping it off the shelf???

gee, im impressed with the damage and the fix!! couldnt that warping be from EXTREME overheating???

I don't think so you can tell it was from contact! The cylinder was in pretty decent shape I still have the piston that came with it but it's a namura stock junk not going in! It gonna need at lest a hone. Have to wait till SI gives it a once over check!