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[Gas Man]

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Karata says to loosen the trans mounting bolts to ensure proper alignment and fitment. We trial fit the inner primary a few times and once torqued into place checked the mating surface of inner primary to motor & trans with a feel gauge. They need to be perfectly flush.



Be sure to use red loctite and torque these mounting bolts to bdm specs.

Install the provided motor and trans spacers on the shafts.

Motor:


Trans:


Slide the pulleys on the shafts, check pulley alignment with a straight edge. Then we red loctited and torqued the provided motor and trans nuts. Checking pulley alignment once again. This is also covered in the Karata instructions.



Install the clutch plates and pressure plate (with re-installed/re-used bdm cup placed into the pressure plate)


As you can see we chose the medium grade 80 lb green springs.

Slide your belt on the pulleys. Take note that Karate suggests against using any screw driver prying. A rubber mallet and/or your hand will do the trick. This is true. It goes on with ease.

At this point either install your pulley covers or continue and install your OBS bearings and OBS plate.

To install the OBS, its a simple matter of bolting the bearings to the pulleys with the ten 1/4" stainless steel bolts. Sliding the plate onto the bearing supports, which can be tricky but not hard. A little finese.

Top it off with the caps and six 1/4" bolts holding the plate on.


Now if this don't tweak you, then you're dead.



Another great project. What a FANTASTIC mod and a great product!

[Rider]

So is there any performance gain in putting on an open primary? It looks heavier that the stock setup. ie, more rotational mass producing less overall power.