Blueprinting Valkyrie Engine

[hitman5363]

I have been thinking of totally Blueprinting the Valks engine.  However, I have not had much luck in finding a shop that does this.  I live in Corinth, TX just north of Dallas and would like to find a shop in the Dallas area.  Does anyone know of such a shop? Or possibly within 100 miles of Dallas.

[Jess Tolbirt]

Back in the old days when you had an old 426 dodge Hemi or wedge head engine that was casted from iron you got it blue printed to take out all of mans imperfections..in otherwords to make it as smooth and perfect as possible...
now with the aluminum blocks of today where like in the flat six engine by Honda, blue printing would serve no purpose because the engine is already as perfect as can be....

just my opinion,,,

[bigfish_Oh]

I tend to agree with that. I am new to the valkyrie. The "blue printing" you could have done to a new 79-82 CBX was degree the cams, synch carbs and ream the valve guides(too tight at factory, speed up break in period needed, reduce chance's of bending), maybe something similar applies to the Valk ?

[Pete]

The original concept of blueprinting was to correct factory tolerances to minimal specifications to improve horsepower. I agree with the two prior posters, it is a waste of time unless you are rebuilding anyway. And if you are rebuilding anyway that is what you rebuilder SHOULD be doing. Sorry I know of no one in you area doing this for the Valk.

Most Honda Valkyrie and Goldwing engines I have had apart were very well built tolerance wise and were within original new specs even with many miles on them (except for the broken parts caused by over reving and owner transmission abuse).

Just do not see the value nor the horsepower gain, unless something is wrong.

As a matter of fact I know of no one in the United States that is setup to do this. There may be someone I just do not know who they are.

[czuch]

No need to do that.  Change plugs, oil, gas, at regular intervals and GO-MAN-GO.
A clown I work with just bought an MGB. He was amazed it only had 53 horse power. He asked me if removing half of the friction material friom the brake pads would be a reasonable weight savings.
 I told him the oil weighed more.