Hey guys. This is a follow up to my intro thread here: http://www.blasterforum.com/introductions-8/after-5-years-i-return-50471/
Anyway, I just wanted to show you guys the progress I have made since I have owned my second blaster. Basically I posted an ad on craigslist, wondering if anyone would be willing to trade a PS3 for some cheap ATV project. A guy offered a 2001 blaster.... in pieces...
This blaster was complete, but they guy blew up the motor (ran a stock 230 jet with all the mods). Plastics are perfect, everything was there. The only catch was I had to rebuild it, and the guy literally threw all the bolts into a box. I packed everything up and headed home.
The first thing I did was paint that awful hunter orange frame back to silver. After that I could begin to put it all back together. While I was doing that I had the motor taken apart and took the cylinder head down to my local yamaha dealer who does machine work. $50 for a 0.20 over bore. I bought a wiesco piston and cometic gasket set.
By the time the motor was finished at the shop I had put most of it back together except the axle. I swapped out the blaster axle for a wider banshee axle, along with a banshee brake hub. I flipped the front wheels so now it looks pretty good. Of course, new axle bearings and plenty of grease were applied to the carrier. After I put the motor in I finished up the wiring. I removed the TORS and oil injection. Finally I was ready to fire it up for the first time!
I did the recommended 3 heat cycles. Seems to run really good. I had adjusted the air screw 1 1/2 turns out before starting, and the idle was good after it got warmed up.
The only thing left to do is jetting. I bought a jet kit for that. The bike has a pro circuit exhaust and UNI air filter with no lid. Im starting with a 290 jet and it should be somewhere around 260-280 but we will see. I bought a bunch of B8es plugs I just need a nice day to get out and run it. Anyway, here is a picture of how she sits now:
BTW, yes I did let some air out of the back tires. He had them at like 25 PSI all around! Its now 7 front 5 rear. They are still balloons but smaller ones now. Here is my planned mods:
- New rear tires, 20x11x8
- New handlebars, stock ones are bent a little
- Shorty rear brake cable, I broke the stock one
- 400ex rear shock, maybe banshee fronts
- raptor 350 heal guards
- Convert to 03+ front plastics
I'll keep adding my Blasters progress to this thread. Thanks for keeping this community going strong. If you didn't read my intro thread above, I actually created the site years and years ago when I had my first blaster. I sold it and sold the site as well. I would have never learned how to properly clean the cylinder after the bore, remove oil injection and TORS, or swap the banshee axle in without you guys.
Anyway, I just wanted to show you guys the progress I have made since I have owned my second blaster. Basically I posted an ad on craigslist, wondering if anyone would be willing to trade a PS3 for some cheap ATV project. A guy offered a 2001 blaster.... in pieces...
This blaster was complete, but they guy blew up the motor (ran a stock 230 jet with all the mods). Plastics are perfect, everything was there. The only catch was I had to rebuild it, and the guy literally threw all the bolts into a box. I packed everything up and headed home.
The first thing I did was paint that awful hunter orange frame back to silver. After that I could begin to put it all back together. While I was doing that I had the motor taken apart and took the cylinder head down to my local yamaha dealer who does machine work. $50 for a 0.20 over bore. I bought a wiesco piston and cometic gasket set.
By the time the motor was finished at the shop I had put most of it back together except the axle. I swapped out the blaster axle for a wider banshee axle, along with a banshee brake hub. I flipped the front wheels so now it looks pretty good. Of course, new axle bearings and plenty of grease were applied to the carrier. After I put the motor in I finished up the wiring. I removed the TORS and oil injection. Finally I was ready to fire it up for the first time!
I did the recommended 3 heat cycles. Seems to run really good. I had adjusted the air screw 1 1/2 turns out before starting, and the idle was good after it got warmed up.
The only thing left to do is jetting. I bought a jet kit for that. The bike has a pro circuit exhaust and UNI air filter with no lid. Im starting with a 290 jet and it should be somewhere around 260-280 but we will see. I bought a bunch of B8es plugs I just need a nice day to get out and run it. Anyway, here is a picture of how she sits now:
BTW, yes I did let some air out of the back tires. He had them at like 25 PSI all around! Its now 7 front 5 rear. They are still balloons but smaller ones now. Here is my planned mods:
- New rear tires, 20x11x8
- New handlebars, stock ones are bent a little
- Shorty rear brake cable, I broke the stock one
- 400ex rear shock, maybe banshee fronts
- raptor 350 heal guards
- Convert to 03+ front plastics
I'll keep adding my Blasters progress to this thread. Thanks for keeping this community going strong. If you didn't read my intro thread above, I actually created the site years and years ago when I had my first blaster. I sold it and sold the site as well. I would have never learned how to properly clean the cylinder after the bore, remove oil injection and TORS, or swap the banshee axle in without you guys.
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