Suzuki T500 Sidecar Blown Motor Inspection

At Barber Motorsports Park this last year (October 2022) we lost a cylinder and destoyed a piston in our T500 sidecar rig. Inspecting the problem, and how we converted from oil injection to premix. Also discussing future plans for the engine.

[@macxgeek]

Nice Fred Perry shoes

[@martinpedler6153]

You are the first person explaining removing oil injection
Im building a race motor t500 and going to drill holes for lubricantion
Can you please send me info on where to drill and size of hole. I would greatly appreciate any help. Ty sir

[@MrLloyd0071]

Hey! The inner bearings still get lubricated with gear oil. For the outers, about 1/4” hole is about right. Maybe a bit smaller. I don’t recall. Just line the bearings up on the locating pins, and mark the oil inlet of the bearings. Put top case on, make a mark, line up (I did by eye), and drill down through. I filled the holes with oil to make sure oil fed through correctly.

[@martinpedler6153]

@@MrLloyd0071
Ty sir. Going to do this mod next week. I greatly appreciate the reply
I race at bonneville salt flats so its a short sprint. Just need to keep bearings lubed for a few minutes at a time