Ready or not Redline rumble

Just one week to go till the next race meeting - the all new 'Redline Rumble' at Santa Pod. This meeting was organized after the announcement that there would be no more racing at Shakespeare County Raceway - presumably to make up the number of meetings required to hold a proper championship. It's actually two events in one weekend - with qualifying and eliminations on both days. So - in terms of the championship it's important not to break your bike on the first day or else loose a lot of points the following day.
Not the ideal meeting to go to with an entirely new setup then, but if it's finished in time that's exactly what we will have.
I've been working till 11pm every night trying to get it finished, and it's been a lot more work than i could imagine. But it's getting there and i'm hoping it will be ready to fire up this weekend.

New Crankcases being bored to leave as much material as possible. 

Machining piston pockets to fit the enormous valves, and taking some material off to help get the deck height/compression ratio required

 

Checking the crank after replacing no1&2 webs

 New and old carbs, 48's from 40's

 1640cc 12:1

 V&H 2 valve head

 And 100's of hours later - the nearly finished product