My Car is Chain Drive! - Motorcycle Powered Car!

[@billh230]

"If it doesn't work, I" m going to blame Superfast Matt. It was HIS idea. " I LOL'd.

[@Altprophet]

This is awesome. I had a chain drive car too! 1969 subaru 360 van with a 600cc suzuki Kitana engine. I drove the factory trans with a chain. 24 forward gears and 6 reverse! Well done on your ride. It is very cool.

[@simon-xi3cv]

Your chain-drive diff looked good! Still, nice that you found the Quaife. Very excited for the next video!

[@tihspidtherekciltilc5469]

Every day I check for a video and it paid off today. Coolest project on KZbin. 🏍️+🏎️=🚀

[@Jay-oq7fn]

You make it all look so easy. You're amazing! Looking forward to the next video as well.

[@miguelpagansr6128]

Nice work, and that looks like an old school BMW 2002 model. Looking forward to the next video.

[@johnapel2856]

Neat! Always enjoy your videos. Thanks, and Woof to Walter.

[@t8md]

Acknowledging the effort required to produce these videos but I love your content. Your solutions to the problems as they pop up are ingenious. Please hang in there.

[@xam5440]

Love the content man keep it up

[@propelproject]

Maybe there is a way to make it lower to the ground? A pressurized oil tank and engine horizontal to the ground? Better for handling.

[@benbeckley9192]

These videos have had me as spellbound as the first Disneyland shows in the '50s!

[@darrinmc65]

Looking awesome Jared….. I was thinking the chain might need a couple guides or tensioner‘s? Nice to see you Walter!

[@motorv8N]

Went right to this episode cuz I was fascinated to learn how you got a reverse gear. What a cool little transmission. Such great fabrication you’ve done on that engine subframe too!

[@budzantonio8741]

Can't wait for the final product

[@lunabouch]

Nice, this was a nice appetizer for the next episode. Your engineering always blows my mind!!

[@craigheller9053]

Great to see the progress! Looking forward to the next video.

[@anomamos9095]

Tip It may be possible to recycle the prop drive from an outboard motor to use as either a reverse gear or right angle drive or both.

[@Drunken_Hamster]

That engine looks REALLY high-up.

[@blackbuttecruizr]

Great Vid

[@waynemiracle8928]

I’m so stoked to see your newest video! I love your videos. As I have said several times before your fab work blows me away. I look forward to seeing your work on my favorite model BMW! Keep up the good work!

[@frankogara8774]

Great video thanks

[@Biokemist-o3k]

Absolutely fantastic!!

[@notpurple]

looking forward to seeing the fiat hit the road!

[@Victinfien]

Your video gave me the solution for my Kei truck KTM superduke engine swap

[@Jerod_Helt]

Glad I could help!

[@rickburris6164]

Looks good, I can't wait to see you drive it. On another subject dear to my heart, How old is Walter? I have a westie that is 12 years old and Walter reminds me of him.

[@Jerod_Helt]

We think Walter is about 8-9. He was a stray so we don’t know exactly how old he is.

[@danz3628]

i am a retired machinist/millwright so i really enjoy the fabrication skills on this. and thank you for the 69 vw episodes. i just picked one up for a winter project. also, where do you buy the orange gloves? they seem to wear well.

[@Jerod_Helt]

Thanks for the comment. I get the gloves from my local Oreillys👍

[@CrazyPetez]

Pretty darn cool.

[@Brunodu68]

nice job mate

[@busarob1969]

Those pod filters won’t cut it! There is a lot of tech that went into the air box design, more than most people understand. It smooths out the power delivery, it catches the reversion pulses and fuel in these pulses , meaning with out the airbox you will need to add fuel to make the engine run and its fuel consumption will suffer with out the airbox. Lastly most bike lose between 20 -30 hp when you remove the airbox and retune it. How do I know all this? I have been dyno tuning motorcycles for a very long time . I have seen this airbox removal many times , I have read engineering books on airbox design and I have a lot of time trying to design new air boxes for bike engines being turboed or engine swaps where the original airbox was not going to work. As I said there is a lot of design tech that goes into these factory air boxes and removing result in a horrible and pesky engine with a much narrower power and torque delivery and dead’s spot lower in the rpm , hesitations getting on the throttle etc. It will require a lot of retuning to get it to run half decent . Just trying to help

[@Jerod_Helt]

I actually built a custom airbox in a recent video👍

[@f1o18iwi9]

hell yea, you make it look easy :D

[@noxious89123]

Are you going to use the rear engine mount? It looks to me like you're putting an awful lot of leverage on the two front engine mounts by not using that rear mount; consider that there is a lot of weigh in the back of the bike powerplant, where the transmission is, and it wasn't designed to have that weight hanging only from the front mounts. Maybe it'll be fine, I don't know. But maybe you'll hit a bump in the road and crack the thin + lightweight aluminium engine casings, dump all the oil onto the exhaust and rear wheels, destroy the motor and start a significant oil fire.

[@zOiNhUh]

Wasn't there a Quaife setup which didn't even require a chain? Much safer on the long run.

[@gsilcoful]

Very cool.

[@Kneedragon1962]

That's really awesome. My only complaint about that, is it puts a lot of weight very high. Ok, I guess you're not building a gokart, you're re-powering a 1960s Italian sportscar in a shoe-box, but ... I love the choice of components and concepts, but I'd like the engine to be sitting at least 6 ~ 8 inches lower ~ preferably 12. ---- Thought experiment. Start with a Porsche Boxter. Now take the bodywork off and turn it into a 1960s formula one car ~ no side-pods, looks like a torpedo. Now compare your Boxter formula one, to this. How are they different? A: Your Porsche has massively radically lower centre of gravity. Thank you ~ that's my point.

[@steven.h0629]

👍😎✊

[@Kunstwelle]

Great 😍

[@bigbaby5790]

Yyyyyyeeeeeeeaaaahhhh

[@zapwatt]

What did this car ever do to you?

[@rossmoore2844]

🙂

[@rossmoore2844]

You’re fearless. And talented. Obsessive. Entertaining. Walters cool too.

[@996turbo]

I just talked to them 15 weeks to get one , it’s depressing wait time

[@Jerod_Helt]

I understand how you feel.

[@996turbo]

@@Jerod_Helt today I wired the money , it’s sure ain’t cheap but I don’t have power to invent the wheel or go on adventures, this unit looks solid .

[@Jerod_Helt]

@@996turbo it’s a solid unit. It’s also the most expensive part of my build, by far. It cost more than the car and more than the bike.

[@996turbo]

@@Jerod_Heltover the years i probably dropped a small apt into my fiat , my dream was k20 turbo , first engine blow head gasket, second engine I picked fully built civic drove it 200 miles home , put the set up in the fiat , and it blow up again , so 2020 came I said let’s build fullllly built set up , engine builder did the worse job I ever seen head broke leaking coolant between block and head , so 4 years car just sitting and I’m dumping money. So bike motor is going to be the next way I think it’s easier.

[@996turbo]

@@Jerod_Helt what chain you running 520 ? Or bigger, I just picked 2023zx14r. I’m collecting the parts , your chain looks bigger than 520.

[@joell439]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@daddycool889]

Why is the engine up in the air? Couldn’t mount it lower? Much lower?

[@Jerod_Helt]

No it couldn’t go lower

[@HandyDan]

Just subscribed! I like your thinking, The easy way... or the Expensive way! I want to know if you have driven much with the short chain? I built my bike engine Smart and the chain is the noisy, high maintenance part. I was thinking about the Quaife bike engine units that do not use a chain. Any thought?

[@Jerod_Helt]

I’ve put about 1500 miles on it. The chain seems fine although it did stretch a little at first.

[@HandyDan]

@JNH Classics do you have an oiler like a schott oiler or do you just oil the chain as needed? I built mine in a pinch and used the chain from the bike that has tight spots and it causes my engine to have a warble and shake under load. I have a new design for my differential and I will replace the chain with a new one and add the schott oiler.

[@Jerod_Helt]

I don’t use an oiler. I used a new sealed chain and haven’t had any problems yet.

[@bghorn01]

Hi Jerod. I am working on a motorcycle engine powered autocross car so have to say your project is really cool. I need to build custom cv axles like you did. Wondering if the axles are still holding up and not producing any vibration or other issues? Anything you would do differently if you did them again? Thanks in advance for any tips.

[@Jerod_Helt]

The axles are working perfectly with no vibration. I’m very happy with them and can’t think of anything I would have done differently. Be sure to drill holes in the sleeves for plug welds👍

[@bghorn01]

@JNH Classics thanks for the update! Glad the car is holding up.

[@tobiasnyborg-christensen3970]

Amazing build! I am looking into buying a quaife diff. What ratio reduction do you have on your differential and how is your sprocket setup? Do you also know where I can get sprockets that fits the splines on the differential?

[@Jerod_Helt]

The Quaife diff has a 3.025 reduction. It was hard to find sprockets to fit the diff. I had to buy the taper lock adaptor from Quaife then I bought sprockets from MDS. Just google "MDS Sprockets" and you should find them. I used the (Taper-Lock Sprocket, #50BTL20). It's probably better to get the diff with the keyed shaft rather than the splined shaft so you don't need the adapter and have more options for sourcing the sprockets.

[@ronpackwood8772]

👍👍✌️

[@bozyb5702]

How do you adjust chain tension

[@Jerod_Helt]

The diff can be rotated to tighten the chain

[@stevejones1318]

Hi, I'm not clear why you needed Fiesta shafts. Does the reduction box use Fiesta parts?

[@Jerod_Helt]

Yep the gear box uses a fiesta differential

[@alexlowvato]

Is it going excellent video? How much would you charge to make me a differential?

[@Jerod_Helt]

Sorry I barely have time to work on my own cars

[@kevinlegion4913]

What's the name of the differential you're using

[@Jerod_Helt]

Quaife (QBA2R)

[@davidsquarepants1256]

What year mazda miata is the diff from? Also how much did the gear box cost you?

[@Jerod_Helt]

All the Miata parts are from an NA Miata (1st gen). The diff is very expensive. It cost more than the car or the motorcycle.

[@Dominik_Kopecny]

Can I get someone to buy reverse gear box?

[@connorbabcock7718]

Would you sell the converted Miata diff? I’m looking for something for my kei truck motorcycle build!

[@Jerod_Helt]

I’m saving it for a different project

[@connorbabcock7718]

@@Jerod_Helt totally understand! I’ll just have to make one myself then I guess 😆

[@arpitshukla3127]

where did u get these cv axles? are they custom made or any standard which you have modified?

[@Jerod_Helt]

I bought stock axles cut them in half and welded them together

[@jareddenison2939]

Does anyone think that something similar to this would work but fwd setup?

[@Jerod_Helt]

Yes people have done similar setups for front wheel drive

[@TomT586]

Where did you source the custom sprocket for the miata differential?

[@Jerod_Helt]

www.rebelgears.com/👍

[@nordicweiss]

How’s the durability of the Quaife unit

[@Jerod_Helt]

My understanding is they’re very durable. Mine has worked flawlessly so far.

[@nordicweiss]

Awesome thx for reply and great detailed video

[@benkerley3394]

How many gears are there

[@Jerod_Helt]

It has 6 speeds in forwards and 6 speeds in reverse 😀

[@chrissi.enbyYT]

Whats that chain size? 12b?

[@Jerod_Helt]

The chain is a 530

[@chrissi.enbyYT]

@@Jerod_Helt 24B outside USA. Thanks