Panigale engine cut in half

[duke63]

That's a nice big pair.

[Monty]

That just looks wrong to me. Too much power, not enough metal.

[Blade]

So is that a 650 if it's half a 1299 engine

[Perkles]

Huge pistons

[Cav]

I think they're using far too much material there - must be a really heavy engine !!

[C00kiemonster]

Those pistons are enourmous! That's engineering that...

[Blade]

Looks quite a long stroke in that view

[Kwacky]

My wife must be into Ducatis. She likes a big piston with a long stroke.

[duke63]

BTW that isn't an engine cut in half, its a customers engine on a workbench at JHP.

[duke63]

Can someone confirm or just tell me I'm talking crap here but if you increase the bore you will need a bigger piston but if you increase stroke that isn't necessarily the case but would be likely.

[Blade]

Changing the Stroke would mean possibly changing the crank and con rod. Depends on the specifics but piston would be ok if no bore change and only stroke length altered.

[duke63]

The new 959 uses the same rods as the 1299 apparently.

[Monty]

Changing either will give you more or less cc, but each way will give you a different engine character. Long strokes tend to be more torquey but won't rev as high due to piston speed. Short strokes will give you more rpm and therefore more BHP for a given cc.

[Rossgo]

What were they doing to the engine at JHP do you know?

[Blade]

I assume tuning work ???

[duke63]

I guess so. They are renowned for blueprinting too.

[duke63]

BTW the new 959 is apparently going back to side exhausts as they cannot get the current system to meet Euro 4 noise regs.

[Blade]

If it looks anything like this then happy days

[Rossgo]

What do you mean by blue printing?

[Rossgo]

Sorry treat me like a complete novice!!