👀 NEW 999cc V Twin Engine ~ 58Ft-Lbs Of Torque!!!

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In today's video we unbox, give first impressions, and a first start of the new DuroMax 999cc v-twin engine with electronic throttle. This v-twin is rated for 35hp and 58 ft-lbs of torque. The crankshaft is a 1.4" with 3/8 keyway. Our engines are samples. They have not hit the market yet. We are expecting a $2K price point. #machine #Equipment #Engine
What is happening guys?
Welcome back to Red Beard's Garage, and we have an exciting freaking engine.
We've been waiting on this thing.
We knew about this a year ago, but this is the 999cc Duramax V-Twin.
That's a Haas.
So this thing makes 58 foot pounds of torque at 2500 RPM.
That's a monster.
A GSXR 600 engine makes around that torque, but it makes it at like 5 billion RPM.
So this is going to be a super awesome engine for a buggy.
This is making almost the torque of my supercharged 670 right out of the box.
So we're going to unbox it and take a look at the valve train, kind of like we did the
Harbor Freight engines here recently, but I am super pumped about this behemoth.
And we have to do a certain weird setup with the CVT because the output shaft is so huge,
but let's get this thing unboxed because this is exciting.
Oh boy.
I'm not strong enough.
That one's stapled, that's why.
It's 110 pounds.
It says use mechanical lifting.
Jeepers!
You're really strong.
Remember to jerk and twist your back.
So honestly, looking at it, it doesn't seem that much bigger than a 670 or the 713 Duramax,
but it's beefcake for sure.
So we have a push-button start on it.
That is thick.
Yeah, the crankshaft, we'll show that in a minute.
Push-button start, this is a digital RPM speed, and then you set your RPMs with this knob.
So it'll hold it max four grand.
This is sick.
This is a sweet freaking engine.
It's carbureted still.
It is not fuel injection.
But look at that crankshaft.
Holy guacamole.
That is a monster.
Look at the size of the key.
Yeah, it's got a three-eighths key in it.
Five-eighths crankshaft bolt.
And this is 1.4 inches, so around one and seven-sixteenths, which is massive.
They did send us the muffler that looks a lot like a normal V-twin muffler.
It braces off the block here.
And this is exciting.
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to pull a valve cover off.
We're going to look at the valve train.
And we're going to talk about how we're going to put power to a buggy on this,
because we can't just put a pulley.
There's no pulley out there big enough for this.
So we do have a pretty cool idea on that.
So yeah, this thing is a monster.
This is really exciting.
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All right, so we're going to pull off the valve cover
off of this new 999cc.
What's cool is it's a six-bolt valve cover,
which I've never seen before.
I don't want to rip the gasket.
All right, so it's a basic,
that's like you would see in a non-hemi style.
So pretty, it's got a lot of room in there,
but I'm not going to be able to tell
how the profile of the cam is.
So it's just like a standard style rocker.
So now I want to pull off this air box
to see what the carb setup looks like,
because I'm really interested in how they did this.
So you have a knob,
you just set your RPMs where you want it,
and it holds it at that.
So that's going to be,
I don't know how we're going to have to adapt that
to a go-kart.
All right, so we're going to pull this,
oh, this is just like twist lock style.
It's got an air filter,
just pops on and slides right out.
So it does look like it's going to use a,
let me pull this housing off.
Oh, like a blower head.
So that's pretty sweet.
Looks like they're not done really anything different other
than this is a digital carburetor control.
So we're not going to be able to just pop a,
a throttle bracket onto this and control this carburetor.
So I'm wondering what the port size is on this
to see if I can run like a 713 port.
I would imagine it's a lot bigger,
but this scoop is pretty sick.
I like that a lot, like it a lot.
It looks like it has a electronics box back here.
It has a lot of wires on it.
That's interesting to see.
So luckily we partnered with BendPak
and finally got us an engine stand.
And with a few long bolts,
you can bolt one of these V-twins
directly to an engine stand.
We've got the crankshaft,
the output shaft going inside this tunnel right here.
As long as you center it,
make sure the crankshaft isn't pushing against anything,
which I do believe we have it.
Yep, that bolt is very close to it.
We'll be running some 10-30 synthetic in this hog.
Oh, she's a thirsty little girl.
Yes, she is.
Talk to her like a baby or a dog.
We're a baby dog.
This would be better to mix in a quart of oil.
You know what I mean?
Like pour it in a quart of oil.
I'm going to do the rest of this bottle.
It's not a ton, but it'll add,
like I said, a lot more zinc,
which will help bearings and whatnot break in.
I would do this, if I built an engine,
I would do this for the first few oil changes.
If not, every oil change,
because it's just going to help add zinc.
That's going to, let's see what it says.
Engine with flat-tap lifters,
engine break-in, high-performance applications,
especially formulated with ZDDP,
that prevent the camshaft from out-turning,
wearing plastic cars, hot rods, and bracing engines,
stream pressure, as is against, yeah.
Good stuff, I use it all the time.
I mean, I assume it's good.
I don't know.
They give me a line,
they give me a rack of oil, man, I don't know.
So we have everything set up.
We have our gas can on our tripod.
Shout out to Ben Pack for this engine stand
and the tripod right there.
This is going to work.
I mean, of course, this is not what this is intended for,
but it's still pretty handy.
So we have it hooked up to a battery off of a Cadillac.
But we have it hooked up, gas is in it, oil's in it,
and push-button start, so we should just start it up
and then be able to electronically rev it.
Now, when we put this on the buggy,
we will not use this.
We're going to use a Makuni and bypass the governor,
most likely, to avoid all the warranties if we can.
So let's see.
Push it, hold down on the start button.
So that is the Duromax 999cc engine.
Now, this is designed, I mean, you can put it on anything
your heart desires, but this is like
what an industrial zero turn would have on it.
And that's the reason they went with the 1.4-inch crankshaft.
They matched what other large engine manufacturers had.
So it would be a good replacement
if you had a large commercial mower or something.
So one thing is, I don't know how you would wire this up
to use this on a go-kart.
So I'm just going to bypass all this.
I'm assuming that it's electronically governed,
which means it's going to restrict the coil packs,
I would imagine.
This is the first engine I've messed with
with electronics like this.
So how I intend on using it is removing all this
and doing a Makuni and then seeing what happens.
So I can use a standard throttle pedal
instead of doing like a drive-by wire setup,
which seems like it's just over-complicating it.
Other than that, the 1.4-inch crankshaft,
we have another one of these engines
sitting right here in the floor
because we're using one
and building a full all-out street bike,
like an actual motorcycle.
We're going to use a Harley-Davidson
divorced transmission.
I think that'd be cool.
And then we're going to use another one for a buggy.
And we've got a lot of stuff planned
to do performance-wise to these engines
to get even more because their compression ratio
was like 8.5 to one.
I'd like to get that mother high compression
so she really makes some power.
That and chromoly pushrod, stuff like that.
Try to get some billet rods made for it.
It'd be pretty sweet.
But on to the crankshaft,
this is a hog of a crankshaft.
It's got a 3-H crankshaft key.
It's a thick son of a gun.
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to pull the crankshaft
out of one of these engines
and I'm going to take it to the machine shop
and have them cut it off
and only leave a couple inches,
like an inch and a half exposed.
And then we're going to taper it
the same as a Polaris Razor 1000.
So we can use a Razor 1000 pulley on the buggy one.
The one that's going to be
on the Harley-Davidson transmission,
we don't have to do that.
We'll just do a belt drive or something
from the engine to the Harley-Davidson transmission.
So let us know what you think about this engine.
If you'd like to see us do anything,
we always love to hear your comments
and ideas on these things.
It is one hoss of an engine
and I think this is going to run about two grand.
It's not fully out yet.
This was kind of some test samples
for us to play with
and we will be getting the crankshaft pulled out one,
get another one set up.
So we'll be looking out for these on the channel.
Leave a comment down below.
Massive shout out to Duramax
for sending out these engines.
We are pumped to use them
and a huge shout out to Blaster
for sponsoring today's video.
Make sure to check out the links
for all these products in the video's description.
It does help us continue to do these videos.
Thank you guys for watching.
We love you and God bless.
