Fellow detailer modded his Rupes

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Reflectiveauto

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I dont know the entire break down since its all beyond me but what from I was told earlier its alot faster and even cuts faster then before. He will continue testing of this mod for reliability and will even look into making a Griots 6" cut faster.
 
Reflectiveauto said:
I dont know the entire break down since its all beyond me but what from I was told earlier its alot faster and even cuts faster then before. He will continue testing of this mod for reliability and will even look into making a Griots 6" cut faster.
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Will be interesting to see if he has any success with the Griots!!
 
Maybe he did the chain saw engine mod. Thinking that would speed things up. ;)

He probably did the washer mod others have mentioned, many attribute this mod to Kevin Brown. I think he did this to one of the older non-Rupes machines and the fame has stuck around. RA, if this is what your friend has done, you can pick up a washer grind the flats and install it all in about 20 minutes. Add an extra 10 minutes if you don't have a grinder and need to file.

VaderGT posted a YouTube on this recently and I believe he liked the mod.

http://www.autopiaforums.com/forums/auto-detailing-101/43704-rupes-washer-mod.html
 
A little bird told me about some of the internal parts of one model Rupes being inserted into the other model for improved performance. We are not talking about backing plates.More info to come later. Hmmmmm.....
 
Paul S said:
A little bird told me about some of the internal parts of one model Rupes being inserted into the other model for improved performance. We are not talking about backing plates.More info to come later. Hmmmmm.....
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So that would mean that a person would need to have two reasonably expensive machines to begin with. I'm thinkin' parts from the big one into the smaller one or the smaller rotating assembly onto the the more powerful machine. Once they're finished they have one super machine and what else left over? Sounds expensive.
 
GearHead_1 said:
So that would mean that a person would need to have two reasonably expensive machines to begin with. I'm thinkin' parts from the big one into the smaller one or the smaller rotating assembly onto the the more powerful machine. Once they're finished they have one super machine and what else left over? Sounds expensive.
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Was told the end results were a machine that exceeded expectations and another that was still better then the average da.
 
Edit! I retract my previous statement! Just seems silly to mess with the " Circuits and Resistors and such " in machines. Washer mod sure but internals ?!?!?!?
 
I know I am just an amateur when it comes to detailing but when I looked at the Rupes video washer mod it looked like the washer just freed up the rotation of the backing plate. Now I know I am probably wrong, since being an amateur, but if I wanted my GG 6" to cut faster I would want to have resistance in the backing plate so as to force the rotation. Am I wrong on thinking that way? Now my GG has more then enough speed so not sure what could be done with circuitry to help it cut faster. To me the only thing would be is to use a motor with more torque, but I am probably wrong there to.

Dean.
 
Torque is directly related to the spindle gears. Increasing speed by electronic changes may speed up the machine but not under load. Sorry based on adding 4mm to the 7424xp from experience. Back burned by the Rupes 15.
Balancing the machine became an issue. It became incompatible with 3". An in balanced machine wil cause premature bearing failure. Changing RPM's induced increased heat (ie reducing windings changing apertures) we realized that the rotation was dependant upon gear reduction not speed due to friction of throw. Toucan offset a DA by 2.25mm and gain 4.5mm of throw but balance of counterweight and torque need to be accounted for. At 2lbds weight with increased throw and speed with existing set up we lost 50%rotation.
With a lightened counterweight and 2lbds pressure on rotation we were equal to spec.
 
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