After much considerations, the finalized decision was made on the procurement of a Shimano Core 50MG7 for the 2nd bait finesse project. The core was selected over the Aldebaran due to the color, just like in japan, the Aldebaran is the domestic model thus USDM Cores were rare and unavailable in local tackle stores here.
In its stock form the Core/Aldebaran was designed for finesse fishing, however in terms of true bait finesse casting with lures in the 2-5g range, the core leaves much to be desired unlike the Daiwa pixy variants which handled fine in stock form. Thus upgrades to the spool and spool bearings were necessary in order to enable it to reach target casting performance for ultralight lures which it was intended for.
The subject of tuning シマノコア 50MG7
Tune up parts: Avail Microcast spool, ZPI Finesse concept SIC BB and Alu knobs
Tools of the trade
Removal of the VBS brake drum
VBS Brake drum installed on the Avail Microcast spool
Removal of stock spool AR-Bs
The latest ZPI finesse concept SIC ball bearings
Flushing of bearings
Spin dry!
One drop of ZPI Friction Zero SuperConque oil
Installation of bearings
ZPI machined aluminium knobs; superlight weight at 3.3g each
Stock knobs taken apart
Assembling the completed BFC Core 50MG7
You'd expect it to say "Mission accomplished" here, but we're not done yet!
A set of platinum carbon Semperfi Carbon handle is still on its way. So await the final product!
hihi, can i advice on mod of BC? i wonder the different with ZPI and Borca orange seal bearing? any comments? btw any wonderful web site for purchase ZPI carbon handle bar and semperfi? also the knob you using. local seen like Out Of Stock for ZPI cant even find semperfi in beach road... will appreicate you can share about modding a baitcaster.
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Hi there so sorry for the late reply,
ReplyDeleteI'm no expert however i feel the difference between these finesse spec bearings against the boca orange seal would be the initial startup, as finesse fishing is based on light lures thus the initial startup of the bearing is very important which is also what ZPi tuned these for as compared to the older ZPI SIC bearings. ZPI handle can be sourced through the usual jdm tackle sites such as plat, japantackle etc and semperfi can be found at http://www.semperfi-tackle.com/
hope this helps!! =D tight lines