Kawi J engine squish clearance?

Kawi J engine squish clearance? 23 Apr 2017 09:14 #760033

SWest Offline Sustaining Member 10 22 2014 Posts: 22435 Thank you received: 2621	GOFOR IT. Steve Z1b1000 1975 Z1b kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/598262-kz-...-will-it-live#672882 kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/597654-poser?start=240#704229
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Kawi J engine squish clearance? 04 May 2017 18:44 #761206

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Got a dirty old J case for $116, and test assembled. Crank spins free as a bird, bearings are tight, and I can check endplay by hand. I guess this proves that running a twisted crank will trash your case. Too much force from the excessive runout.

Gonna clean it up, paint, assemble, and pick up where I left off. Hopefully the studs will come out without any issues, so I can swap the HD studs from the other one.

Man, what did we do before there was Ebay?

KZ1000-K2
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Kawi J engine squish clearance? 04 May 2017 19:34 #761208

SWest Offline Sustaining Member 10 22 2014 Posts: 22435 Thank you received: 2621	I was wondering how you were doing. Sounds good. What did we do? Paid up the ying yang. In the 80's there were enough wrecked bikes parts were plentyful. Steve Z1b1000 1975 Z1b kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/598262-kz-...-will-it-live#672882 kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/597654-poser?start=240#704229
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Kawi J engine squish clearance? 04 May 2017 19:44 #761210

VTEC Topic Author Offline User Posts: 558 Thank you received: 80	So easy on Ebay. I always go with the seller with an unlimited guarantee. So no matter the reason you can return, and only obligated for return shipping. And with certain hard-parts I try and stay away from police bikes. They all have mega-miles. KZ1000-K2 ZRX1100 XR400R The following user(s) said Thank You: GPz550D1
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Kawi J engine squish clearance? 04 May 2017 19:51 #761211

VTEC Topic Author Offline User Posts: 558 Thank you received: 80	Gotta mention. The people that rebuilt this engine couldn't have trashed it any worse if the tried. Seriously. KZ1000-K2 ZRX1100 XR400R
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Kawi J engine squish clearance? 04 May 2017 20:05 #761212

SWest Offline Sustaining Member 10 22 2014 Posts: 22435 Thank you received: 2621	Look forward to watching your build. Pics, need pics. Steve Z1b1000 1975 Z1b kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/598262-kz-...-will-it-live#672882 kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/597654-poser?start=240#704229
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Kawi J engine squish clearance? 04 May 2017 20:42 #761215

VTEC Topic Author Offline User Posts: 558 Thank you received: 80	I'll post the bottom end clean, painted, and assembled. Again. Hey Steve, Have you checked out Bull Dock in Japan? The bikes these people build blow me away. Love to do that for a living. KZ1000-K2 ZRX1100 XR400R
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Kawi J engine squish clearance? 04 May 2017 20:46 #761216

SWest Offline Sustaining Member 10 22 2014 Posts: 22435 Thank you received: 2621	I'd like to do a few of them just for fun. Steve Z1b1000 1975 Z1b kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/598262-kz-...-will-it-live#672882 kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/597654-poser?start=240#704229
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Kawi J engine squish clearance? 04 May 2017 20:50 #761217

daveo Offline Premium Member Posts: 2767 Thank you received: 633	VTEC wrote: Gotta mention. The people that rebuilt this engine couldn't have trashed it any worse if the tried. Seriously. You are way too kind, calling them people... One sphincific body part is really what they are, if you know what I mean. 1982 KZ1100-A2
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Kawi J engine squish clearance? 04 May 2017 20:54 #761218

SWest Offline Sustaining Member 10 22 2014 Posts: 22435 Thank you received: 2621	Time to move on guys. I have a feeling this thing is going to SCREAM when it's done. Steve Z1b1000 1975 Z1b kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/598262-kz-...-will-it-live#672882 kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/597654-poser?start=240#704229
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Kawi J engine squish clearance? 06 May 2017 17:40 #761321

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Cleaning up the case I got and looks like it had a rough life. It's got real good pitting in the case block deck. I've been block sanding it, and it looks like I'll have to take quite a bit off to get rid of the pitting. Also been having a hard time getting the paint off. Going on 3 rounds of stripper and a bunch still there. I posted another topic asking if they come painted from the factory.