Testarossa's 78 KZ1000 Fighter Build

Chrysler made a number of changes to the new Hemi head,they add a squish zone,built up the area between the valve seat, and added a second plug. they will burn better now.
I reacall that Muzzy cut a trough between the valve seats to imroove the flame path( this is oposite to the new head, dont know the theory behing this new head, but would like too), and it was common to double plug the heads back then.
How much is the Dana 2000 with coils? if u add a shift light to a dyna s u might be getting close? a new advance mech will put u over for sure, but most guys just play with dif weight springs.

Z1e wants $404 at the moment. I don't like playing with springs. I always shoot them across the room.

testarossa wrote:

Z1e wants $404 at the moment. I don't like playing with springs. I always shoot them across the room.

So:
Dyna 2000 = $404.
Dyna s = $250
Dif = $154


I see the dilemma.
I guess , as always , it comes down to your personal priorities.
U know the advantages, u will just have to figure out witch 1 is best for u.
If u ride hard u will benefit more from the 2000, for quiet riding, the s will suffice.
Keep it twisted.:woohoo:
Mark

Notice anything different about my bike.



Jackson approves. Thanks Tony!



The UPS man was good to me today as well:

Awesome, you got your exhaust!

Tony is the MAN! He wouldn't even let me pay 100% of the shipping. What an awesome gift. The best part is that my rearset is totally clear of the pipe. I was really worried about that. I have soo many ideas about the final exhaust, and having this pipe sets me free. My only experience with KZ exhaust is with that '82 CSR. Many moons have passed since that bike left me, and it had the typical CSR 4 into 2 chrome pipes.

Very nice.
what kind is it? it reminds me of a Bassani, but not quite.

I believe Tony said it was the old MAC pipe from his Mark II. That baffle is totally devoid of any packing material. I bet it would be loud if I don't re-pack it.

I'm not 100 percent sure what kind of pipe it is. I always thought it was a mac. It sounds good the way it is.

You know Josh, you were giving me a hard time for not posting any progress pics, and here you are slacking off yourself. I know its Monday, and this is you usual slacker day, but we (I) need to see some progress pics. I understand that you are getting to a point where it's hard to take pics of progress, but do try

Tony wrote:

I'm not 100 percent sure what kind of pipe it is. I always thought it was a mac. It sounds good the way it is.

Tony, I'm definantly gonna try it as is, but I still need to get the endcap off and re-attach the baffle or remove it. It appears to have broken off and is loose in there. I plan on experimenting with no packing to various levels of packing to achieve the desired sound. Loud is not necessarily a bad thing. That pipe is really in pretty good shape other than the finish. It looks like a keeper.

porchev914 wrote:

You know Josh, you were giving me a hard time for not posting any progress pics, and here you are slacking off yourself. I know its Monday, and this is you usual slacker day, but we (I) need to see some progress pics. I understand that you are getting to a point where it's hard to take pics of progress, but do try

Your right. Ohh the hypocracy! I entertained family all weekend for Easter and this week I have got two Cub Scout functions with my son. I promise to be better.

On a positive note. I did recieve my 1/2" offset front sprocket from American Classix yesterday. It fits nice and everything seems to line up well. However it doesn't have the hole for the keeper washer, so much like otakar, I'll have to work through that. I plan on trying to actually drill the hole, so that I can pass that info on for future use. I also bought a small sandblast cabinet after reading about the ills of silica dust, I wasn't keen to expose myself too much while using an open sandblaster in the yard.

Also, I think that I may have located the original owner of my bike. I hope that I will be able to extract a little history out of this guy. It will be cool to find out about how the skull got on the back fender etc. We'll see...