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leon

I think I speak for everybody when I say we need to see a video of that Porche tearing down the street.

Glad to see you back at it. I just about thought this one might not ever come together. Keep up the good work.

Sorry for the late reply to this thread, but I just found it!

Curious to find out how your CF tank holds up. Did you line it with anything, or is it raw? I have one on my framer and I don't want to line it, or for it to delaminate, so I drain the fuel after every race.

Oh Leon, you're such a slave driver! Thanks for dropping in Josh, and yeah, I had my concerns as well. Not from a technical perspective, but a time and resource commitment. It always seemed there was something else more important. As for a video of the car ripping around...all in good time Priority 1 is to get the Kz into a permanently assembled roller. Priority 2 is to finish off the major bodywork items on the Porsche. Priority 3 is the cam and clutch replacement. After that, I'll make you guys a little video
Slayer61, thanks for stopping by. The task I have here is a non working prototype. It's an unbonded top and bottom piece. I had planned to just hang that one on my wall, but it would make for a great experiment to affix a cap, fill out with pump gas and let it sit to see what happens.... I might just do that, thanks for asking

I just got off the phone with Jeff, and ordered a handful of o-rings and cam chain idler parts. One 18mm o-ring in particular I need to assemble the cases, so engine assembly is on hold until I get that part.

I wonder if the local kawi dealer would have that in stock.... I may run over there and check this morning. It would be awesome to button up the bottom end and installed in the frame

porchev914 wrote: I wonder if the local kawi dealer would have that in stock.... I may run over there and check this morning. It would be awesome to button up the bottom end and installed in the frame

I know what you mean, it's terrible when one tiny little part is holding up everything! If your dealer isn't able to help, I've been able to find a lot of hardware and o-rings etc... around here locally. Maybe you could find one at a hardware store or auto parts store? They are usually very willing to help you find something that will work.

bearing supply houses usually have a good stock of o-rings.

leon

Lucky me, the stealership had one!! Who would have thought? But of course, another little snag I seem to have misplaced the tab washer for the drum locator bolt....I suppose its time to make a new one.

On a side note, has anyone ever purchased new case hardware? The bolts are exceptionally expensive from places like bike bandit at $2-$4 each My hardware looks like trash, and its going to be tough putting crappy looking hardware on my new pretty engine. Has anyone had luck cleaning up the stock stuff?

I bought a complete allen head set for all the motor cases from Schnitz Racing I think. They have held up well.
Wayne

If they're in good shape then replating is an option. I had most of mine done and they look like new. Can't remember the price but it was cheap...maybe $30 or so?

kzz1king wrote: I bought a complete allen head set for all the motor cases from Schnitz Racing I think. They have held up well.
Wayne

Was that for the cases, or the side covers? I can find side cover sets all day long, but nothing on case bolts.

Sorry, covers.

McMaster-Carr?

No worries, I did get a little excited for a second though So I got the top half of the case put together and the center main bearing support torqued down:



I got the shift drum and forks set in the lower half of the case:



And then put the two together, cleaned up my stock hardware with a wire wheel and torqued it all down:

Perhaps Josh, but at this point, I'm willing to forego little perfectionist things like new looking case bolts. I will upgrade the sidecover hardware, but I can get that stuff from Fastenal.

I will need to fabricate some engine mounting hardware like the bottom engine mount nuts, but that will be simple enough. I'm itching to mate the engine with the frame to see how it's going to look!

ha, nice. well ,really, if you need a hand and you can wait for a weekend, just say the word. be good to get out of town for a minute get some motivation to work on my projects. looking good.

also, i just came across this

forums.kz650.info/index.php?topic=10539.0;topicseen

www.boltdepot.com

I think I bought my last set of case hardware, stainless, high quality, from Z1 or a place like it- I will try to go through some old orders on my computer, and see if I can find you something, the main thing I remember about them is that they were all allen heads and high quality, not the butter-bolts that came stock.

porchev914 wrote: Lucky me, the stealership had one!! Who would have thought? But of course, another little snag I seem to have misplaced the tab washer for the drum locator bolt....I suppose its time to make a new one.

On a side note, has anyone ever purchased new case hardware? The bolts are exceptionally expensive from places like bike bandit at $2-$4 each My hardware looks like trash, and its going to be tough putting crappy looking hardware on my new pretty engine. Has anyone had luck cleaning up the stock stuff?

Its a good thing the dealership had that 18mm o ring. when i assembled mine i had to wait on that same o ring. By the way its a good thing you bought that because you will need two all together anyway.

You're absolutely correct powerstroke, 2 are required. I have 2 on order, so I'll have a spare Oddly enough, the dealership had 4 in stock!