turbo project

lets see if i can do this without screwing it up too badly.this project origionally started back in aug-sept of 2001 as a bunch of spare parts i had collected from previous 20 years that i tossed together with a quicky paintjob for a beating around town wheelie riding bike .i was putting the frontend together when i saw the planes hit the towers on sept 11 and that blew my whole attitude towards life so i just threw the rest of it together and road the wheels off of it hard for a while and parked it in the corner at my dads place anyway got ambitious one day and decided i was gonna pull it out and rinse it off and doll it up a little since i never really finished it the way i wanted to and pull the 13:1 pistons out and drop in a set of 8:1s and the turbo off my 1428 on there:evil: well one thing led to another and a couple hours later im staring at a bare z1 frame.:S anyway ill try and update pictures as it slowly progresses:P heres the starting point from 5 years ago

heres the frame sitting on kitchen table with the unextended swingarm before the frame gusseting and all the fun stuff started;)

Post edited by: wireman, at: 2006/12/10 10:51

the extensons for gsxr swingarm not quite done

other angle

1st frame gusset many more to come:whistle:

empty motor in frame for checking clearance for backbone braces and top motor mounts and mocking up exhuast and front turbo mounts

Wiredood, when you put those braces in, how do you know their dimensions and positions?

frame mocked up with bodywork from solomrus's 76 900,i will be running z1 bodywork and tank with an extended z1 tailpiece and yes it will have a widened steel z1 rear fender with tail light mounted on it(that sound you just heard was solomrus banging head on wall! )

tellietubbie wrote:

Wiredood, when you put those braces in, how do you know their dimensions and positions?

calibrated eyeball ,tape measure and cardboard templates to duplicate on other side!

aha:woohoo:

It's always good to read about other owner's projects. Keep it up.

You gusseting the frame for the bigger engine, or is that frame known for cracking there normally?

Post edited by: CoreyClough, at: 2006/12/10 11:09