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New to the Forum Building a 1977 KZ-1000 LTD Turbo
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I wanted to find out where are the honey holes of old Kaw parts? Just hate using eBay and have a hard time on craigslist. But I did have a very bright spot this past week. Founded a great guy on craigslist in Southern Indiana. Must be one of the only honest ones I've found. Talked to him several time and found that it was what I was looking for. Drove three hours to get a new Kaw motor for my project. Got a lot of extra parts from Dave. He just kept putting parts in the back of my truck. Motor Forks Seat and a great looking tank and a bunch of hard to find small parts. WOW!
Lost my engine on my '77 to bad cam sprockets and bent all the valves in the head. Cost to much to get the head repair so I went looking for a new engine. Came across the engine on craigslist. Got it home and started checking it out. It has more than what I think I need for the street but not going to change it. Has had a nice port job for the head to follow with the turbo. Will be using it with a old style Mr. Turbo system i picked up about 8 months ago. Nice clearance work for the cams. Heavy duty case studs and heavy duty lower end bolts. The crank is a Falicon not sure on what it is but was told it is an expensive crank. Wonder how it will work on the street? Lower end has a deep sump oil pan and a windage tray. Guess that's a good thing for the oiling system on a turbo. Dave had a bunch of great parts and tips on his other turbo systems that he pour on me. Can't wait to work on some to get my turbo going. I'm going from a 1045cc street kit to this and I'm assuming it going to be a learning curve. If anybody has any suggestions out there send them along. the turbo kit is a RC Engineering 1102cc with new jugs. Mic it all out to very tight spec and all is looking very good. Looks like a lot of $$$$ were spent on this engine. Transmission has been undercut, will this also hurt in street use? The engine has been soda blasted and is great great looking. Wonder if it should be left unpainted? Any thought out there either way?
Chassis is being also modified with a complete extended Kosman rearend. Have to run a 5/8" OB carrier for the 7 1/2" rear wire wheel. Running skinny on the front and big on the back. Thinking on tricking out the suspension with a air assisted lowering system to keep it low. Don't have to worry about and header clearance issues so lower the better.
Look forward to dropping some pic on the build as I get into it. Right now just putting things on the wish list to go find and work out.
Want to send a big "Thanks" to Dave Beck for his help and finally getting together with his great engine.
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turbo motors are a totally differant beast than amotor with carbs,turbos tend to prefer smaller cams and smaller ports than a carb fed motor.
That little 1045 motor with the right set of cams and a good mikuni carb somewhere in the 38-42mm range should have no problem putting many carbed bikes in the 1197 range back on the trailer at the track once you sort your chassis out
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Take a look at Z1 Enterprises.WaterKaw1102 wrote: ...where are the honey holes of old Kaw parts?....
Click > www.z1enterprises.com/
Good Fortune!
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In a nondescript barn in an undisclosed location southwest of omaha! :woohoo:Patton wrote:
Take a look at Z1 Enterprises.WaterKaw1102 wrote: ...where are the honey holes of old Kaw parts?....
Click > www.z1enterprises.com/
Good Fortune!
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wireman wrote:
In a nondescript barn in an undisclosed location southwest of omaha! :woohoo:Patton wrote:
Take a look at Z1 Enterprises.WaterKaw1102 wrote: ...where are the honey holes of old Kaw parts?....
Click > www.z1enterprises.com/
Good Fortune!
That was shameless.
'78 KZ1075 LTD
stage 1 head by Larry Cavanaugh
race built crank by John Pearson
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k410 cams
back cut tranny
8" over D&G swinger
proving once again that age and treachery is better than youth and enthusiasm
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1979 LTD Street Fighter.1977 KZ1000
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Very happy with the engine can't wait to bust it in high gear after the Hoildays to get going on it.....Merry Christmas to me........................ :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
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I would be interested in seeing the actual motor because the one he posted on craigs list wasn't the actual motor.
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Yes he told me the engine was ready to go. And after looking it over once I got it home it has a lot more stuff in it that he never had on the listing. Sorry, I can't post any pic right now, don't have a good camera and really don't know how yet. As this project goes I'll try to see if one of the guys has a good enough camera so I can show the progress of this thing.
He does have one of his bike in the gallery here, I think so. A bright red '78 KZ1000 LTD. Saw it when I was over pick up my engine. I tried to buy it off of him after seeing it. A lot of chrome and a fire engine red paint but he said he would probably be buried with them. lol.
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