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I bought a 1983 Canadian J model KZ1000 and it has an advertised horse pwer of 102. My 1981 LTD kz1000 has an advertised horse power of 92. Why is there a difference they both have the same bore and stroke ?
The most likely differences are: Valve sizes, cam timing and carburettor size. Of course it could just be marketing flim flam too. As these numbers are measured at the crank or counter shaft and not the rear wheel.
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I know the canadian buikes for my 1979 KZ750 used bigger carburetor jets.I bought a 1983 Canadian J model KZ1000 and it has an advertised horse pwer of 102. My 1981 LTD kz1000 has an advertised horse power of 92. Why is there a difference they both have the same bore and stroke ?
I doubt it would give +10, but US bikes were so smogged out back then it's possible.
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most people dont know but Ape Jay was actually doing the tuneups and slipping bigbore kits in the Canadian bikes for Kawasaki in the back of his shop in those days:PMight just be Canadian horsepower. Isn't it something like 1.2 Canadian horsepowers to one US Horsepower?:woohoo:
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Might just be Canadian horsepower. Isn't it something like 1.2 Canadian horsepowers to one US Horsepower?:woohoo:
Jay
:laugh: Used to be that way - but Canadian hp is now even with U.S. hp due to our weak economy.
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A nice report.
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Might just be Canadian horsepower. Isn't it something like 1.2 Canadian horsepowers to one US Horsepower?:woohoo:
Jay
you are refering to the uk "HP". they use a different standard (no im not talking std vs sae) they use PS. 1 PS = 75 kp·m/s = 0.73549875 kW = 0.9863201652997627 HP (SAE)
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