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GPz750 Cylinder Head & Cams etc - how can I identify?
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10 Jul 2008 09:28 #225342
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1977 Z650 (WIP - GPz750 Engine, RF400 Wheels & brakes, Bandit 600 Forks, Zephyr Swingarm)
1997 ZRX1100 - Stock - for now!(except for Hindle header with Micron carbon can)
1988 NTV600 Revere - Stock (work hack!)
GPz750 Cylinder Head & Cams etc - how can I identify? was created by cherrymetal
I've just bought a cylinder head complete with cam shafts, and cam cover, I want to be sure it is a GPz750 one.
The head I have on my engine at the moment is from a GT750 ( a soft tune shaft drive engine we get here, that I don't think you get in the US, its very similar in most ways, but doesn't put out the same power, the valves I believe are smaller and the cam profile and timing different).
Is there a way of identifying what I've just bought?
One feature I did notice is that it has no rev counter drive. (any way of getting an electronic rev counter to fit in the housing of Z650 clocks - because that is where the engine is destined for?)
The head I have on my engine at the moment is from a GT750 ( a soft tune shaft drive engine we get here, that I don't think you get in the US, its very similar in most ways, but doesn't put out the same power, the valves I believe are smaller and the cam profile and timing different).
Is there a way of identifying what I've just bought?
One feature I did notice is that it has no rev counter drive. (any way of getting an electronic rev counter to fit in the housing of Z650 clocks - because that is where the engine is destined for?)
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1977 Z650 (WIP - GPz750 Engine, RF400 Wheels & brakes, Bandit 600 Forks, Zephyr Swingarm)
1997 ZRX1100 - Stock - for now!(except for Hindle header with Micron carbon can)
1988 NTV600 Revere - Stock (work hack!)
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10 Jul 2008 10:58 #225353
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1977 KZ650C1
and the KZ650/KZ750 Conversion
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Well, I know the GPz750 didn't have the rev counter drive machined into the camshaft.
I know the head shape was a little different, I'll have to see if I can find a pic...
I know the head shape was a little different, I'll have to see if I can find a pic...
1977 KZ650C1
and the KZ650/KZ750 Conversion
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10 Jul 2008 13:19 #225380
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78-KZ1000/1105, 80 KZ1000, 82 Kawasaki GPZ750, 95 Harley Fatboy, 80 Suzuki GS1100ET, 81 GS1100E parts bike, 83 GS1100SD Katana/1394,78 Yamaha XT500, 81 Yamaha XS650, 78 Yamaha XS650E, 48 Whizzer model J motorbike, 71 Honda CT70H, 71 Honda CT70, 81 IT 250 Yamaha,82 Honda XL100S owned
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My 82 has a black coating on the motor & head and the intake ports are hand done, not as cast
78-KZ1000/1105, 80 KZ1000, 82 Kawasaki GPZ750, 95 Harley Fatboy, 80 Suzuki GS1100ET, 81 GS1100E parts bike, 83 GS1100SD Katana/1394,78 Yamaha XT500, 81 Yamaha XS650, 78 Yamaha XS650E, 48 Whizzer model J motorbike, 71 Honda CT70H, 71 Honda CT70, 81 IT 250 Yamaha,82 Honda XL100S owned
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10 Jul 2008 14:39 #225392
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No tach drive and the fins are squared off instead of being rounded.
Of course the same things apply to the GPz750 Turbo, except the cams in it have the same lift and duration as KZ650 cams.
Of course the same things apply to the GPz750 Turbo, except the cams in it have the same lift and duration as KZ650 cams.
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10 Jul 2008 15:09 #225400
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1977 Z650 (WIP - GPz750 Engine, RF400 Wheels & brakes, Bandit 600 Forks, Zephyr Swingarm)
1997 ZRX1100 - Stock - for now!(except for Hindle header with Micron carbon can)
1988 NTV600 Revere - Stock (work hack!)
Replied by cherrymetal on topic GPz750 Cylinder Head & Cams etc - how can I identify?
Are all the GPz750 (non turbo) heads the same - and cams, for the different years?
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1977 Z650 (WIP - GPz750 Engine, RF400 Wheels & brakes, Bandit 600 Forks, Zephyr Swingarm)
1997 ZRX1100 - Stock - for now!(except for Hindle header with Micron carbon can)
1988 NTV600 Revere - Stock (work hack!)
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11 Jul 2008 10:08 #225550
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78-KZ1000/1105, 80 KZ1000, 82 Kawasaki GPZ750, 95 Harley Fatboy, 80 Suzuki GS1100ET, 81 GS1100E parts bike, 83 GS1100SD Katana/1394,78 Yamaha XT500, 81 Yamaha XS650, 78 Yamaha XS650E, 48 Whizzer model J motorbike, 71 Honda CT70H, 71 Honda CT70, 81 IT 250 Yamaha,82 Honda XL100S owned
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Later cams are better, dont know about the heads
78-KZ1000/1105, 80 KZ1000, 82 Kawasaki GPZ750, 95 Harley Fatboy, 80 Suzuki GS1100ET, 81 GS1100E parts bike, 83 GS1100SD Katana/1394,78 Yamaha XT500, 81 Yamaha XS650, 78 Yamaha XS650E, 48 Whizzer model J motorbike, 71 Honda CT70H, 71 Honda CT70, 81 IT 250 Yamaha,82 Honda XL100S owned
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14 Jul 2008 04:11 #226028
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1977 Z650 (WIP - GPz750 Engine, RF400 Wheels & brakes, Bandit 600 Forks, Zephyr Swingarm)
1997 ZRX1100 - Stock - for now!(except for Hindle header with Micron carbon can)
1988 NTV600 Revere - Stock (work hack!)
Replied by cherrymetal on topic GPz750 Cylinder Head & Cams etc - how can I identify?
Are there any numbers to identify what cams I have? Or is it a case of measuring the lobe height with a micrometer?
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1977 Z650 (WIP - GPz750 Engine, RF400 Wheels & brakes, Bandit 600 Forks, Zephyr Swingarm)
1997 ZRX1100 - Stock - for now!(except for Hindle header with Micron carbon can)
1988 NTV600 Revere - Stock (work hack!)
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