which ROD is Longer?

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04 Feb 2010 00:52 #346358 by School Teacher
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Ok between the kz and the j model the rods on the kz are longer ...............question is by how much? how long is a kz rod and how long is a j rod and where do you measure from.
1976 kz900 in parts but will be going some day soon
1980 kz1000G1
1976 kz900 parts bike
1979 kz1000 shaftie parts bike
1978 kz1000 33mm smoothies 1075 kit
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04 Feb 2010 03:41 #346360 by TeK9iNe
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I'd say my rod is the longest, but I know thats just a matter of personal prefference :woohoo:

Anyways... good question.

I'd check with Jeff @ Z1 ENTERPRISES , he is most knowledgable.

Or someone else here will chime in with the info shortly...

Cheers.

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81 Kawie Z1000 CSR
83 Honda VT750C A
85 Kawie GPZ900 A2
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04 Feb 2010 05:05 #346371 by BSKZ650
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you normally measure center to center to get rod length, as far as which one,, got me.
I am guessing you are looking to get the longest dwell at TDC?
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73 z1,, gonna restore this one
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04 Feb 2010 05:26 #346375 by trianglelaguna
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ask omr or plummen...either one has seen a lot of rods over the years.....why during one point in the seveties....i think....they saw just about every kind of rod there is .....big ones.....little ones......bent ones.....old ones......even a few custom rods........

they know a rod when they see one......
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04 Feb 2010 05:44 #346379 by PLUMMEN
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:woohoo: now thats funny i dont care who ya is! longer rod will keep piston at tdc longer,ive never been brave enough to tear a kaw crank apart to that extent myself B)
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04 Feb 2010 08:10 #346393 by Jack
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Changing to a '84 GPZ 1100 crank in MKll cases we took .034 off the deck of my block to allow for the shorter GPZ rod length vs.the KZ unit.
79 KZ 1075 MKll
79 KZ 1500 MKll dragbike
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04 Feb 2010 09:06 #346400 by timebomb33
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j rods are 1 mm or .040" shorter
1973 z1 2-1974z1-a,2-1975z1-b dragbikes1015cc+1393cc, 1977kz1000,1978kz1000,1981kz1000j, 1997 zx-11, 2000 z12r,1428turbo nitrous pro-mod and a shit load of parts thats all for now leader sask.,CANADA
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05 Feb 2010 04:43 #346569 by larrycavan
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KZ Rod 4.647"

GPz Rod 4.608"

Suzuki Katana Rod 4.589"

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05 Feb 2010 06:38 #346608 by PLUMMEN
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larrycavan wrote:

KZ Rod 4.647"

GPz Rod 4.608"

Suzuki Katana Rod 4.589"

and the beefiest rod is?
440
im gonna go with the zuk rod B)
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