Head Crack

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15 Nov 2012 22:24 - 15 Nov 2012 22:44 #558556 by 4TheKZ1000
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On my old MarkII cyclinder head....I have a crack between the valve seats on one cyclinder (see pic) is this head scrap or can it be used. I had a well known engine builder tell me its ok to use...whats the forum think.....?

Also....its a complete head....any value or take to scrap yard.

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15 Nov 2012 22:32 #558559 by Motor Head
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They can be repaired of course, but the cost compared to a good head, that's the issue.
I'd chose either before running it that way, as the seats can come loose, possibly causing piston and valves to hit. Could be Ugly, if the piston breaks, :sick:
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15 Nov 2012 22:36 - 15 Nov 2012 22:36 #558561 by 4TheKZ1000
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Oh by the way....nice plug repair....some hack worked on it.... :sick: :sick: :sick: :angry:
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15 Nov 2012 23:50 #558580 by gpz1170
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Contact John Pearson quite sure he can help

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16 Nov 2012 03:13 #558599 by wireman
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Unless its had a lot of money spent on a porting job in the past id say theres nothing special about it ,just hang on to it if you needs parts like fin pieces to weld on to another good head.
Ebay is full of those ugly 79-80 smog motor heads,yeah I prefer the looks of older ones myself! :laugh:
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16 Nov 2012 05:28 #558603 by APE Jay
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Most of the KZ heads that come thru the shop are like that. Unless you are turboing it of running big nitrous load, you won't have a problem with it.

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16 Nov 2012 08:49 - 16 Nov 2012 08:51 #558610 by LarryC
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APE Jay wrote: Most of the KZ heads that come thru the shop are like that. Unless you are turboing it of running big nitrous load, you won't have a problem with it.


I received photos just the other day from someone asking that question....I gave the same answer.

Generally I see that on old 900 heads and not on the 1000 heads.

I've never seen the cracks cause a problem on any n/a KZ. Those seats are not going to fall out. That's for dam sure...
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16 Nov 2012 20:13 #558708 by APE Jay
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The very first Z1s had a larger exhaust seat in them. You could put 32mm valves in them. However, all of them must have cracked from the seat to the spark plug hole, so Kawasaki went with a smaller OD seat to give it more room. But they still do that.

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16 Nov 2012 21:28 #558723 by kzz1king
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IMA going to pullmine and check :cheer:
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17 Nov 2012 00:00 #558736 by wireman
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Ive got several z1 heads and none of them are cracked between the seats,Im not aware of any of my kz heads having that problem either. B)
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18 Nov 2012 21:02 #559027 by Galactica
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I have a kz900 head with a crack between the exhaust valve and the spark plug on the #3 chamber.
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26 Nov 2012 18:28 #560142 by guitargeek
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APE Jay wrote: Most of the KZ heads that come thru the shop are like that. Unless you are turboing it of running big nitrous load, you won't have a problem with it.


I was sure glad to read this last night! I had a bad moment when I found these:

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