1977 kz1000
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Re: 1977 kz1000
23 Apr 2015 06:33
A poor running engine will create more blow by than a good running one.
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23 Apr 2015 10:43It really depends on where this bike is!!Kapahulu wrote:Right!z1kzonly wrote: Oily fumes are blow by! From worn pistons and rings. Do a leak down test and see how much pressure is leaking into the crank case.
So, if you want it fixed! $500 for a over bore wiseco set of forged pistons, $150 for the boring job, Do the head while your at it, $400, $100 for gaskets! Do you love your Kaw enough?? $$$. Blow by is caused by worn pistons and rings!![]()
For jetting, 20 pilots and 120 mains are a good baseline for VM carbs on a KZ with headers and pods.
When I lived in Detroit MI, I was only a little above sea level of about 600ft MSL
The KZ1000 had new Denco headers, pods and Dyna III ignition.
For full on, rich power mixtures, I had to use 20 pilots, and 125 mains with the idle mix screws out about 1.75 turns.
However, here in Colorado, I can barely use the 20 pilots, idle screws about 1.25 turns and max main jet is 115 but I think I could get away with even leaner....112.5 mains and go back to the 17.5 pilots.
I am now at around 5100 ft MSL here outside Denver.
I came to this conclusion a week or so ago when I went up to about 8500 ft MSL in the mountains and could feel the bike dogging a bit with too rich of mixture and low Oxygen / low atmosphere pressure... etc.
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1977 KZ1000A1
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Re: 1977 kz1000
23 Apr 2015 12:41
Yup.
Same here.
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