KZ1000 Frankenstein motor

Good Afternoon All,

The weather has started to turn and I am getting my winter projects in order...I am wanting to do a little performance upgrading on my 82LTD as my first winter program..
It is currently bone stock J motored(minus V &H Meg with no baffle and stage 1.5 jetting)
My questions are

1- I have a couple 1100 jugs sitting on the shelf and am looking at aquiring a complete 84 GPZ1100 head.
Do I need to run GPZ specific pistons (believe them to have larger wrist pins??) or can I run J motor 1100 pistons with this head?
2- I am planning on running either 1130 or 1170 pistons based on availability... will 29 smoothies provide enough carb for a 84 GPZ head/cam combo on an 1171 cc 10.5:1 comp motor?...or just break the bank and go for the RS34'S ?

Thanks all for your time and any help!

Cheers
Kris

You may find something of interest in the following post:

www.kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/596933-ca...un-this-on-my-engine

daveo wrote: You may find something of interest in the following post:

www.kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/596933-ca...un-this-on-my-engine

Thanks for the link Dave...
Are you running stock Bs34's?
...and is the power increase worth the effort/cost?

Edit!...by worth the cost I am referring to the head upgrade(as opposed to the standard 'J' head)...i realize power costs and it's pay to play...but these heads are bringing serious coin at the moment.

Had BS34's, but RS34's went on last year. Unlike BS34's, the RS carbs have more jetting-tuning options, designed for use with pod filters or stacks.
If you go with RS carbs, the throttle system will need to be changed to a twin-cable setup. Also I found that an on-off petcock works better for fuel management than the vacuum unit that originally came with the bike.
For air-flow, velocity stacks tap a modified semi-original air box, that still utilizes the original crankcase breather system.

It works...



The effort was definitely worth it, and I would do it again the exact-same way.