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posted April 17, 2009 10:28 AM
 Edited By: almost_les on 17 Apr 2009 18:29
makin progress
heres the update form last nights work:
might have been a bit heavy on the yamabond
  
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posted April 17, 2009 12:28 PM
Ya think?
Scrape as much out of the inside as you can get to. You need almost none on the cases. smear it on 'till you can see through it.
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almost_les
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posted April 17, 2009 12:36 PM
Edited By: almost_les on 17 Apr 2009 20:37
will do  this is my first build so i'm learning as i go 
here it is with the gps, speed sensor, oil/water pump, shift rod, and oil cooler on
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posted April 17, 2009 01:50 PM
Great to see the progress!
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posted April 17, 2009 03:40 PM
good stuff! just check the oil pick up screen for that extra goop after a couple runs(hopefully none, but we dont need to plug it!)
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posted April 18, 2009 04:51 PM
quote:
good stuff! just check the oil pick up screen for that extra goop after a couple runs(hopefully none, but we dont need to plug it!)
+1 def make sure the pick up is clean
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posted April 19, 2009 06:21 AM
i wait till the motor is in the rear motor mounts to put the starter in, cause the alternator wires go under the starter motor mounting bolts.
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almost_les
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posted April 19, 2009 11:09 AM
oops 
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posted April 19, 2009 11:13 AM
and the motor is lighter 
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posted April 19, 2009 05:00 PM
lol.. lookin good man!! like everyone else said.. inspect the pickup after the first run.. i promise you'll have little chunks of gray yamabond stuck to it. 
i use a razor blade and spread it UBER thin like Doug said. (you can use your finger tho too)and before case application i wipe the inside of anything that jumped off the mating surface and dribbled over a bit. i don't immediately torque to spec either.. i do a 1/4 torque and let the stuff set up a bit, then go thru to spec. seems to work well for the stuff i work on.
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posted April 20, 2009 01:43 PM
Edited By: almost_les on 20 Apr 2009 21:45
got the studs in today:
gonna hafta wait until this weekend to get a scale to balance out the pistons and wrist pins. unless i can find a local dealer to loan me one.
still waiting on the head. apparently the dude working on it has been stuck in a time warp. its been two days from being done for the past two weeks 
already missed the race last friday, and i really don't wanna miss any more
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posted April 20, 2009 01:56 PM
les,
who is doing yr head and what are they doing to it?
what size motor are you building?
we like pix!
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posted April 20, 2009 02:28 PM
Edited By: almost_les on 20 Apr 2009 22:31
ace performance.
stock size motor, but higher compression and extra revs. as for the work: valve job and mild porting. he's also throwing on the inconel ex valves, titanium retainers, and adj. cam sprockets that i sent him. the bike already has a muzzy pro pipe on it, and i'm adding on some bmc race filters and bear short velocity stacks.
i know its not the best setup, but due to my budget i got to do this in stages. the idea is to have everything built up so that later on i can throw in some 86mm pistons and have everything else done. in the mean time its gonna be a 1199 with some mean top end.
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posted April 20, 2009 10:08 PM
you cannot go wrong with Sal and his crew.
Good choice.
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posted April 21, 2009 05:26 PM
Very nice. For a good price on 86mm JE's give Mike at SAE Outlaw Performance a go. I think he sells them for a little less than 550.
Ultra Nem, Howdy! Hope things are going well for you. I am about to start assembly in a few weeks.
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almost_les
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posted April 23, 2009 04:08 PM
Edited By: almost_les on 24 Apr 2009 00:14
everything getting balanced
one of the wrist pins was 0.1g heavy and the pistons were within 0.5g from the lightest to the heaviest. now each piston is 262.8g and each pin 89.5g. even double checked them paired together and each set was matched with eachother at 352.3g
i was wondering, with the stock rings, do you assemble them in the block dry, or with some lube on them?
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posted April 23, 2009 04:27 PM
new rings? honed block?
i wipe the cylinder walls down with a white paper towel with a little bit of motor oil, then "dry" them out by wiping with a couple fresh paper towels. so kinda dry as you cant get it all with the paper towel, but i "try" to get it all
how does everyone else do it?
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00 ZX-12R 8.62 @ 165.2 no bars, slicks, Pump Gas, 55 shot.... turbo 8.32 @173
00 ZX-12R Fastest NA Kawasaki in the world 1: 222.046 1.5: 226.390 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R street turbo 1: 227.9 1.5: 234.1 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R LSR turbo 1: 263.1 1.5: 266.5 Loring AFB Worlds fastest ZX-12R
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almost_les
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posted April 23, 2009 04:38 PM
new rings. talked to sal and he said that since the hatchings are still there, don't worry about honing it again.
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almost_les
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posted April 23, 2009 04:52 PM
shit, just realized the pistons are in the wrong order. i'll deal with it tomorrow...
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posted April 23, 2009 09:49 PM
some folks say install pistons wet, some say dry, some say kinda dry.
i hope that is helpful
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almost_les
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posted April 24, 2009 01:37 PM
Edited By: almost_les on 24 Apr 2009 21:38
pistons fixed, block installed. now to get the head on
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almost_les
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posted April 24, 2009 03:20 PM
Edited By: almost_les on 24 Apr 2009 23:35
head on:
i know the last inch or so of the cam cap has to be lopped off to get a reading for dialing in the cams, is there anything else that needs to be done? i want to try to have all the cam timing done tomorrow and possibly have everything running on monday.
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posted April 24, 2009 04:35 PM
you dont need to cut it off, but it makes it way easier
how are you checking ptv?
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01 ZX-12R 8.84 @ 156.3 no bars, DOT tires. Pump Gas, NA.... turbo 8.47 @ 164.
00 ZX-12R 8.62 @ 165.2 no bars, slicks, Pump Gas, 55 shot.... turbo 8.32 @173
00 ZX-12R Fastest NA Kawasaki in the world 1: 222.046 1.5: 226.390 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R street turbo 1: 227.9 1.5: 234.1 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R LSR turbo 1: 263.1 1.5: 266.5 Loring AFB Worlds fastest ZX-12R
CMG Racing RCC Turbos
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almost_les
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posted April 25, 2009 12:30 PM
I'm not too worried about ptv clearance. its a very mild build. stock cams, stock pistons, still keepeing the base spacer, just using a .018 head gasket. this is my first motor build ever so im more concerned about the basics than building a close clearance top performance motor . when i get some pistons for it (and maybe some cams) i'll be running things a bit tighter and definitely be double checking everything then.
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posted April 25, 2009 05:05 PM
I use two stroke oil on the fresh rings and skirts. I HATE the idea of putting them together dry. It makes ZERO sense to me.
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