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posted January 04, 2012 02:33 PM
 Edited By: LandspeedLarry on 4 Jan 2012 22:39
Knecum's new shop, new 14-R engine
Stopped this morning at my friend Steve Knecum's new race shop. Still setting up but way bigger than his former one-car garage. We brought a new ZX14-R engine just removed from a 0 mile bike. Popped the pan and head and took a look. Super strong, you guys that add a pipe and tune will be able to beat on this one forever. Big HP, not so easy; a quick look shows little chance of more stroke but never say never until the cases are split. Factory deck is .010 (.030 HG) on this one and cams set about at max. power.
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Rod to case clearance (look at machined area above upper rod bolt [img]Intake porting (Very nice) http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2df25b3127cceff5c1bec9cf500000030O00AZNWrhk1aOGIPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/[/img]
Piston (Very slight dish)
Combustion chamber (Nice) 
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posted January 04, 2012 02:36 PM
Steve's shop looks great! And so does the 14R engine, for the average street/track racer! 
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LandspeedLarry
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posted January 04, 2012 02:42 PM
Guess I couldn't fit all the pics on the short form.
Intake porting (Nice) 
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posted January 04, 2012 03:59 PM
Jim, (CNC) please chime in and give us your thoughts of what you see, PLEASE
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posted January 04, 2012 07:48 PM
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Guess I couldn't fit all the pics on the short form.
Intake porting (Nice)
Nice ports, couple of Double D's, Betting some 47 TB's will let this Beast really ROAR???
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posted January 05, 2012 04:48 AM
Nice Pics ! thx.
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posted January 05, 2012 05:04 AM
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Jim, (CNC) please chime in and give us your thoughts of what you see, PLEASE
So far from what ive seen i think the Competition CNC 47mm throttle bodies will work on the 2012 as well. We will have more data soon.
Rod clearance is still an issue on these engines. They did what they had to do to get the 4mm in there but they didnt give us anymore all around clearance.
The rod bolt to clutch basket is still the main issue. 
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posted January 05, 2012 06:18 AM
Steve is just like the Jeffersons, MOVIN ON UP!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratz Steve!
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posted January 05, 2012 07:10 AM
I'm no expert, but those ports look to be done by hand....am I wrong?
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posted January 05, 2012 08:00 AM
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I'm no expert, but those ports look to be done by hand....am I wrong?
Yep. It's in the Press release, "Hand Polished Heads"
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posted January 05, 2012 08:39 AM
Can you tell us the cam lift and duration on the new 14r. The size of the intake and exhaust valves etc?
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posted January 05, 2012 08:42 AM
A +3 mm bore and 13.5 to 1 compression will make this thing SO NASTY!! 87 by 65...
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posted January 05, 2012 08:46 AM
1546cc's I think. Will muzzys 87mm barrells fit on top of that.? These questions are basically for Jim
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posted January 05, 2012 09:30 AM
thanks Jim
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posted January 05, 2012 09:53 AM
Does anyone know what size the injectors are in the new bike?
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posted January 05, 2012 09:59 AM
Cam lift is now 9.3 mm for both In. & Ex. Was 9.1 & 8.5 mm. LSL
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posted January 05, 2012 10:39 AM
Congrats to Steve! Best of luck.
Do I smell a 1650 Production bike in the making?
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posted January 05, 2012 12:47 PM
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1546cc's I think. Will muzzys 87mm barrells fit on top of that.? These questions are basically for Jim
No the crankcase and cylinders are one piece....not like the zx12r and busa. No one that im aware of makes anything for the zx14.
We started to develop a special wet sleeve/deck system with Steve Dimerjian and realized that 87-88 mm bore would be the limit without a ton of welding and other issues. That wasnt enough bore to justify the $2500+ it was going to cost to do each of the new decks and cylinders even thou it would allow us to raise the deck and have straighter stronger cylinders of 87-88mm bore.
We can do 87 mm now and havent had head gasket issues so far.
So we put all that on the back burner 3 years ago. I just didnt think there would be enough customers that would want to spend that kind of money.
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posted January 05, 2012 01:01 PM
Yea, congrats Steve...... nice place!!! Sorry I didn't mean to highjack your thread, was just answering questions....
Steve, now the fun begins.... overhead cost !!! just wait until you get employees, it gets even better when they stick their hand in the valve grinding machine and get bloody.... we had that one this week... oh the joys.
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posted January 05, 2012 08:08 PM
OK to clarify you can simply bore and hone the existing cylinders and put in 87 or 88mm pistons..?
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posted January 05, 2012 08:13 PM
Very nice Steve .. We just opened a new shop also called Docs Cycle workz .. It's a lot of work but it's paying off aready .. Good luck Steve , i'm sure you will do just fine ..
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posted January 06, 2012 06:34 AM
What city is Steve's shop located in?
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posted January 06, 2012 08:43 AM
He's in Philly.
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posted July 20, 2012 08:29 PM
What a coincidence, Steve is in my neck of the woods, lol
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posted July 21, 2012 08:14 AM
So any more stroke would be tough to get, as well.as going larger then 87 mm on bore.
But why not big cams and a better head with big valves? Anyone ever thought about fly cutting pistons?
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