JoelP
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| posted on 13/3/06 at 10:35 PM |
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been making the gear shifter tonight, damn its cold out there 
These heavy duty springs are taking a long time to arrive, do you (anyone!) think its ok to use the standard ones for a few weeks, then change oil and
springs once its all working?
Ive also got the original exhaust off the bike, is it worth trying to use bits of it, either welded (it titanium i think) or sleeved? Not sure theres
time to get one made before the 27th.
I need a new oil filter too, never owned a bike so i dont really know where to get one. Do motor factors stock bike parts normally, or do i have to
find a bike dealer?
And finally, theres two pipes that head down to the oil filter, im guessing water to cool it, one is plumbed in already but the other just has a bolt
in the end. Is this how it meant to be?  Besides these, i can only see two main water pipes, i guess these go to the radiator, but is there meant to
be an expansion tank in there? If so, hows it best to have that?
Sorry for all the questions! 
ps got the prop ordered today.
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/3/06 at 10:18 PM |
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buzzing, got the cradle finished. You wouldnt believe how happy that made me, once i took the jack out! Prop is ready saturday, i need an apointment
for the exhaust next. Main headache i see now is the clutch cable, but im going to try the bike cable approach and see how far i get. Still need the
100ohm resistor, but the wiring is well easy as far as i can tell. I chopped all the loom around when i first bought it, so its all nicely ready to go
in! Hopefully looking at a friends zx9 soon so the plumbing should sort itself out.
I get the nagging feeling ive forgotten something, today i realised i probably need to source a silencer ASAP!
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Gav
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| posted on 16/3/06 at 10:19 PM |
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Sounds like your making good progress joel!
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Peteff
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| posted on 16/3/06 at 11:25 PM |
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The other pipe is plumbed into the bottom hose Joel. If you use plumbing fittings you can get 28mm x 15mm T then take it down to 8mm with a microbore
fitting or a 22mm x 15mm if you have a Micra rad. The oil filter will be from a bike shop or MPS catalogue, check
thefastone .100 ohms resistor was about 15p
[Edited on 16/3/06 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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JoelP
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| posted on 21/3/06 at 09:59 PM |
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IT LIVES!!!!
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Guinness
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| posted on 21/3/06 at 10:38 PM |
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Well done Joel.
Mine too! Although mine is no where near as significant a swap as yours. Just took a ZZR1100 C out and put a ZZR1100 D in. Fired up tonight, just
got it settled into idle, when I got told to stop (SWIMBO mentioned it was 9pm and the car is right below the little one's room!!).
See you Monday!
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JoelP
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| posted on 21/3/06 at 10:46 PM |
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nice one, its a big stress having a deadline isnt it!
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JoelP
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| posted on 25/3/06 at 05:32 PM |
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finally im about finished. Im tempted to go for a spin now, but theres always a few things left to do - like make brackets for everything ive just
fitted, change the gearbox bolt, threadlock the prop in, refit the radiator, repanel the tunnel, fit the clocks, then abuse it all day tomorrow and
fix whatever breaks!
Im so happy
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JoelP
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| posted on 26/3/06 at 05:15 PM |
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to close this little saga, that engine swap is the best thing ive ever done. The cars absolutely mental now. Phenominal in fact. Id have to recommend
it to anyone who is addicted to speed
My clutch cable gave up when i was out, its ridiculously easy even without it. I didnt even have to blip the throttle for downshifts, probably because
im used to car engines so the revs werent too high. Absolute madness.
5 mins to fix it and then back to 'testing'. If i dont make it back, its been fun.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 11:17 AM |
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How much quicker is it - in percentage terms or however you care to measure it ?
The car was a fairly quick little beast anyway - is it just incredibly quicker ?
(I've never been in a BEC)
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JoelP
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 06:54 PM |
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my bro asked for a percentage, its not possible to say really. I fumbled through the corners due to a poor gearchange mechanism (and a possible bent
fork), but once it opens up on the straights its mental, munching through the gears
If you pass by, i'll show you 
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