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| #Post#: 25542-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Not a ltz but advice wanted | |
| By: Buckeye513 Date: August 29, 2013, 12:35 pm | |
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| So my dads kfx needs a rebuild. Gonna go with a 440 big bore kit | |
| cylinder works or Athena, there's a $130 price difference | |
| between them. Also should I do anything to the head, cams or | |
| valves? Want a reliable rebuild but get good power out of it. | |
| Any suggestions of opinions are greatly appreciated. And I know | |
| its a kawi but its pretty much the same bike as a ltz. | |
| #Post#: 25557-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Not a ltz but advice wanted | |
| By: Rider414 Date: August 29, 2013, 3:05 pm | |
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| I went through this with a YFZ450. | |
| I had a cylinder works kit that lasted almost 4 seasons. The | |
| cylinder cracked and leaked coolant into the motor. | |
| I now have a Athena kit. It was highly recommended in the YFZ | |
| community over the CW stuff. | |
| 2c 2c 2c 2c 2c 2c 2c 2c 2c | |
| #Post#: 25558-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Not a ltz but advice wanted | |
| By: Rider414 Date: August 29, 2013, 3:07 pm | |
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| I have a friend with a KFX400. | |
| He is running the Hotcams and a Full Yosh pipe. It made a | |
| substantial difference. | |
| #Post#: 25559-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Not a ltz but advice wanted | |
| By: Gillio Date: August 29, 2013, 3:24 pm | |
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| Head port and a serdi valve job matched to a cam with a nice | |
| exhaust, add a dash of compression and serve hot. voila. | |
| #Post#: 25563-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Not a ltz but advice wanted | |
| By: Dangerouspower Date: August 29, 2013, 4:06 pm | |
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| [quote author=Gillio link=topic=2358.msg25559#msg25559 | |
| date=1377807899] | |
| Head port and a serdi valve job matched to a cam with a nice | |
| exhaust, add a dash of compression and serve hot. voila. | |
| [/quote] | |
| +1 old style hotcams are pretty nice, and I would recommend the | |
| full Yoshi pipe. | |
| But really you don't need to get it ported just get in that 12. | |
| compression reange (13+ will require race fuel), some old style | |
| hot cams (new style are fine just OSHC seem to be better), full | |
| exhaust, and a 434 kit. I cant really give insight on which one | |
| but Im pretty sure I see good results out of both of them! | |
| Also don't be surprised if your threads are stripped on the cam | |
| journal cap(s) its very common in these machines. | |
| #Post#: 25566-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Not a ltz but advice wanted | |
| By: Buckeye513 Date: August 29, 2013, 5:30 pm | |
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| My dads not a fan of cheap parts so he'll likely go with the | |
| Athena kit. I'm pretty sure he already has a yosh exhaust. | |
| Thanks for the input guys keep it coming gonna be my first 4 | |
| choke rebuild. | |
| #Post#: 25573-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Not a ltz but advice wanted | |
| By: Gillio Date: August 29, 2013, 8:55 pm | |
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| Valve and port profile are key in making 4 stroke performance. | |
| If your looking for performance with reliability, Freshen up | |
| your bore and spend some money in your head. Just my .02. | |
| #Post#: 25578-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Not a ltz but advice wanted | |
| By: Buckeye513 Date: August 29, 2013, 9:30 pm | |
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| Thanks Gillio ill let my dad know see how much money he's ready | |
| to sink in this rebuild/beef up. | |
| #Post#: 25918-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Not a ltz but advice wanted | |
| By: WestTexasKing Date: September 6, 2013, 4:27 am | |
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| Posting pictures LOL | |
| http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/603/056/065.png | |
| #Post#: 25925-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Not a ltz but advice wanted | |
| By: Motorgeek Date: September 6, 2013, 8:44 am | |
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| [quote author=Gillio link=topic=2358.msg25559#msg25559 | |
| date=1377807899] | |
| Head port and a serdi valve job matched to a cam with a nice | |
| exhaust, add a dash of compression and serve hot. voila. | |
| [/quote] | |
| Some of the worst valve jobs I have had to re-do were from Serdi | |
| valve machines run by inexperienced/in a big hurry operators. | |
| Shops buy a Serdi seat and guide machine, then advertise their | |
| valve jobs on EBay. The operators must assume the Serdi | |
| machines are idiot proof. They need to check their work after | |
| they cut the seats! | |
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