Here i go again ..

[Suzukidave]

Or not..... .

Thanx Richard , i went to 2 different sources to get the jets i needed as that first place couldnt provide the pilots i wanted and there shipping charge was unreal , so i went with another company that had good prices and fair shipping charge http://www.mfgsupply.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and also had the jets i needed , so i also picked up a set of 280 main jets . So now i have 230, 280 and 300 main jets and a set of 17.5 and 27.5 pilots and as that chart recommended the slides are 3.5 cutaway .

[Suzukidave]

Richard , whats with all the vent lines on these carbs .. i havent seen carbs with this many vents ?

[tz375]

Not sure, but mine also have one way vales in the lines. I suspect it's because a sled also experiences side forces that will tend to throw fuel out under hard cornering. On a bike that is not an issue, so you can probably leave them on or off.

[Suzukidave]

All right ... jets , needle and pilots installed and for those couple extra HP new vent and fuel lines

[tz375]

Dave, I am looking out my window to see if the smoke cloud in PA is visible from here.....

I know you said that you had to get the mufflers/tail pipes welded but .....

[Suzukidave]

No smoke yet but it is getting scarey close

[garry55]

any closer Dave?

[Suzukidave]

Thanx for asking Gerry but with all the spring and summer work going on around the house i have barely looked at it . I did change out the oil injection tank to one that was smaller and installed the same way as the GSXR " Yellow " bike .

[Suzukidave]

Summers done so brought the project back into the house where i can work in the warm , first thing i took on and finished was the throttle cables as using the stock 72~73 cables everything was wrong and i am too cheap to get custom ones made . So the assembly was shortened from the junction to the the grip and at the same time fitted with the end piece so it would fit up to the modern grip . At the other end the 3 carb cables were the wrong length so instead of cutting the cables i made up longer adjusters to go in each carb .. this works well .

[Suzukidave]

I am still working on figuring out the coolant bypass , adding the reed intakes has blocked the normal route the bypass hose would run . Even the hose fitting that screws into the case by the starter is too tall as i cannot fit a hose on it . I worked on the problem yesterday by taking the stock hose fitting that screws into the case and made it much shorter so now a hose can be fitted , now to find a hose with a proper bend in it to snake around and attach up to the pipe coming down from the head

[garry55]

run an electric pump Dave - much simpler

and you can lose the cross-shaft and drive gear - much lighter

[Suzukidave]

Thanx for asking Gerry but with all the spring and summer work going on around the house i have barely looked at it . I did change out the oil injection tank to one that was smaller and installed the same way as the GSXR " Yellow " bike .

I really dont like the diamond aluminum plate i used for the oil tank support , it works but just doesnt have the trick look i wish it did . A nice piece of carbon fiber would do the trick but for a 1/8" thick piece in 10"x 10"they want like 40$

[Suzukidave]

run an electric pump Dave - much simpler

and you can lose the cross-shaft and drive gear - much lighter

Thanx Garry .. I could also make it more simple to by doing away with the bypass but it would take a bit longer for the engine to warm up .

[tz375]

Electric pump is the way to go but that requires a few changes to the crankcases to stop the water from falling out or getting too intimate with the transmission.

I'd block off the bypass altogether and fit a different thermostat. Mine has a bypass hose but a severely modified t'stat to ensure slow warm up for drag racing and full flow to keep it cool at the deep end.

[Suzukidave]

Thanx for the input guys