I'm not too sure ill be liked around here............

[kiwi kdx]

Ok so a bit bigger progress today, I now have a Z1000 J engine!

This is what $300AUDcan buy you, not bad when the only other engines I can find are a bottom end for $999
And one for $1200 condition unknown....


So I got a set of MIKUNI carbies




And the engine with no broken fins!!!!!!!!!!




Mmmmm power........


I also got the coils and was supposed to get the loom but the dickhead chucked it, so I said to throw in he tank( with taps and sender unit and let's call it even! Done deal....... Ha what a fucken idiot!!!!!!!

On closer inspection of the barrels I see 1.089L not 998 cc........
Have I scored myself a Z1000R engine?

[tlc]

No mate, it`s an 1100 top end.

A look at the engine number will confirm if it`s a J, GPZ or GPz motor.

KZTOOJE is a J motor or KZT10BE for GPz. I don`t know the sequence for GPZ.

[Pigford]

I got this "J" motor - good compression, including oil cooler & starter motor....





Plus a decent set of carbs......




....and a part loom - reg/rec & CDI...... £200

[tlc]

Doesn't mean that's the market value.

[Pigford]

Doesn't mean that's the market value.

Errrr, does..... coz thats where I bought it

[kiwi kdx]

good score to you too pigford...

whats the cylinder mark on your's?

[kiwi kdx]

ok so i have spoken to the man who know's all things Kawasaki ( Peter Frasca of Just Kwakas)
and he has I.D'd it as a GPZ1100 B1 engine with a Z1000 ST ignition cover and
J series carbs!
$300 DAM well spent i feel!

[kiwi kdx]

so i couldn't resist popping the cam cover off to have i look......
first was the smell of beautiful fresh oil!!! bonus!


then i gazed upon beautiful unmarked cam lobes.....



cam gears with virtually no wear..... has this puppy been apart already?


and Z1000 cams? or are 1000 and 1100 cams the same?

[Pigford]

good score to you too pigford...

whats the cylinder mark on your's?

998cc

[kiwi kdx]

i lubed the cylinders this morning as the engine has been sitting for a while,
ant through the plug hole i cought a view of one of the valves,
i hope they all look this good where they seat!

[Al]

Looking promising so far.
The inlet cam with the single groove is a Z1000J
The exhaust cam with no groove is also a Z1000J

The 1100B 1982 has three grooves on both shafts.

That looking like an injection head i would hazard a guess at B1.
It has different cams than the B2 so i would guess at J1 type cams having different lift patterns for inlet and exhaust.

That valve does look good.
The seat width should be between 0.8 and 1.2 mm. Be sure not to cut the valve seat or the valve head at the seat but rather the throat and relief angles until you get the correct width or you may be in for a nasty financial surprise.

I will guess that you have come across the incorrect information regarding cam cap torques????????

Keep it up it will be smashin.


AL

That tail fairing with the 1000 on it is the same as the one on the front of the manual.
I am curious as to whether it is a production colour scheme or a copy of the manual, and is the manual therfore a mock up or a real colour scheme.

I am confused!!

[kiwi kdx]

yeah it seems this engine may be a bit of a mixture....
good news is it has deffinatlly been apart before, so hopefully rebuilt too....

[morten]

The project and results so far looks stunning
Good thinking and I am really looking forward to see the progress.
Keep up the good work and keep them pics comming

And by the way.. Welcome to the site

[Royalratch]

Nice vision - right up my street-fighter!

[kiwi kdx]

hey guys i have just popped the ignition cover off my new GPZ 11 engine
to reveal a TEC pickup... is this old skool DYNATEK? or a different brand?





i also noticed i has a fibreous base gasket??? never seen one of them before........