Race Motor needing advice. Thank you in advance.
This bike means the world to me, and I will do everything I can to fix it. I’ve read and watched this forum for a while. Im a Commercial HVAC tech, so I’m mechanically inclined, but I dont have the experience to build this. I also don’t have the 25k to pay something to build a new one with new block. I know I’ll get some nasty comments. But I will take it slow and learn. I guess the main thing I need to figure out is if my cylinder 4 is done(that means block is done). Obviously head is done. But if block isn’t done then that just means I need a new head, piston, rod(maybe) 4 valves, and refresh of crack bearings. That I have the money for. And then obviously assembly.
Cylinder 4 has a scratch in the front and the back that barely catches fingernail. Other then that any damage is after the ring travel. How much material needs to be removed to remove that scratch. Can it be made back up with a new Nikasol coating.
Motor is Gsxr 1000 its a 3mm overbore w/ a 4mm stroke.
Any advice. Positive or negative I’ll take. As long as it’s honest.