Cam and Piston Q, HELP!!!! [Archive]

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02Rap

11-28-2002, 08:53 AM

first off, i just wanna hey and tell you that u got a great site. I'm a member of bluetraxx and no one really seems to answer questions...so i came here.

Im looking to buy a piston, cam, and spring package for christmas. So far i have come up wiht a JE 10.75:1 piston, hotcam stage II cam, and some kibble-white springs. I dont know a lot about this stuff so any help is great. Someone said that id have tog et the cylinder "honed". is this correct? also, is it worth it to go with stock bore, i was thinking of maybe going with the 12:1 JE and getting the cylinder bored out. n lastly, if i got my piston, cam, springs, and bored or honed or whatever, would i need ANYTHING else? an guess as to what this will cost and where i could get it would be great too!

-nick

K_Fulk

11-28-2002, 08:59 AM

Wait untill you have your motor torn apart before you decide if you get it bored or honed. If its not bad you could just get it honed and use the stock size. That stuff together should help quite a bit. But on the honda's you should use hardend rockers too. i'm not sure if thats the case on yamaha's. While you were at it i would get some porting done too. just a thought

Sick0

11-28-2002, 10:03 AM

I would get bore out to a 686. You will get more power out of it.

02Rap

11-28-2002, 10:34 AM

am i gunna get into trouble with reliabilty of the starter and temp. wise if i go with the 12:1 and bore it to 686?

02Rap

11-28-2002, 10:35 AM

also, do u guys know of anyone one good to do the work out in Long Island?

phatswinn

11-28-2002, 10:39 AM

higher compression will give you very noticable gains, honing is justa method used the scrape the cylinder wall to make it hold the compression better, stage II cam is a good choice, 12:1 compression you have to use racing feul i think, i know you would with a EX

gojk

11-28-2002, 10:46 AM

It is liquid cooled so if I remember right you can go up to 12.5:1 without using racing fuels.

02Rap

11-28-2002, 11:14 AM

is there a web site that i can buy the cam, piston and springs all at once from? also, if u know of a good shop on long island that will do the labor for me, please post

02Rap

11-28-2002, 06:15 PM

anyone?

02Rap

11-28-2002, 10:36 PM

bump

K_Fulk

11-29-2002, 05:00 PM

Try www.baldwinmotorsports.com I'm sure they have the parts but i dont know of any body to do the work for ya around long island

Tommy 17

11-29-2002, 05:08 PM

quad shop can get u parts cheap... they carrry raptor parts...

i dunno much about raptors to tell u whats good and whats bad.. sry man...