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Greggers
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Posted: 05 Nov 2017 at 11:40 |
Hello chaps. I've started to plan this job that I've had in mind for the last few months, but from what I've seen there haven't been many conversions like this at all. So, as the RiderSite forum is quieter than a Presbyterian graveyard at the moment I thought I'd drop this in here. The bike is a '99 Falco in ok-ish condition that I've had for just over a year and have done 10k miles without any issues at all. However, I am a fiddler, tinkerer, fettler - call it what you want - but I love p!ssing about with motors and 'improving' them. So far it's worked, my old GSXR750K1 trackbike ended up with 146 rwhp after a serious bit of p!ssing, but that's another story. So, I've got the bike. I also have an '04 RSV-R Factory motor that I got from Mark up in Middlesborough, a set of 4 stud headers and link pipe, an RSV oil tank, a set of 57mm TBs from an 08 RSV and a pair of RSV 'Aprilia Racing' exhausts. I have also got an old Falco donor engine that was described as running prior to failure of its sprag clutch. The plan is to get the Factory motor on the bench and swap over the electrical bits from the Falco donor. I guess that's the easiest bit to do. The TB's won't be a problem, but I guess I'll need to find some trumpets to suit - would the air-box mod be worthwhile doing at this point? As I've got a whole Falco motor to play with, I've got lots of bits to play with - like cam sprockets - and wondered if it would be feasible to slot them and play around with the cam timing a bit. There's a relevant question here though, and whilst I'm not a complete power freak, we all like the biggest bang we can get between our legs don't we? So, the 57 TB's will make big power at the higher end of the rev range while the Falc's 51's will give good midrange. I know this is probably all academic, but I don't know any different so am happy to ask as many questions which will help me learn more about what I'm likely to achieve. So, back to the cam sprockets... If I understand correctly, torque characteristics can be modified by altering the cam timing - so is it feasible to achieve the benefits of the bigger TB's while shifting the torque curve down the rev range a little?? I don't know if there's any difference in the Falco and RSV-R cam profile that I can exploit (I installed a K5 thou inlet cam in the exhaust of the 750 I mentioned before..) but could I use the Falco cam sprocket for the camshaft position sensor? Then, there's the pipes. I've stripped them down already and have cut out the internal resonance chambers and plan to replace the inners with a length of 75mm (because it slips over the cat housing) perforated stainless tube. What's left inside the cans will be stuffed with Acoustafil and hopefully won't irritate the neighbours too much. The Falco has already got one of Ed's chips in it - that made a night and day difference to the original performance characteristics of the bike, and I'm hoping he can work some of his Eprom magic on the 'new' arrangements. That should give me enough to do over the winter - paint will follow ... hopefully! Whaddya think? Greg
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constant
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i know you will get some answers here from the knowledgeable ones on here but go on AF1 forum theres a bloke on there whos stuck a g2 moto in a falco he will have some answers for you
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constant
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hansie is his name have a look on page 23 on the falco gallery
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Diablo
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Cheesey on here has Gen 2 big bore in his Gen1 Tuono.
RedRatbiker is doing Gen 2 into Gen 1 as well iirc. I'm putting a gen 2 big bore in mine this winter, motor is built and ready to go in. Can't comment much atm, too fuzzy headed from yesterdays bday! |
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Question everything.
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redratbike
Moderator Group The Collector Messiah Joined: 07 May 2008 Status: Offline Points: 16147 |
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You need a Gabro chip to alter the ignition timing so it runs correctly and produces the correct amount of power.
Or smaltmoto do a hybrid chip Got a falco and gen2 engine myself for the same transplant |
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Greggers
L Plates Joined: 27 Sep 2017 Location: Wimborne Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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Thanks for the replies guys. I found the long thread over on AF1 - 25 pages takes a while to get through - but it was really informative and worth taking the time. Rats - thanks for the reply to gave me over on FB (I think it was there anyway lol) Obviously I've got the Falco headers which I think are unlinked 1:1, but the 4 bolt Gen 2 headers I have are 1:1 linked - with a lambda sensor - and what look like sampling ports on the individual headers. Is it worth chopping the Falco headers to suit the Gen 2 heads and keeping the headers separate? |
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redratbike
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Both falco and gen2 headers are merged before they split into 2 again
Gen2 system is a copy of the gen1 akrapovic system if you could fitthat perfect however it's the rear downpipe will need massaging |
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Greggers
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Ahaaa... what a productive evening this is turning out to be.. Thanks for that - I'll divert attentions more appropriately ! G
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