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joe_sefa · 03-11-2008, 04:15 PM

has anyone taken a bigger engine and put it into your bike? i have a 2000 gsxr 600 and i wanted to get some more power but i dont want a new bike. i was thinking about buy a newer model engine in the 1000 range. i was wondering if it would fit or if i would be wasting my time. if you have some info, it would really help me out. thanks

The_AirHawk · 03-11-2008, 04:18 PM

You'll need some kind of lube, a Big F'n Hammer, and a somebody willing to hold the motor and frame while you "install" it...............

seruzawa · 03-11-2008, 04:25 PM

You would need not only the engine but the entire fuel/exhaust systems, electronics package... etc. These components all together would cost as much as a new motorcycle. They probably wouldn't fit anyhow. So you would have to find someone who could heliarc weld new mounts, etc. Good f***ing luck. You'd likely end up with a death trap.

The days when you could drop a Honda90 motor into a Honda Trail55 are long gone.

12er · 03-11-2008, 04:40 PM

I would assume you can buy two new bikes on the time and money it would take to make it work. Then how long would it work as the engine is used as a stressed member and many, the swingarm is hung off the back of the block. Buy a small Snail (turbo) and a Nos bottle. May be cheaper and easier until it blows or you run into something at 160.

acecycleins · 03-12-2008, 06:51 AM

You're wasting your time. You'll waste your money. You'll ruin your patients. You'll be disappointed in the end because the suspension upgrades after the motor will cost you another $3000. You'll end up with a very nice Gixxer w/ $7k invested but worth $3000 in the end.

sarnali2 · 03-12-2008, 07:06 AM

Not to be rude here but it's doubtful you're using anywhere near the 600's full potential in the first place, why do you think you need more power?

At any rate your best bet is to buy a used 750 or 1000 GSXR. No Frankenstien 600/1000 is going to work as well as a stock 1000

mscuddy · 03-12-2008, 07:45 AM

ENGINE SWAP! Donna do it laddie. I once tried to stick a KZ750 motor in a 1971 Husqavarna frame, and boy. did I learn a few things...like chain alignment, swingarm position, motor mount insanity...I'm sure since you want to swap a bigger motor into the same marque thinks sorta line up, but you can't imagine what 1/4 inch off can do to motor mount bolt holes, air celaner set ups, gas tank mounting, etc.etc.etc. It can drive you to drink. You also need to be an excellent welder, and have a whole shop at your disposal (grinders, drill presses, vices, bending tools,etc.). Why not just buy a 1000, and stick all the 600 insignias on it?

Kenneth_Moore · 03-12-2008, 08:47 AM

Don't listen to these puss:es, Joe! You CAN and SHOULD do it! Get the Gixxer 1k engine and fuel injection from the local junkyard. Usually the engines are fine; it's the rest of the bike that's wrecked up. Shouldn't be more than a hundred. Pull the old engine, fit up the new one. You may have to use some metal straps and all-thread in a few places, but you can GET 'ER DUUUUUUN!

Send in photos as the job progresses, willya? F'in things gonna wail Dude, WAIL!!!

BrowningBAR · 03-12-2008, 08:52 AM

You got a lot of your friends in trouble when you were a kid, didn't you...

The_AirHawk · 03-12-2008, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by BrowningBAR

You got a lot of your friends in trouble when you were a kid, didn't you...

"I freakin' DOUBLE-DOG DARE Ya, Dude! You ain't got a hair on yer arse if'n you don't!"..............

03-11-2008, 04:15 PM	#1
joe_sefa Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NC Posts: 1	can i swap these enigine in my old frame? has anyone taken a bigger engine and put it into your bike? i have a 2000 gsxr 600 and i wanted to get some more power but i dont want a new bike. i was thinking about buy a newer model engine in the 1000 range. i was wondering if it would fit or if i would be wasting my time. if you have some info, it would really help me out. thanks

03-11-2008, 04:18 PM	#2
The_AirHawk Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Livin' in a Van: down by the Mariana Trench Posts: 10,891	You'll need some kind of lube, a Big F'n Hammer, and a somebody willing to hold the motor and frame while you "install" it............... __________________ *Parfois, on fait pas semblant* Sometimes, it's not pretend Oderint Dum Metuant Let them hate so long as they fear политики предпочитают безоружных крестьян Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants Nothing to see here, Citizen. Move along now...

03-11-2008, 04:25 PM	#3
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	You would need not only the engine but the entire fuel/exhaust systems, electronics package... etc. These components all together would cost as much as a new motorcycle. They probably wouldn't fit anyhow. So you would have to find someone who could heliarc weld new mounts, etc. Good f***ing luck. You'd likely end up with a death trap. The days when you could drop a Honda90 motor into a Honda Trail55 are long gone. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

03-12-2008, 06:51 AM	#5
acecycleins Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 4,125	You're wasting your time. You'll waste your money. You'll ruin your patients. You'll be disappointed in the end because the suspension upgrades after the motor will cost you another $3000. You'll end up with a very nice Gixxer w/ $7k invested but worth $3000 in the end. __________________ "Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.

03-12-2008, 07:06 AM	#6
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 8,132	Not to be rude here but it's doubtful you're using anywhere near the 600's full potential in the first place, why do you think you need more power? At any rate your best bet is to buy a used 750 or 1000 GSXR. No Frankenstien 600/1000 is going to work as well as a stock 1000 __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "

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03-11-2008, 04:40 PM	#4
12er Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: SF Posts: 2,702	I would assume you can buy two new bikes on the time and money it would take to make it work. Then how long would it work as the engine is used as a stressed member and many, the swingarm is hung off the back of the block. Buy a small Snail (turbo) and a Nos bottle. May be cheaper and easier until it blows or you run into something at 160.

03-12-2008, 07:45 AM	#7
mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,444	ENGINE SWAP! Donna do it laddie. I once tried to stick a KZ750 motor in a 1971 Husqavarna frame, and boy. did I learn a few things...like chain alignment, swingarm position, motor mount insanity...I'm sure since you want to swap a bigger motor into the same marque thinks sorta line up, but you can't imagine what 1/4 inch off can do to motor mount bolt holes, air celaner set ups, gas tank mounting, etc.etc.etc. It can drive you to drink. You also need to be an excellent welder, and have a whole shop at your disposal (grinders, drill presses, vices, bending tools,etc.). Why not just buy a 1000, and stick all the 600 insignias on it? __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.

03-12-2008, 08:47 AM	#8
Kenneth_Moore Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair Posts: 7,118	Don't listen to these puss:es, Joe! You CAN and SHOULD do it! Get the Gixxer 1k engine and fuel injection from the local junkyard. Usually the engines are fine; it's the rest of the bike that's wrecked up. Shouldn't be more than a hundred. Pull the old engine, fit up the new one. You may have to use some metal straps and all-thread in a few places, but you can *GET 'ER DUUUUUUN!* Send in photos as the job progresses, willya? F'in things gonna wail Dude, WAIL!!! __________________ www.kennethmoore.org

03-12-2008, 08:52 AM	#9
BrowningBAR Snuggles Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: In a really, really, really old farmhouse Posts: 4,364	You got a lot of your friends in trouble when you were a kid, didn't you...