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....in the specifications.........call me cynical ! ....but I mean HELLOOOOOOOOOO ???

No exaggerations here


apart from that, the rest of it looks pretty snappy. Be interesting to see what it finally goes for (if it makes reserve?)

160bhp in 1979 - must have been the 'Busa of the day

mistake? like as in....the ad sez -
"engine also has ape studs top and bottom"

ummm pardon me.... apes might be studs
but what do they have to do with engines?

ARP make good engine bolts though!

Had some work done for sure . Think 160 is a bit optimistic Gos ?

Sorry Smitty

http://www.aperaceparts.com/

the kid wrote:....Had some work done for sure . Think 160 is a bit optimistic Gos ?......

just a bit ! especially as its BHP !! it makes more power at the back wheel than my Barge

although with the mods that have been done, I am sure it makes good hp - maybe 120 ?

I am going to ask the guy to post up a dyno chart......see what the response is. If it makes 160hp at the back wheel, I will give up donuts for a year.



Yeh Smitty - APE = American Performance Engineering. I have some of their stuff in the Pearl. Normally though, APE studs are only used for the upper case - cylinder studs.....not for the lower half crankcase studs !

Nahhhh, I reckon 160 is fair, after all I get that from my sixfiddy .......... ha ha ha ha ....as if!!! A friend was getting 160 out of his turbo GSX1400... go figure.

Has potential though, I'd piss off the antidive front end.
160hp is generous, it would be possible out of a 1200 with a gpz head
but not on pump fuel, on race fuel maybe with 12.5 : 1 pistons and fairly big valves

Gosling1 wrote:

the kid wrote:....Had some work done for sure . Think 160 is a bit optimistic Gos ?......

just a bit ! especially as its BHP !! it makes more power at the back wheel than my Barge

although with the mods that have been done, I am sure it makes good hp - maybe 120 ?

I am going to ask the guy to post up a dyno chart......see what the response is. If it makes 160hp at the back wheel, I will give up donuts for a year.



Yeh Smitty - APE = American Performance Engineering. I have some of their stuff in the Pearl. Normally though, APE studs are only used for the upper case - cylinder studs.....not for the lower half crankcase studs !

He might be getting Crank and Back wheel mixed up. 160BHP on the crank is not that unrealistic on a highly modified bike... but 160BHP on the rear wheel...I doubt highly.


Sid
http://z900.piczo.com/

Graeme Crosby's mk1 Z1R back in the 70s was putting out 140+ HP so maybe 160 is a little high. But with modern mods 160 would be possable..

To get 160 at the back wheel - as the ad said - that old 2-valve motor would need to be putting out over 180 at the crank.

The way you spell bullshit is B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T.

pure and simple.

The GSX1100 that Steve Martin raced at the Island Classic this year, allegedly put out 160-odd hp, with a 4-valve head and built by a bloke who builds drag-bike motors. The way this thing took off from the grid, and basically shat on the entire field, I believe that hp figure must be on the money.

but 180hp from a normally aspirated 2-valve Z motor ?? what a load of old cobblers.



The bike was re-listed, and reached a max. bid of $7,200 - reserve not met !!! 7grand for a highly-modified z9 is about right. If it was a stocker, it would probably reach the reserve price.