graebz28
08-24-2004, 06:53 PM
Hey what's up everybody,
Just joined up today!!
I'll try to get right to the point. I have a 90 Kaw 440. I ran it twice a couple years ago, and during the second time one of the screws for the butterfy valve dropped in. It must not have had loctite on it. I pulled it apart, saw a little groove in the cylinder wall and it has been sitting ever since.
Last summer, an old roomate that burned me on some cash had someone drop off a 88 Kaw 550. He said that it ran fine. I tried to start it once or twice, then lost interest yet again. It might have had bad gas.
So now I finally graduated and have some cash to do something with them. I really just want to get one out before summer ends. I was thinking to do whatever I need to get the 550 tuned up and at the same time the hot rodder in me is making my eyes wide open when I see all the performance upgrades that I could do.
Questions:
1) What would you guys recommend within $300 or so to get the 550 out.
2) Should I drop a entire new motor in the 440. A friend told me a while back that combining the 440 pump with a 550 motor was some tricked out thing to do because of the pump ratios or something. I'm pretty certain that a 550 is the largest motor I can drop into that hull. Where and for how much could I get a rebuilt decent motor and for how much.
Thanks in advance
Mike
Tempe, AZ
Just joined up today!!
I'll try to get right to the point. I have a 90 Kaw 440. I ran it twice a couple years ago, and during the second time one of the screws for the butterfy valve dropped in. It must not have had loctite on it. I pulled it apart, saw a little groove in the cylinder wall and it has been sitting ever since.
Last summer, an old roomate that burned me on some cash had someone drop off a 88 Kaw 550. He said that it ran fine. I tried to start it once or twice, then lost interest yet again. It might have had bad gas.
So now I finally graduated and have some cash to do something with them. I really just want to get one out before summer ends. I was thinking to do whatever I need to get the 550 tuned up and at the same time the hot rodder in me is making my eyes wide open when I see all the performance upgrades that I could do.
Questions:
1) What would you guys recommend within $300 or so to get the 550 out.
2) Should I drop a entire new motor in the 440. A friend told me a while back that combining the 440 pump with a 550 motor was some tricked out thing to do because of the pump ratios or something. I'm pretty certain that a 550 is the largest motor I can drop into that hull. Where and for how much could I get a rebuilt decent motor and for how much.
Thanks in advance
Mike
Tempe, AZ