I just bought a 88' LT 250R with a blown...

#25 Reply
Posted by James Dandy on 12 Sep, 2013 19:55
Well man, it all depends on your riding style and how much cash you got. I have a lot of fun on my stock front shocks, but not too much fun cause they are really soft for a 200lb rider. Them works shocks are probably a HUGE improvement over the factory ones. If you ride super aggressive or like to jump any at all, I'd say throw a few hundred into getting works shocks rebuilt. Hell, throw them on there. Just cause they are dirty don't mean they are worn out. You might get lucky.

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Posted by James Dandy on 12 Sep, 2013 20:00
Hey by the way man, what's up with the FTZ head u got laying there on the concrete? Is it all boogered up or what? That thing looks like brand new! I'd just get a machine shop to clean up the faces on that jug and pull them old studs out, throw a piston and rings in there and try er out!

#27 Reply
Posted by All American on 12 Sep, 2013 20:03
When I get it off, I can get you good pictures, make me an offer. It's for sale.

#28 Reply
Posted by All American on 12 Sep, 2013 20:07
I'd imagine it would work, it was working this summer, when the owner took it to little Sahara and it blew head gasket out after just a couple hours. I don't trust it if he had problems and I liked the idea of a newly rebuilt motor so I coughed upas most 500 so far with more to go I'm afraid. I'm in it all the way now. My wife told me I have a 1,300.00 limit on parts. She's mistaken.

#29 Reply
Posted by James Dandy on 12 Sep, 2013 20:15
How much u want for that head? Im in the planning stages on an 88 motor I have on my workbench. I'm trying to blueprint out this motor according to the info in this book: http://www.datafan.com/Horsepower_Blog/gordon-jennings-two-stroke-tuners-handbook/
I have a couple hobby type machinist buddies with lathes and mills and whatnot. It's kinda an experiment. I'm gonna try to do some work on the sqish and chamber of my factory head, but itd be nice to have an extra. What do u want for it. I know they are a bit pricey when new...

#31 Reply
Posted by James Dandy on 12 Sep, 2013 20:59
If the land and the dome look good, I'll take it. I live in Ky. I'll buy it on Wednesday.

#33 Reply
Posted by James Dandy on 12 Sep, 2013 22:07
Hmm. Looks a little rough. Is that just carbon build up on the squish area to the right in that one pic, or is that a gouge? Does it feel smooth to the touch?

#35 Reply
Posted by Dangerouspower on 13 Sep, 2013 05:04
Basics of powder coating you need an electric oven that can up to about 500, powder coating gun like $120 from Eastwood and anything you coat must be blasted. (Like sand blasting bead blasting ect)

#36 Reply
Posted by LT250RWV on 13 Sep, 2013 05:45
When I was new to the quadracers I used them. The first time they bored my cylinder they did a good job .the second time they left my cylinder out of round. My piston broke and my cylinder was .50 over and they bored to 80 over. Instead of telling me their was aproblem. They just sent it back to me. I guess they was afraid I would have stuck them if they would have told me their was a problem. But anyway I ran that cylinder for a year almost and both side of transfer port still are cross honed and never clean up. Piston slap from the begin of the new bore. Then I paid for their port job one of the best in the nation he said it was. What a joke it was . So I will never use them again. I only use the main builders now. If something is wrong with my stuff I get that call and say what do you want to do about this Instead of getting back half ass junk.

#37 Reply
Posted by All American on 13 Sep, 2013 07:54
I had no idea. This **** had better be right, I'm a fully disabled vet of Iraq war, and if they don't do this right, I'll be at their business seeing them in person, and I'll get this resolved. That's bs

#38 Reply
Posted by James Dandy on 13 Sep, 2013 10:53
Thanks for your service in Iraq. My buddy is building a banshee right now. Stroked and all kinds of stuff. He's a tOyota service tech and he is still having a local machine shop put his motor together. He said with all the money he has invested, he wants to make sure it's right. That's pretty smart IMO. I'd say you should find a good machine shop in your area and tell them everything you know and what u want to know and get them to give you a price.

#39 Reply
Posted by LT250RWV on 13 Sep, 2013 14:38
You might get lucky the last 2 projects they down were screwed up for me my lt 250 and my nephew blaster jug piston was bored to loose.

#40 Reply
Posted by El Diablo on 13 Sep, 2013 15:03
When it comes to an LT, any machine shop can do work on it. But not any machine shop can do it right. That's why we recommend the builders here on this forum. Any builder can put out a Yamaha, Honda, or Kawi, but there are little things that these guys here do that make all the difference in the world from you having a run of the mill bike that is still stuck in the 90's or an old bike that will embarrass any new machine.

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Posted by James Dandy on 13 Sep, 2013 20:15
I'm still learning guys. I totally respect all the builders and bikes I've seen in the short time I've been a member here. I guess I should listen a little more and talk a little less for a while. He's right. Talk to some of these builders. They are quadracer specialists. Im a member on here to help guys thru things I've been thru since putting together my 87/88 LT250R out of a couple old parts bikes I bought. Also I'm here to learn the tricks that the builders on here use, so that I know exactly what I want. That way I will have a blueprint for my local machine shop to go by. Basically I'll just be using them for their machines. And I want to have the knowledge and measuring tools to check the local shops work before I pay up!! Sure it'd be easier (and possibly more cost effective) tosend my motor to a builder listed on the site, but I gotta be right in the middle of my project the whole time... It's just the way I am. But I'm soaking up the info on this forum like a biscuit loves gravy!

#43 Reply
Posted by James Dandy on 14 Sep, 2013 21:29
By the way, all American, I think I'm gonna pass on that FTZ head. I might be taking a different direction with my motor. Just didn't want u to be hangin on to it for me

#44 Reply
Posted by All American on 15 Sep, 2013 04:37
Not a probem. Do you think it's usable? I don't want to sell something that's junk.

#47 Reply
Posted by All American on 15 Sep, 2013 06:10
Let me clarify, I bought an 88' and it came in a box of extra parts. Maybe it is for an 85'-86'

#48 Reply
Posted by Dangerouspower on 25 Sep, 2013 12:09
Just looked at the pics again and putting a chrome Suzuki emblem off a car or samurai is genius !! Im sorry but I must steal that idea..