do you know what year r1 kit it is?
I think I've see post on another forum of this swap and I believe they said it was only the 06r1 that would work.
do you know what year r1 kit it is?
yea it could be. im seriously interested in this but the thing is. i dont want to spend that much money on a kit for the wrong year
It's not that special. It's called the R779 conversion. Basically it's just the top end works of an R1 shoved inside the cylinder head of the FZ-8. Cams, valves, the works. My set up comes from the Yamaha Performance Package built for the R1 (most people just use the stock R1 cams). I got lucky because I knew a guy who happened to be parting out his totaled R1, and already had them installed. I also have a custom exhaust, and an ECU flash.
i have a 2011 fz8, and was wondering what are the costs of doing a mod like that with the stock r1 components you mentioned and if i put a full exhaust system on it what kind of horsepower and torque would i be getting? thanks for responding.
do you know what year r1 kit it is?
Ya - that's not healthy. lol.
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This guy has the r1 cams and produces 110 bhp. Not questioning your integrity. Why wouldnt he produce the 115-125bhp? Whats the missing link? Ecu or exhaust not tuned right? He doesnt mention valves. I dont see how valves could produce much more power.
So has anyone stepped up and done this conversion besides the OP? Im very intrigued
So I'm looking to get some big power out my FZ8. I've already done the R779 using Yamaha performance cams, valves, valve springs, ect ect. for the R1. Now it rates 143 hp to the wheel on premium pump gas. I'm looking to get around 180hp on pump without using a turbo or nitrous. I'm wondering if anyone here has tried that. I know it wont be the easiest project, but it's not impossible either.
So I'm looking to get some big power out my FZ8. I've already done the R779 using Yamaha performance cams, valves, valve springs, ect ect. for the R1. Now it rates 143 hp to the wheel on premium pump gas. I'm looking to get around 180hp on pump without using a turbo or nitrous. I'm wondering if anyone here has tried that. I know it wont be the easiest project, but it's not impossible either.
With just the stock R1 parts you would make around 115-125, with the full exhaust and proper tune, i would predict damn close to 130. I make more because I use race cams, and what not
Making horse power is really simple. Basically you change the rate of how much air and gas is inside the combustion chambers. Valves play a huge part in how much gas and air is put into the cylinder head. Longer, thicker intake valves allow more gas and air into the cylinder head which creates a higher combustion ratio which gives it more power, while the the longer, thicker exhaust valves cycle the leftovers from combustion out of the cylinder head at a faster rate. Why he makes 110, it could be that his exhaust is too restrictive, it's tuned differently, or really anything. Remember this too, when I said 115-125, I was estimating off of what I've heard and what I have. My guess is, that he didn't use the valves. to be honest I don't really hear about people using the valves either. That was my little experiment. They just happened to fit with some minor machine work.