Stohr engine replacement part 2
So I finally have the whole engine out of the car and am ready to start the reassembly process. Now as a flashback remember I am putting a 2005 R1 engine into the car versus the 1998 one thats currently in it. It all started out as looking so simple. I have come to find its a lot more work than I expected. Good news is that I got in touch with an excellent shop here in the local area that is going to revise my chassis to hold the new engine. Bad news is that the frickin Stohr Spar is pretty much a custom unit for the 1998-2003 Yamaha R1 engine. I'll get into more detail on that in the next update tomorrow. Overall it took about 8 hours to disassembly everything to the level I am at now which is the car completely stripped of radiators, engine and everything else. Next step is putting the new engine in the car and having my chassis folks design a engine cradle for me and hopefully fix the spar so that it fits on the new engines rear mounts…which I have…ummm…modified to make it fit. <img src="http://www.trackpedia.net/blogs/john/templates/default/img/emoticons/wink.png" alt=";-)" style="display: inline; vertical-align: bottom;" class="emoticon" /> So engine pictures below as well as a bare naked Stohr.<br />
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Disassembled Car, followed by old engine, followed by new engine.<br />
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