Installation of a Taggart Dry Sump
Well since the car is still waiting to get the new engine cradle welded on due to the fact the that the shop needed to order some special order chromoly pieces I decided to bring the engine back home and install the dry sump kit while I had a chance so that once the engine was in the car it was in the car for good. Let me just say that if you need a dry sump kit for your R1 nothing beats the quality of the Taggart system (<a href="http://www.tpe-inc.com/" >http://www.tpe-inc.com/</a>).<br />
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Rob came over about 7:30, we had to run to Walmart for some RTV and Blue locktite so we got started about 8pm at getting this baby installed. I had already removed the old water/oil pump a few weeks back and it probably toook about an hour max. Installation was even easier! We started by breaking out the excellent directions Taggart provided and getting the required tools out. After that first step was checking the old o-rings to ensure they were in good shape, then dropping in the new pump. We followed that by getting the oil feeder and return ports installed into the block. After that it was a quick tightening of the two main mounting bolts, the three oil pump bolts and she was secured. We followed that by probably the most difficult part of the task which was getting the oil pump gear installed back into the drive chain. Once we get that installed we tightened the drive chain's bolt, installed the oil/water intercooler block off and it was all done! Now I just have to wait for a new oil pan gasket coming from the local bike shop for a whopping $6.14 and then install the new pan and everything is ready to roll. <br />
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I really just want to say again how damn impressed I was with the quality of the Taggart dry sump kit as well as just Yamaha's engine in general. I have never worked on such a sweet well put together engine.<br />
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The pictures below are of the dry sump, looking at the dry sump from the bottom of the engine, and the pan and oil/water block off.<br />
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