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1978 gs 1000 complete overhaul

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as you all know i blew up my gs some time ago trying to take is at highway speed for a while 85+ so i got it home on a blown piston ring
i am in the airforce and live on base so i do not have a good place to rebuild this thing or store it until i get leave

right now it is doing what metal does best :(

does anyone have any ideas as to how i can get this thing going
it needs a complete rebuild pistons rods cylinder walls heads exhaust the works
PROBABLY carbs now good mikunis too :(

does anyone have any good ideas anything will help
i did the worst thing to it( took it to a mechanic shop) he took it appart
said he couldent fix it so he left it in peaces now it is out back in a box and stuff :(

its a basket case of basket cases:D
id like to return it to the condition it was in right before it broked
 
Depending on where you are located, I would get it over to Chuck Haun in Norman OKlahoma. I think he could use a few bucks these days and has the time to get it done right.
 
I got the time for sure. Working on a 79 right now just to get it running and see IF the engine even is good.

Where are you located? Would be a slam dunk if you were at Tinker!!!

What shape are the cylinder walls in? Scared up? Burnt looking? May need resleeved. Which I can do easily enough if good or new ones can be had. You can PM me if you wish.

Realistically though, a used engine would be cheaper. But then again, whats gonne need done to it too? Sort of a catch 22 if you buy another and its blown in a month also.
 
the gs is in texas im at whiteman afb mo
the cylnder wall needs replacing
how hard is that?
also it needs new pistons at a minimum
im thinking 1085
bored out head and larger cams

i have an intake thought up looks something like this
fuel rails ecu o2 ect ect ect


__________
[_ _ _ _ _\ <air intake
|| || || ||
v v v v
 
Why wont the hobby shop let you work on it there? The one here at Wright-Patt was going to let me store and work on the engine before my friend let me use his garage
 
this weekend i will ask about there policys but it looks like a oil and tire shop
any ideas on where i can get some piston and ring sets
 
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