8 or 16 valve?

[Anonymous]

I have a 82 GS 1100L and was wondering if it is the 16 or 8 valve. I need to know because I want to order a jet kit from K and N and need to make sure I get the right kit.

[daveo]

the 16 V cam end covers are rectangular, the 8 V are round

[MichaelHoward]

8 valve

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys. Now I can order my jet kit. K and N has a heck of a sale on them right now seeing as they are not selling them any more and have to get rid of the stock.

[Hap Call]

Now this brings up an interesting question...I know they made a 16 valve GS1100L in 1980. It appears that they also built them in 82 and 83 but in both the 16 valve and the 8 valve configurations...can anyone confirm this?

Hap

[AOD]

from my understanding...all bikes went TSCC (16 valve) in 1980? is this wrong?

[Anonymous]

Not mine (I don't any shaftie got 16 valves).

[Mastiff]

I think that the shafties stayed with the 8 valve heads, but the chain drive models went to 16 valves. If his model is an 82 GS1100GL (a shaftie), he has an 8 valve head. If he has a chain drive GS1100L, he has 16 valves.

[Anonymous]

I agree with Mastiff

[saaz]

The shaft 1100s were 2 valve, except for the GSXR based one which was the last of the line.

[AOD]

that's interesting. the 16 valve heads goal was to give the engines more power and efficiency, but from what i read they did not do much in terms of performance.

i see maybe a 1000 or 1100 benefiting from 4 valves.

guess that's why those shafties are slow. :P

[lhanscom]

Didn't the TSCC thing come in at 83? A few years after the original 16 valve engines.

[Hap Call]

Didn't the TSCC thing come in at 83? A few years after the original 16 valve engines.

No, 1980 was the first year for both 16 valve and TSCC.

Hap

[Mr. Jiggles]

Thanks guys. Now I can order my jet kit. K and N has a heck of a sale on them right now seeing as they are not selling them any more and have to get rid of the stock.

I tried ordering a stage 1&3 kit for my 82 1100E (16V) from K&N two weeks ago and was told that they were out of stock indefinitely. Hope that your's hasn't run out yet. I wound up getting it from "Star Cycle" (www.starcycle.com) for $70 which is still cheaper than Dyno.

BTW, the people at starcycle seem to run a decent operation. On my first order the salesman actually called me back to tell me that what I had ordered had been shipped. A first for me.

Jeff

[Anonymous]

All GS shafties have 8-valve heads. No exceptions.

Suzuki finally wised up in 1989 or 90 when they came up with the GSX1100G, a shaftie with a 16-valve GSXR modified engine. Kawasaki beat Suzuki to the punch with the long-lived Concours, a Ninja-based engine with a shaft.

Nick