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Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

The paint turned out BEAUTIFUL!! Hopefully, engine parts back to you by the end of next week. I just have to clean, reassemble & bench shim the head. I would like to ride this one after it is done to see how it pulls!
Ray.
 
Here's some progress on the engine cases:

Blasted everything with XL grade Armex soda
Washed the cases with Simple Green and a cold water pressure washer
Blew out all ports and bolt holes with compressed air

Engine cases right after blasting:
IMG_0922 by Anthony Monteleone, on Flickr

Everything washed
IMG_0926 by Anthony Monteleone, on Flickr
IMG_0925 by Anthony Monteleone, on Flickr
IMG_0927 by Anthony Monteleone, on Flickr
IMG_0924 by Anthony Monteleone, on Flickr


Ready for final masking, priming, and then painting!
 
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Great work.
Interested to see what paint you are going to use?

As others have said it will be a real head turner.
 
Arronduke said:
Great work.
Interested to see what paint you are going to use?

As others have said it will be a real head turner.
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Plan is to wipe down everything with acetone and then prime with VHT gray engine primer and then paint with VHT universal aluminum engine paint. After everything air dries for a couple days I will bake everything at 200F for an hour.
 
Looking nice. Lots of work there. Can you tell me why you're using the shaft drive clutch? And how many plates are you going to be using in it? And apart from shaving it down and heavier springs in the back, have you needed to do anything else?
 
Wraith said:
Looking nice. Lots of work there. Can you tell me why you're using the shaft drive clutch? And how many plates are you going to be using in it? And apart from shaving it down and heavier springs in the back, have you needed to do anything else?
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When subjected to larger amounts of power, the fingers on the stock 1000 basket can shear off - the solution is to take a 1100 basket and cut it down to the height of the 1000 basket and have a heavy duty backing plate/springs installed with welded rivets.

The number of steel/fiber plates remains the same as the OEM clutch - I will be using fibers from Fast by Gast and I will reuse the stock steels (I will verify their flatness and bead blast them). As for the pressure plate springs, I will use 3 OEM springs and 3 EBC springs - this was suggested to me by my head builder, as it will provide a good clutch feel and more than enough force to lock up the clutch.
 
Cheers for that. I've got in my GS1000G a heavy duty backing plate/springs installed with welded rivet. Was using all six H/D pressure plate springs, but you needed a forearm like Popeye, so did the same and used 3 and 3 and works very well.
Now doing my chain drive GS1000 with a similar sort of thing - 1100cc kit, CV ported head to suit Bandit 1200 carb rubbers with GSXR 36mm CV carbs, APE brass valve stems, H/D valve springs, MTC under bucket shims and Andersons S3 cams, etc.
Standard clutch not given me much trouble, but it could be better - does start to slip under heavy load.
 
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That sure is a lot of paint. Any concerns that it won't inhibit the cooling?
 
rudeman said:
That sure is a lot of paint. Any concerns that it won't inhibit the cooling?
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I used several thin coats instead of heavy ones to ensure good coverage and prevent runs - I see air cooled engines that are powdercoated, which is substantially thicker than paint and they don't seem to have any issues.
 
The extra paint won't hurt, maybe if you're stuck in traffic in Texas in summer
 
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