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I will, but I have to warn you that most maiden voyages for projects like this usually look like a monkey with his first football....

Welcome to the forum.

Thanks for the vote of confidence Hellmutt. I think I know what it'll do and I've done the math several times in many different configurations to develop an idea for the ballpark it'll be playing in. At least I think I have an idea but I prefer to let the bike speak for itself when it finds it's voice.

Thanks. I have no predictions for the bike. I'm running low boost so it will not be a horsepower monster. There is head work, I addressed the cams a little, transmission work, shifter mechanism work and many other things so I simply can't quantify it right now into solid numbers. I'm going to tune it for a good AFR across the rev range at my desired boost level and live with whatever number I get. After I have everything broken in and tuned I'll head to Kilkare to see what I can do with it. I can tell you I'm wheelbase limited for big E.T. numbers so I won't be rotating the Earth. If I find it unsatisfying I'll tear the engine down next winter and really dig into it. Sorry I can't give you a number.

You will. You can come out to my house and see it anytime you want.

Yesterday and today's progress: The chain guard is trimmed and painted. Ready to install.

Yesterday and today's progress: The chain guard is trimmed and painted. Ready to install.

I agree with you 100% .

+1

Thanks.

No pictures for today's progress, but got the chain guard trimmed to a design I like and got another bracket painted. I also started prepping the chain guard for paint. I hope to have it painted tomorrow or Wednesday and installed on Thursday.

Hellmutt, you're not giving you or your bike enough credit. You have a heck of a good bike and I have no doubt you're fast on it.

Here's pictures of today's progress: FPR bracket Chainguard Toggle switch bracket

Welcome.

Welcome:metal:

Currently have an ex-AMA superbike ZX7R with a 950cc formula extreme engine I plan to build and run at the mile. I might put this one there eventually, but the 950 is first (hopefully). It's currently a bare frame and several tubs full of parts.... Thanks! You guys are way too kind.

Thanks. It's only going to be 5 to 7 psi of boost I have my ZX7's for the twisty stuff. This bike is strictly a time compression device ( daily commuter for work) and the occasional dragstrip weapon.

For all practical purposes: No. I'm throwing around the idea of using it as an intercooler for the turbo though. That would be down the road when real boost is thrown at the bike. For now it'll be low boost (5-7 psi).

I'm done so posting for today. Thanks It's a concept of having a clean bike that doesn't readily reveal any of the mods done to it. I understand the terms sleeper & ZX12R don't really go together, but it's the best way to explain what I'm doing as a goal.

I'm at work today and have fabbed the brackets I need, finshed trimming the oil cooler, painted the adapter ring for the lock up and trimmed the new chain guard. I have stuff to work on for the weekend now.

When I address the wiring I'm going to add a toggle switch to the left side of the triple clamps. There are already 2 on the right side. One is for arming the nitrous and the other is for arming the air shifter. The airshifter, when armed, uses the horn button as the shifter. The nitrous, when armed, uses the starter button as the nitrous button. You can see the toggles in the next photo. The red button on the left, just inboard of the left controls, is for the air compressor to fill the air tank. The swing arm is pressurized and used as the air tank.The bracket that has "MPS" on it is the kill switch for drag racing. The last photo shows the air pressure gauge for the shifter and the Autometer shift light.

Scavenge pump is physically installed but not wired in yet.I'm waiting to do all the wiring in on shot. I still have some electronic goodies to install and 3 gauges, so I'll wire it all at once. Here's the pictures of it: I will slide the rubber scavenge pump hose in a heat sleeve next weekend. I got the wrong size on my previous trip to Jeg's so I have to wait until later this week to get the right size. While laying out the brackets I need to fab I put some of the bodywork on the bike to make sure everything will disappear once it's all together. Here's some shots of that:

Here's a better look at the pan the oil cooler sits on: The oiler cooler itself is originally a power steering cooler from a 1999 Ford Super Duty pickup. I cut the hose ends off and my brother welded AN fittings on. We also reversed the angle and orientation of the cooler so it sits lower and is angled for max airflow across it from the now unused ramair snorkel. As you can see the cooler needs some trim work done. That's another project for this week. The other part of the oilcooler relocation is the Muzzy oil filter relocation kit: It provides the mount for the oil filter and the block off for the original oil cooler. You supply the filter,cooler and all oil lines. The good part of this kit is the extra feed line that I used for the turbo oil feed. You just need to run an in-line restrictor to keep oil volume down. Otherwise you can blow the seals in the turbo. That will make for a bad day.

This beast still has the dry nitrous system installed. I'm keeping it in there for now. It's also sporting Muzzy velocity stacks. I don't need them for boost containment at the moment but I might down the road....

I spent today figuring out the fuel delivery and return system. I'm using a Walbro pump to feed this thing and although I'm cheaping out right now and using the waste gate and blow off valve springs to control the boost, it won't stay that way. So I need to be able to feed the horses when they want hay. That's why I'm using an Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator to maintain fuel pressure. These things use AN fittings to connect it to the fuel system and the ZX12R uses 5/16" rubber fuel line so I needed to connect the two. I went to Jegs (they're right down the street from where I work) and bought braided line and fittings to make the connections. I also went to NAPA and got some high pressure rubber fuel line for that side of it. I'm locating the FPR on top of the valve cover due to space restrictions everywhere on this bike and running the lines to connect everything from there. It looks sloppy right now simply because nothing is completely tied up. Trust me, when it's done everything will be secure and you won't see anything I don't want seen. As you all can see I still need to make the mounting bracket for the FPR. It's on my list and I plan to have it done and mounted by the end of next weekend.