how much will it cost me to tune my engine? pleeeez

[vinniezxr400]

Hello ppl, this is my first post ever so a big hello to every1 on the forum, I am currently race preparing my bike ie building the bike from scratch i have managed to get a zxr400 to do the Ediasia formula 400 next season.. I have no mechanical knowledge about the bike but i am thinking of puttin a k&n airfilter, full system exhaust and tune the engine. But, have no idea on how much i need to be spending to get the engine tuned could anyone give me a rough estimate on doing this.. cheers guys .....btw any1 looking to sell a fullsystem exhaust preferablly micron.cheers

Vinnie

[Ballsout Racing]

I stopped counting at £6k when building my spare bike from scratch from spares and/or second hand parts.

Sell it, and buy a ready prepared bike, that's if you want a top spec race winning bike

[jake]

hello mate.
Like Ballsout said, sell your bike and buy something along the lines of this
http://www.motoforum.net/index.php?showtopic=34095

It may sound expensive, but when you add up what it would cost to get a standard bike to that spec...

You may get a good deal on that one too, as its been up for sale for a while now, and if im not mistakin, he did very well on that bike

[vinniezxr400]

cheers guys, It is true i shall do that.... that means I will do some track days with the bike and sell it on.. mmmm but i will miss the bike i absollutely loved it ... anyways, replys much appreciated.

regards
vinnie

[LondonYank]

Definitely buy a already set up race bike but you never know what your buying. I bought pretty good bike last season and had the engine refreshed for this year so I knew exactly I had under me. It is also good to have the forks and shock rebuilt as the suspension is the most important element in racing. As a guide it cost around £1,500 to have a full engine rebuild which included one SP cam and a set of con rods (as the engine had the earlier and weaker ones). So on top of the bike cost you may be looking at another £2k to have the bike in a known good state.

Of course you could always just ride it and see where that gets you! It may or may not work out. I figured the investment in having a known good, reliable setup which is unlikely to blow up or go wrong during a race weekend so it was worth the expense.

Owen

[Rick.O]

i have a tuned engine for sale, just had refresh ready to go, open to offers, also have lots of other race goodys and a complete 74bhp bike ready to race just been refreshed aswell top spec everthing must go.

Rick 07796687065
Lincoln half hour from cadwell park

[Deswilkie]

I've also got a semi-tuned engine. It's complete, new gaskets, base gasket removed, 0.5mm oversize, running total loss but starter retained.

Just needs head skimmed and polished and a set of SP/Kent cams to complete race prep as has standard head and cams in just now. Open to offers.

Also got a full Micron system