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at one time Riva had a single pipe for the 66e motor. Heard it was hard on pistons, I saw a picture once but never found one. Somebody's got to know where one is or the stampings might still be around.
the sleeper package does not get a bore ! just porting and compression mod with adjustment to correct squish area !A cheaper route is the groupK Sleeper package. Sounds promising b/c it is designed to give good increases in power from low to mid rpms. That mod is only 450.....pretty much standard porting price and the cylinder gets a fresh bore and hone. At minimum if you do porting for low end power, the pipe, carbs and say a conservative 170-180lbs compression it should be rockin. pretty hard and pumping out at least 160hp :bigeyes: That is just from my guesstomometer :haha:
the sleeper package does not get a bore ! just porting and compression mod with adjustment to correct squish area !
And if you big bore it, you put regular sleeves in, or if you get it ported you have to get it replated.
I don't see why you'd have to replate it if you port it, you're not porting what the pistons ride on (you're taking material off). I think Harry mentions that you have to use special porting tools, because the nicasil can chip where you don't want it to.
I weighed the longblock of my old kawi 650 motor and the 66e. The kawi longblock was 52lbs w/ bedplate attached and the 66e was 62lbs. So almost exactly 10lbs heavier on the long block. The 701 longblock should be heavier (larger crank) than the kawi so the difference should be less between the 701 and 66e
I wouldn't say that about the crank, since a Kaw 650 has a longer stroke than a 701---70mm vs 68mm.
Should be 78mm.
78x82 if im correct...but i wonder how advanced the transfer porting is on the 800 engine compared to a lamey....and is the yamaha powervalve just as good or better than a sea doo rave valves....just curious!?