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Abe, Even out of production pistons can be custom made relatively cheaply,....you just need specs,...some patience,...and about $150 ea Jeff Churchill J.C. Performance 617-06 Bicycle Path Port Jefferson Station NY 11776 USA tech: 516-928-6679 or 516-928-9863 website: http://www.jcperformance.com/ ************************************************************************* ************** On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 21:34:49 -0000 "Abraham Mara" <AbeFM@dis.member.org> writes: >I have a rajay turbo from a "turbo city" kit, from 1980 or so, and >it's the >same design, though I don't care much for the intake and exaust >headers, it >seems to work pretty well. The plugs don't stay all that clean >however. Do >you know the model number of the carb they used? Where did you get >your >pistons? I seem to have lots of problems finding pistons for the >bike, that >don't require either the stock bore, or resleeving, as far as low >compression forged parts go. > -Abe. > >> Hello everyone, I also think that people are also missing a very >economical >> way of turbocharging, last season, I bought a new Mr. Turbo for my >old >> 1428cc KZ1000. In the newer kits, they will use one of the new >Mikuni HSR >> "Harley" carbs to draw through instead of a S&S carb. I was not >looking >> forward to fouling plugs and general lag, setup pain associated with >the >old >> draw-through systems, but the HSR worked excellent, not one bad plug >all >> year, I did burn-up 2 sets of valve seals though in about 1600 >miles. >> > > > >