blaster engine in an 86' 200x. the project has begun...

[Chazz of Blades]

Hell, just go all out. Mount a 6.1L diesel, and put on some bitchin' Deere tractor tires...........with spinners.

[snakpacs]

who spilt the beans?? that was gonna be my next build.

[matt86200x]

I really want to see a video of this bike rippin. Damn that looks like a sweet swap, can the scoops on the tank clear the expansion chamber? What was all involved in the swap other then a few front mounts and some spacers?

[matt86200x]

sorry just realized you had already addressed the left air scoop

[snakpacs]

step one was cutting off the rear mount of the engine. where the swing are bolt would go through if the engine was in a blaster. the rest wasnt too bad. im an auto tech and we did the build at work so we have lots of spare crap laying around that really helped. for the exhaust spicket for example we found a section of exhaust manifold from a 4.0 that had the angle we needed to clear the frame. there wasnt really any difficult problems to overcome but a bunch of "damn that allllllmost fits" sort of tweeks. two cuts and turns for the exhaust.

[Merge_88]

step one was cutting off the rear mount of the engine. where the swing are bolt would go through if the engine was in a blaster. the rest wasnt too bad. im an auto tech and we did the build at work so we have lots of spare crap laying around that really helped. for the exhaust spicket for example we found a section of exhaust manifold from a 4.0 that had the angle we needed to clear the frame. there wasnt really any difficult problems to overcome but a bunch of "damn that allllllmost fits" sort of tweeks. two cuts and turns for the exhaust.

Old thread I know! BUT wondered if there were still some finished pics of this swap still out there? I'm thinking about doing the same swap! Thanks