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Re: Crofter985'S KLX650C supermoto build
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:36 pm
by Crofter985
Got a reply!
Hello Mark,
We can produce this custom connecting rod application for you in 6-7 weeks and the cost per rod would be $319.00. If you have any other questions or would like to place an order for this connecting rod please feel free to contact me at any time.
Best regards,
Barry Deane
Sales Technician
CP-Carrillo, LLC
I must have sent that email yesterday after they went home. So they have replied pretty damn fast! Good start anyway!
Re: Crofter985'S KLX650C supermoto build
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:11 pm
by Sandblaster
319 per rod.... Well... At least it's an option.
I guess with the down turn in the economy they are more interested in doing one offs.
That's great!
Re: Crofter985'S KLX650C supermoto build
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:23 pm
by Sandblaster
Oh!
Do you know what material they are making the rod from?
Re: Crofter985'S KLX650C supermoto build
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:26 am
by Crofter985
I didn't ask, but I will.
Re: Crofter985'S KLX650C supermoto build
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:52 am
by Crofter985
I think it's steel. 467g of it, sounds a lot? I wonder what a standard rod is? I'll ask on the advrider forum, there will be someone there who knows.
Re: Crofter985'S KLX650C supermoto build
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:42 am
by Sandblaster
I know those cranks are heavy.
Shipping weight is 18lb
By comparison, a Wossner rod for a KX500 weighs 308 grams.
Re: Crofter985'S KLX650C supermoto build
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:06 am
by Crofter985
What is the weight of a kx500 crank/rod assembly? How does that compare?
I've ordered two rods, one standard and one +1mm longer. I have a bit to wait for them but on the other hand, lots of other things to do.
A wossner piston is 72g lighter than a standard KLX piston, I think 370g was quoted on one forum for a piston weight, so 440g for a oem one? If it is 440g for a standard piston, it makes 467g for a rod seem more like it?
Re: Crofter985'S KLX650C supermoto build
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:26 am
by Sandblaster
I've got it recorded somewhere... Of course it depends on the year....
I gotta look
Re: Crofter985'S KLX650C supermoto build
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:29 am
by Sandblaster
92-04 KX500 Crank 9.45lb
Re: Crofter985'S KLX650C supermoto build
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:29 pm
by Crofter985
I just looked up the spec for a KX500 and a '99 was 86x86mm bore and stroke by the info I found, is that right? That's a longer stroke for the KX! The KLX is 83mm stroke with a 100 bore.
Not maybe the easiest to see a pattern emerging comparing a two stroke with a four stroke, also the KX is a racing machine, and well the KLX had lights indicators and electric start........, it must be a weight saving on the original rod but then again if it isn't it will be uber strong
aaaaaand it's a Carrillo, big kudos !
I will get an answer eventually from someone on the weight of an oem rod. I'm not keen on stripping a engine down to find out, if I'm going to leave it in bits, I might even have a shed move before I'm finished this project and that would be a guaranteed method to loose a heap of bits.