well yesterday we tore down the TAKEGAWA +R daytona 150 and replaced it with the daytona 4v dohc kit. upon opening the daytona dohc kit box i was suprised as hell to see how much you actually get with the kit and the quality of the components. you get a set of kevlar clutch plates, D.I.D. high tensil strength cam chain, NGK plug. NGK silcone plug with a special plug cap to fit the dohc head. longer and more heavy duty engine studs, wiseco forged HC 57mm piston, ceramic nicasil all aluminium 57mm cylinder, matching intake for 4v head with rubber boot, 4v dohc head assmebled and valve lash set, real keihn pe28 with assortment of main jets and pilots in a neat little box. slotted cam sprocket and all the gaskets,dowels and hardware needed to finish the install. basicly you get everthing from the cases up. install was a breez, nothing tricky at all. i looked at the head for awhile, the cnc work on the combustion chamber is a work of art, the ports had been cleaned up at the factory prior to assembly from what i could tell. would i port it? if it was mine, sure i saw a few spots i would have liked to be more knifed edged but everything else looks very good. intake matched perfect to the head and also to the carb, you can tell this kit was designed all together with raw HP in mind, not just of random parts thrown together and hoped they would fit lol. they recomend you replace the existing 88t cam chain for the HD D.I.D. 88t one that comes in the kit because of the aggressive cam profile and the way the dohc gears are setup. so that was 1st to do, while i was swapping cam chains, sam replaced the origional clutch pack with the new japanese kevlar plates that came with the dohc kit, then we swaped out the stock engine studs for the longer and more HD 4v dohc ones. after that was the piston and cylinder combo, again nothing tricky just putting pieces of the puzzle together. then came the 4v dohc head. it comes fully assembled so i checked the valve lash and it was set from the factory .006 intake and .007 exhaust so we were good to go. slapped on the 4v dohc head, matching intake and pe28 and we were about done. next was setting the cam timing, i set it right in the middle of the slotted cam sprocket so i can see how the power delivery is and i can adjust accordingly from there. there only looks to be about + or - 3 degree of adjustment on the cam sprocket. once the cam timing was set i adjusted the ignition timing back to its neutral spot also so once we do some testing i can also adjust it accordingly. last we put the oil cooler back on and installed the FMF 4.1 exhaust ,filled it with oil and fired it up. started 2nd or 3rd kick, engine does not kick all that hard but the rings are not seated so its hard to tell. i will tell you this, i have built and heard some bad ass engines over the years, this is no doubt the baddest ass engine i have ever heard, it revs from 1000rpm to 10k in a blink of an eye and sounds like a full blown pro circuit 250f. now from just warming this engine up and doing a heat cycle or 2 i would only recomend this setup for the A class or really good B class riders as this thing is gonna be snappy as hell and could get you hurt in a hurry. now is the time for a full turn throttle lol. well the weather gods are cooperating and sams klub has dried out so sam will be testing friday and sat, craig will get some video and pics and we will get them up asap. enjoy.
EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH THE 4V DOHC DAYTONA KIT RETAIL $1999
THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF THE 4V DOHC DAYTONA HEAD
THE INTAKE PORT OF THE 4V DOHC HEAD
WISECO FORGED PISTON AT TOP DEAD CENTER
HEAD INSTALLED AND ADJUSTING THE CAM TIMING
DAYTONA 150 WITH 4V DOHC KIT COMPLETED
4V DOHC KITS INSTOCK AT WHOLESALE CYCLE ON DISPLAY