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Offline muleman

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88 cylinder ,on a 95 bottom end?
« on: October 01, 2009, 02:40:25 PM »
What is the diffrents in the cylinder's I pick up a 88 cylinder and thought they were the same but I found the cut off years was 89. I have not gotten the jug yet but i was wondering why it will not fit?

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Re: 88 cylinder ,on a 95 bottom end?
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2009, 04:22:27 PM »
It will work in that direction but not so well in the reverse.  I am not sure that the head stay will hook up with the stock mounts.
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Re: 88 cylinder ,on a 95 bottom end?
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2009, 10:22:40 AM »
So it will bolt up and work  if I mod the mod stay ?   Head stay is broken any way. Nice pics

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Re: 88 cylinder ,on a 95 bottom end?
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2009, 06:04:43 PM »
hi

i have an 88 k5 and i think jfab is right how he says,you could put an 88 cylinder on later cases but like i found out if you wanted to drop a later cylinder onto 88 cases you might have issues,the 88 power valve is a diff setup just two valves,as for the 89 on they have 3 parts to the valve,so on 89onwards the case halves have 3 holes to allow for this where as the 88 only have 2 holes,i can see no reason why it wont work either.

sure someone will highlight any other issues,good luck

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Re: 88 cylinder ,on a 95 bottom end?
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2009, 02:56:47 AM »
The hardest part would be finding a set of powervalves if the jug didn't come with any. The 86-88 have been discontinued by Kawasaki.

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Re: 88 cylinder ,on a 95 bottom end?
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2009, 02:57:43 AM »
The hardest part would be finding a set of powervalves if the jug didn't come with any. The 86-88 have been discontinued by Kawasaki. And you'll have to use the head from an 86-88.

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Re: 88 cylinder ,on a 95 bottom end?
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2009, 01:06:53 PM »
The 88 cylinder I pick up has the power valve set up and the head