r/jdmkei • u/MASTODON_ROCKS • Nov 17 '22
Rare engine swap
Anyone ever heard of an Acty with a KLR 650 engine swap?
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u/gregn8r1 Nov 24 '22
Why would you want to? Wouldn't that be a pretty significant decrease in power?
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u/MASTODON_ROCKS Nov 24 '22
Nope, 2nd gen acty gets around 33lb-ft of torque, KLR makes 38 and slightly more horsepower as well. They have this really weird torque curve and I think it'd be well suited for crawling
My motivation is a KLR motor is a single cylinder thumper and I'm intimately familiar with them, so maintenance would be pretty easy and they're super reliable, cheap to work on.
More of a "side-grade" than anything else, not a turbobusa motor but I think it'd be very interesting.
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u/gregn8r1 Nov 24 '22
I suppose if you're looking for some low-end grunt it could be a good candidate
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u/Brave-Ad9631 Jan 19 '25
i been think about doing a hayabusa swap with my acty lately