I solved this by going up a tooth in the front and DOWN to a 45 in the rear! Still has all the low end power you’ll ever need, and now has TONS of top end! WELL OVER 150 MPH. When I put a Bandit 1200 into a 600 Kat, I go UP a tooth in front, and here’s why: The Bandit is a REALLY STRONG low end torque engine, ie: plenty of low end power, but known to sort of run out of legs on the top end. Putting a 750 engine into a 600? I like to use the newer stock 750 set up of 14/47. Saved $100 and ruined a good upgrade? No thanks, pass me that new chain please!īe careful to use the correct tooth count. Might as well change the rear one too, and how about that chain? Hate to screw up a good transplant with a used chain. Now is a REALLY good time to change out that front sprocket. Stay with the plug type, too! On the 1200 Bandit engine into a Kat, you have to change out the actual drive gear on the alternator after you remove the both. I don’t like to try & force an old system to deal with a new or different output. I like to use the alternator that goes with the wiring harness. On the Bandit 1200, I’ve used a system from a GSXR 1100, but I had to heat tape the pipes to keep them from burning through the plastic! Also, I had to carve out the bell pans AND the inner fairing pieces to allow clearance. One exception to this I’ve found: When switching a 98+ Kat engine into a early Kat, I use the early Kat’s carbs, as the 98+ carbs have to have that TPS to work right! The pre 98 wiring harnesses don’t have it!Īlways must use a system matched to the engine. I tend to think you always have to use the carbs that are with the engine. Think of it this way: Your wiring harness does not know what engine it’s mated up with – it will still work like a Kat engine! On 98+ wiring harnesses, don’t’ worry about the TPS for those newer carbs. Be careful about using ANY wiring harness other than a Katana one. You can also switch up to a 1997 one and avoid differences – usually much less wear & tear. Never hurts to change out the wiring harness to a newer one (if you have an 89-97 Kat)….those old wires get fried after a lot of use. If the CDI from the new engine will plug into the existing harness on the bike, use it! If not, you may opt to change out the wiring harness, (some cases) or use the frame’s CDI (some cases). Bolt it tight up top and bend the cooler out a bit to clear those big pipes you’ll need! On the Bandit into the 02 600, I used a 750 oil cooler from a Kat, and let the bottom hang loose sort of. The lower mounting tabs on the 600 oil coolers are different than the early 750 ones. For early model Kats, you can either use a 750 oil cooler from an early Kat in your early 600, or fab or modify some lower tabs to fit that early Kat frame. If you use a smaller oil cooler, like your old Kat 600 one with a 750 engine, you’ll overheat her! The oil cooler MUST match or exceed the stock one for the engine. They are the exact same frame set up, so those engines would work for those bikes also.Īlways use a 750 oil cooler with a 750, an 1100 with an 1100, etc. I have not yet played with any 03 or 04 Kats, so I don’t know about them but I suspect You may have to adapt or use the frames front engine bolt clamps, or the engine’s frontīolt clamps, but one or the other will almost always work. Sort of like what some other bikes call a subframe. On the 89-97 ones, they are both the same, except for the rear portion, You'll want to use a 600 frame instead of a 750 as it's cheaper to insure! The following engines fit DIRECTLY and EASILY into any 89-02 600 or 750 Kat frame: I've installed a few different engines into Katana 600 frames. ***note*** This info is not mine, it was written up by a guy named Keith that has owned over 70 gsxfs.
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