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Thanks for that was not sure if I would need to remove the frame rail CHEERS

Hi All Having bought a replacement engine and giving it a quick once over ( was assured it was a ok ) I bolted it into the frame and connected every thing so as to be ready for its first fire up. Having found Great advice and info within these Halls of wisdom I carried out a clutch conversion (thank you Lee) . I was finishing off connecting the oil cooler lines when I noticed the sump plug weeping oil. Upon inspection I have found that the thread in the sump has been stripped, I now it can be fixed with a heli coil repair, but I have the original engine on the bench and can take the sump off that, but I need to know if it is possible to remove the sump from the engine while still in the frame. Thanks for looking

I had a Efe at the back end of the eighties, I also wanted to gain more power, but as is nearly always the way my pockets were empty. So my idea was to increase power trying to use stock Suzuki parts as it would be cheaper than aftermarket parts. Most of the guys that were running Efe`s went with big bore kits from the states, which meant that there were loads of standard Suzuki pistons around, which are forged good for turbo`s The only work I did was replace valve guides and seals, heavy duty cam chain , slotted cam sprockets, heavy duty cylinder studs + nuts, two standard base gaskets and a 80thou spacer to lower compression. Also replaced the oil pump gear for that off a Gsx 750 et to give more oil pressure and straight cut gears to crankshaft and clutch basket I managed to buy a used Ray Jay turbo from a guy at Santa pod, replaced the bearings and fitted a new super shorty SS carb result 235 bhp at rear wheel. Never had the chance to run it at Santa pod but was loads of fun on the road.