J-Arm to A-Arm Frame Swap?

[1FlawlessShee]

Ok guys... I'm pretty new to Shee's so I figured I'd ask the masters for some advice...

 

I recentlly bought a 91 Bansheee. The thing ran like a raped ape when I test rode her and started on the first kick. Ran it thru all the gears, checked compression, (140 in each hole) looked straight with the exception of the right front which was tweaked in a little. Needless to say I bought her for $1,300.00.

 

I terrorized the neighborhood for a couple days, (no silencers) and all was good. Unfortunatlly the first time out wide open she destroyed a rod bearing, killed a cylinder, (already .100" over) wasted a piston and dome. Spark plugs were nice and chocolate brown so she didn't detonate and I was running 94 pump gas. Long story short the motor is now at F.A.S.T. being built into a mean 4 mill stroker.

 

Getting to the point... I decided to upgrade to an A-Frame chasis while I was at it. I also got the complete A-Arm front suspension (minus the shocks) and newer style calipers. I plan on reusing everything else from my J-Frame chasis. Do you guys see any issues with this?

 

Thanks in advance for the pointers!!!

[bansheesandrider]

Ok guys... I'm pretty new to Shee's so I figured I'd ask the masters for some advice...

 

I recentlly bought a 91 Bansheee. The thing ran like a raped ape when I test rode her and started on the first kick. Ran it thru all the gears, checked compression, (140 in each hole) looked straight with the exception of the right front which was tweaked in a little. Needless to say I bought her for $1,300.00.

 

I terrorized the neighborhood for a couple days, (no silencers) and all was good. Unfortunatlly the first time out wide open she destroyed a rod bearing, killed a cylinder, (already .100" over) wasted a piston and dome. Spark plugs were nice and chocolate brown so she didn't detonate and I was running 94 pump gas. Long story short the motor is now at F.A.S.T. being built into a mean 4 mill stroker.

 

Getting to the point... I decided to upgrade to an A-Frame chasis while I was at it. I also got the complete A-Arm front suspension (minus the shocks) and newer style calipers. I plan on reusing everything else from my J-Frame chasis. Do you guys see any issues with this?

 

Thanks in advance for the pointers!!!

Um, if it was a J arm bike, it was not a 91. J arms were only used on 87-90 model bikes, 91 was the first year of the A arm bikes. Every thing should work out fine as long as you have the later style spindles to match the later style calipers. I was planning on doing the same thing, but I have now collected so many parts that I am just going to build another bike from the ground up and only use a few high performance parts off the old bike. I am going to replace them with stock or not so high performance parts and use my 89 J arm bike to take as a spare or buddy bike.

[1FlawlessShee]

Thanks for the info. I was pretty sure everything was interchangable but I just wanted to confirm this before I wasted time painting things that weren't going to fit...

 

My bad about the year mistake on my bike. I just picked it up a couple of weeks ago and was told it was a 91 by the previous owner. I couldn't confirm this because the frame had been previouslly sandblasted and painted and the vin number was no longer visiable. Thanks for clearing that up though!