bansheefromhell Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 I was wondering if it could be done easily or with slight modification, if anyone has ever put a early model air cooled rd 350 or 400 in a banshee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunesovertrails Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 You probably wouldnt want it air cooled but then again that depends on he type of riding you do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefromhell Posted November 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 I just thought it would be cool if it looked factory and you can make people believe it was a limited edition lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulvafan537240 Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 (edited) id rather put a banshee engine in a rd frame Edited November 12, 2012 by volfan537240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefromhell Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 a banshee engine came from a rd... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Cal Suspension Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Correction. The banshee engine came from the RZ, not the RD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefromhell Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 no the rz had power valves the rd didn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefromhell Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 well actually they're both slightly different the rz looks more similar other than the power valves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefromhell Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 yeah you're right my yamaha parts guy is retarded, we were talking about banshees and I even said that it came from the rz but he said the rd, after looking at photos on google the whole topend looks completely different, I don't even think you can swap heads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefromhell Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 so pretend I never said anything lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefromhell Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 well idk everything I find about the engine says it came from the rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefromhell Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 anyway fuck it who cares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprinklerman Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 ..we have a new contender for the "most useless posts to get post count up award". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheesandrider Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 well idk everything I find about the engine says it came from the rd The RD came first, it was air cooled and did not have power valves. The RZ came next, and it was liquid cooled and had powervalves. Then they came out with the Banshee and it did not have powervalves but it is liquid cooled. In some countries the RZ was sold as a RD350LC, but it still had powervalve and was liquid cooled. Now, Banshee cases are the same casting as RZ cases, they just did not machine the tach drive hole or the pad for the Autolube pump. You can bolt RZ cylinders on a Banshee and the head should go either way. Very little if anything from an aircooled RD will fit on a Banshee. When they modified the liquidcooled RZ to use it in the Banshee, they did away with the powervalves to increase the size of the water jacket for botter cooling. This also neccisitated that they go to a close ratio transmission so it did not fall off the powerband when shifted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefromhell Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 the late model rd was also liquid cooled but the cylinders and head look different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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