Educate me on a 1340

[bigfootatplay]

I had to take my side fairing off for this pic. This is what the spacer plate on a 1441cc or gen1 1340cc engine looks like. Its a thin metal spacer under the cylinder jug

 

[bigfootatplay]

here it is... had to resize it.

 

[sweet tea man]

so is a 1340 a typical rebuild of the 1297 on the gen 1?

 

[bigfootatplay]

if you are in need of a crank on a gen1 its a no brainer. Why buy a gen1 crank when the gen2 crank is same price. A 1397 is a more common upgrade, when the compression drops on a high mileage engine a 1397cc upgrade is often the cure.

 

[bigfootatplay]

are you looking for an upgrade?

 

[sweet tea man]

later on maybe. right now i'm perfectly fine. just wondering about earlier when i was talking to the guy i mentioned

 

[B@DA$$08BUS@]

so is a 1340 a typical rebuild of the 1297 on the gen 1?

No, I THINK the 1397 is. the 1340 would be a cheaper one though.

 

[Johnnycheese]

No, I THINK the 1397 is. the 1340 would be a cheaper one though.

nope the 1397 is cheaper

 

[sweet tea man]

so basically the guy was trying to act like he had something bigger? but in reality it makes no sense?

 

[PADEROLIS]

so is a 1340 a typical rebuild of the 1297 on the gen 1?

The Gen 1 is 1299...

 

[sweet tea man]

see? I'm learning I thought it was a 97. This is why I paint cars for a living and dont do mechanical

 

[Russ W]

Whats the difference internally between the gen1 to gen2. I am looking at upgrading my gen1 to something, and wonder which would be better, head and cam mods, or straight swap to gen2.

Does the gen2 have a stronger output shaft? and also, did suzuki undercut 1st and 2nd gear?

I understand about the compression change, and stroke difference. But heard from somewhere that suzuki adressed the jumping out of gear and output shaft failure issues of the gen1.

I ask because if I change from gen1 to gen 2 while the engine is out i may as well undercut the gears and change the output shaft if its needed.

Many thanks in advance.