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If you had a choice between an 87 or 97 motor [both rebuilt bearings/seals/clutch/top/etc.] to use in an 05 CRF450 conversion, which would you choose and why if I might ask.

Thank you.

Any info/specs/charts/etc out there that would let me know motor years from their serial numbers?

Spool gun, check.

The welding school's owned by a friend. They'll show me how to weld anything I ask.

A boys gotta start somewhere......

http://www.lincolnelectric.com/knowledg ... actmig.asp

Step #2

http://www.advancedweldinginstitute.com ... p?loc=home

This would be very helpful for me but I don't load any of the pics in the first post. Any ideas?

Like the title say I'm having a 97 500 motor split to check on overall condition hoping that it ends up in an AF chassis.

Being new to this level of work, are their any "must do" mod I should have done before it gets buttoned back up?

2438 miles east of Cucamonga, CA.

Thankx for the build link...very nice but so far beyond my mechanical/fab/welding abilities and with no local "support group", I'll be buying other people conversions. Hey, someone has to do it.

I located that of which you speak one so wise in the ways of banned hoons. I just had to figure out what key words worked best in the search.

I is just curious.

I see everyone putting 2T 500s into late model 4T frames. What's up with converting a 01 250 2T into a 500?

How much of a project is it?