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Engine swap

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:00 pm
by xela_p2004
I know this has been talked about before, but how hard would it be to swap in another motor from another scoot. Iam thinking about swaping in a honda metropolitan engine into a spree. I know its not a two stroke or probably the Dio motor is better but I prefer the relabitly of a four stroke. just wondering what would I need to consider?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:52 pm
by se50
Why not just ride the metro? If it is a Metro II, take out the restrictors. I'd ride a Metro any day over a Spree. If each were for sale, for the same price, and the Spree was perfect, I'd still buy the Metro.

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:35 pm
by xela_p2004
I already own a honda metro, and have an extra metro engine laying in my garage. So i want to throw it into a Spree, because I can find a spree almost anywhere. i was just wondering if it could be possible, even if i would have to fabricate the frame.

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:57 pm
by hrnytrtlsgsxr
anything is possible.. The two stroke is more reliable than a 4 stroke eninge IMO.

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:20 pm
by Kenny_McCormic
yea 2 stokes have half the parts are half the price and have like four moving parts

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:21 pm
by berreta22
IMO?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:20 pm
by MySpree
IIM MY OPINION, AND YEA MAN 2 TROKES ARE BETTER

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:01 am
by 85stroka
2 strokes have less moving parts, wear more on the piston rings, are lighter and easier to work on,
4 strokes have more parts make less power for more than 30 % more displacement, harder to work ,last longer, and weight alot more.
For daily driver , I would stuff a 100 cc 4 stroke motor into a spree , for just wanting to ride and have fun I would stick 125cc 2 stroke,stroker in it :D

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:20 am
by Rabbi
which is best for fuel economy?

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:22 am
by 85stroka
if you go same cc's then I would have to go with the four stroke, the are more effiecent,but 2 stroke make more power for less cc's.

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:10 am
by se50
If you want headaches and you've never worked on one before, go out an buy a bike with a non running DOHC engine. I sure wish I'd have bought another 2 stroke dirtbike than my KLR250. 2 strokes are much, much easier to work on. Not as many expensive parts you can wreck, too. I finally got my KLR250 running the other day. After working on it almost every weekend since May, and if not weekends, a few hours per week. Finally got it to fire up and run for 5-10 seconds, after messing around with so much with it, and fixing one problem, and finding another. 4 strokes sound better, and last longer, but, are kind of a pain to work on. I've never owned a Honda 4 stroke anything, but have seen the top end torn down on a XR50 (someone too large for it had been jumping it, bent the forks, and let the front tire rub a hole in the head. The whole engine was loaded with sand. But, that engine was just the basic Honda SOHC design, just with little valves, cam, etc.

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:55 pm
by speedyspree
xela_p2004 want to sell the metro

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:49 pm
by xela_p2004
Sorry my met isnt for sale.[/img]