hey i have a 2001 warrior its got a suppertrapp ids2 slip on and barnet clutch and soon to be filter and jetting hopefully all my buddies got z400s and kfx450s and i dont wanna sell my warrior to much because i like the feel of it to a z but i wanna keep up what mods should i do? i was thinkin a stroker kit and cams when i get the money any1 kno of anything else i can do thats not horribly expensive other then gearing?

 

You can go with a cam and a stroker kit, or for around the same price you can get a big bore kit. As far as on the cheap...port and polish! You can do this yourself with a dremel or a dye grinder, or your local racing shop can do it for you for not much $$.

 

ok do you know of any good stroker kits i should consider? and if i get cams i was told i need different valves and springs is that true?

 

oh also if i get the stroker what do the different size strokers do like 7mm or 5mm? how do they install? do i need a different piston like on made for a stroker kit? and is there anything i should look for or get with the stroker to make it run better?

 

FST....fourstroketech.net makes the 446 stroker for the Warrior. It's a +10mm which means the crank is 10mm longer than stock. This is what gives you your power and extra displacement, along with the bigger piston. The more mm's the stroker is, the more power it will add.

There are a whole lot of mods you can do to add more power before you get a stroker. The stroker is going to cost you around $1500 installed. For a lot less money you can keep up with 450's with other, more reliable mods. A JE 10.5:1 compression 366 cc piston kit from Vito's ($200), a .430" 84 grind Webcam (webcamshafts.com) with their heavy duty valve springs, (around $300), a larger +1mm Kibblewhite intake valve, port and polish ($250), and I like 14/40 gearing with lightweight 20" rear tires like the Holeshot GNCC 20x10x9". Also you need to get a filter and jet kit ($100). You can count on at least $150 machine shop fees to do all of the machining on the cylinder and valves - that's if you do the work yourself. If you get a shop to do the labor for you, you can add about $400 for labor. With this setup, you can beat modified 400's in a dragrace and keep up with them on the open trails. Your top speed will be around 65-67 mph and you will have a high-revving, fast revving Warrior.

 

thanks i was lookin at the hotrods 396 stroker kit ive heard soem good things about them itd end up being i think 600 for the stroker and piston then if i got it id probably get the cams and springs. do you think a 7mm crank would be a good idea to have with it? if so do u need to moddify anything for the longer crank?

 

You only have 1 cam, 2 valves, and 2 valve springs.

To install the stroker, the whole engine has to be torn down to nothing - cases split, transmission taken apart.....Not sure about the Hot Rods, but the 446 kit has to have some machining done to the inner cases on the windage tray. And it is recommended to have an oil cooler installed, so there is some drilling and tapping that has to be done on the clutch cover.

In my opinion, it's not a good idea to put a lot of money into a Warrior. You can't sell it for nearly what you have in it - you can barely sell it for what you have in it when it's bone stock, let alone if you dump $2,000 in the motor. The best thing to do is sell it and buy a faster bike like a 400EX or something.

 

ok thanks i think ill probably sell it and get a 400ex or a z400 if i can afford it i like my warrior but it is like you said ill be loosing money in the end i just think itll take a while to sell the warrior. if i get a 400ex i think im gonna bore it to a 440 tho cuz i know how to install a piston and what not i hear the 440s realy haul too i just dont want to split the case and what not pain in the but if you ask me

 

Yeah nobody wants the Warriors anymore. And all I see riding Raptor 350's are girls, so you know most of them don't want one with a stroker.

My buddy has a clean all stock '04 Warrior that he has had for sell for $2000, and he can't get rid of it. If he had $1500 in the engine, he still wouldn't get $2,000 for it. There is a '95 Warrior on craigslist.com now for $900, and it has been on there for a few weeks and he can't even sell that!

I don't care what you do, I just don't want anyone making the same mistake I made. I had over $4000 in my Warrior and had to give it away for $2000. I kept having to drop the price until I finally got some interest in it. But honestly, Warriors are not really made to be modified, even if you make it fast, the suspension still sucks by today's standards.

 

ok i think im gonna try and get a 400ex ive heard good things about them and they seem to have a good bit of stuff u can mod on them