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2012 1050 Engine into a 2000 Speed Triple - Parts Bin Special

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#1 · (Edited)
Since I bought my Speedy I've always had a vague notion of putting a 1050 engine into it at some point. I was idly scrolling in a Facebook group recently and came across a deal that I couldn't pass up, £350 for a 2012 engine with an unknown knocking noise. I figured "Why not" and bought it, I'm detailing the rebuild of it separately here.

I'm going to take the opportunity to upgrade where I can and make a bit of a 'parts bin special' to get more performance out of the engine once it's in. Since I've done a lot of research on this, I figured I should put all of it in one place for anybody else who wants to do similar. I'm not claiming it all as my own original research mind! Standing on the shoulders of giants and all... I'm also not claiming any of this is 100% correct either, it's just what I've been able to find out. I'm open to being corrected :)

Note: I haven't considered parts from anything newer than the 2011-2015 Speed Triple as I figured parts are going to be expensive and too full of electronics to work on my old bike.

My current build plan is to:
  • Retain the existing ECU and wiring (largely)
  • Use the engine from a 2011-2015 Speed Triple
  • Use the cooling system from a 2005-2010 Speed Triple
  • Use the exhaust headers and oil cooler from a 2002-2006 Daytona
  • Use the airbox, throttle bodies and injectors from a 2002-2004 Speed Triple / 2002-2006 Daytona

In terms of performance mods I plan to:
  • Fit velocity stacks and a high flow filter in the airbox
  • Remove the step in the throttle bodies, knife edge the butterflies and reduce the throttle shaft
  • Port match the headers and throttle body transition pieces
  • Block off the SAI covers
  • Swap to the taller 6th gear from a Sprint GT

I will document all of the issues I come across with putting it all together in a bike. To start with, here is everything with regards to parts compatibility that I've gleaned so far :)


Running a 1050 with a 955 (Sagem) ECU
In terms of getting the engine running, the simplest thing is to use a Keihin ECU from one of the 2005+ bikes and load the appropriate map. I would then have to buy not only the ECU but an instrument cluster and wiring loom to match, then completely rewire the bike. This is potentially expensive and a lot of extra work, and I like the analogue gauge cluster! Retaining the Sagem ECU also means I need to change the alternator rotor, as the notches on the rotor rim are what the Crankshaft Position Sensor reads and the two ECU types need different waveforms. More on that later.

I considered getting a wideband Lambda sensor and trying to tune the bike myself once it was put together. Even after reading into it and trying to understand what all the map tables mean, I'm not confident I could do a good job, and the mapping parameters don't easily correlate between Sagem and Keihin ECUs. Also, a wideband sensor is expensive. I could get it dyno tuned by someone who knows what they are doing for that money, so I will.

That said, I did create a 'starter' map for the new engine based on my current map, 10076. I added 10% extra fuel across the board to account for the displacement increase, changed the injector flow (see below) then changed the rev limit and fan kick point to match the standard 2011-2015 maps. I extrapolated the warmup tables from a later map into the older one as well.


The 2011-2015 1050 Engine
This is the engine I ended up buying but it's basically the same as 2005-2010 engines except for the alternator, sprag clutch, one engine mounting point and one coolant bypass port. The latter two are pretty well covered here, I'll cover the alternator differences later. The sprag clutch is just an uprated version so it has no impact on compatibility.


Cooling System
The pre-2002 Speed Triples use an external filler neck and thermostat, so it's a lot of work to retain your existing plumbing and radiator with the new engine. The radiator mounting points under the headstock are the same up until 2011+ bikes with a different frame, so you can use the cooling system from later bikes. Don't be tempted to buy Daytona or Sprint radiators as they don't have the mounting points for indicators.

After 2002 the cooling system layout is basically the same until at least 2015, with the exception of the location of the expansion bottle. Initially the expansion bottle is the same as pre-2002 bikes, then changes location and shape several times over the 1050 models. You might as well retain the existing one as they all do the same job. I believe radiator fans use the same connector across the years so whichever radiator you choose, the fan plugs straight in.

Your choice of oil cooler limits your choice of radiators as well. You can't use the off-centreline oil cooler from a 2002-2004 Speed Triple as it has banjo fittings instead of the SAE fittings used on later engines. Since 955 oil coolers mount partly to the radiator, the 2002-2004 radiator has the wrong brackets so you can't use that either. Therefore, you have a choice between the larger oil cooler fitted to 2002-2006 Daytonas and the initial 1050 Speed Triples (T2100716), or the smaller oil cooler fitted to pretty much all 1050 bikes after that (T2100756). You need to get the right oil lines and mounting brackets depending on which you choose. I went for the larger oil cooler as bigger is better, right?

Personally, I think the best option is to retain your coolant expansion bottle under the seat and use a 2005-2010 radiator. The radiator mounts are the same and the plumbing is broadly the same as for the 2011+ engine, with the exception of a bypass hose from the head to the radiator which isn't present on 2011+ engines. You can just plug the port on the radiator as shown in Houlster's thread I referenced earlier.

I will be getting Samco hoses so for my planned cooling system I will need a proper hodgepodge of hoses:

  • 2011-2015 Water pump to crankcase hose (T2107006, found in Samco kit TRI-10)
  • 2005-2010 Water pump to radiator hose (T2100135, found in Samco kit TRI-4 & TRI-7)
  • 2005-2010 Cylinder head to radiator hose (T2100751, found in Samco kit TRI-4 & TRI-7)
  • 2002-2004 expansion and overflow hoses (T3620311 x2, found in Samco kit TRI-2)


Exhaust Headers
You can't use pre-2002 headers with post-2002 engines, the exhaust ports are a different shape and different gaskets are used. Additionally, post-2002 headers have a mounting point to the frame below the engine. It appears this mounting point was included in the frame castings from around 2000 onwards but not drilled to take a bolt, so it can be made to take later exhausts for the later engines.

I don't believe the headers from 2011-2015 bikes will fit in pre-2011 frames as the engine is at a different angle in the frame and the aforementioned lower mounting point is unlikely to be in the right place.

I initially considered using 2005-2010 headers as they were designed for the 1050 engine and will have the best choice of slipons etc. I found that they changed in 2007 so you will get 2005-2007 headers or 2007-2010 headers. The earlier headers have no lambda sensor boss as this was in the mid-pipe, and unless you are in Australia they will include a pre-catalytic converter in the end section of the header (best to remove for performance!). Post 2007 headers have a lambda sensor boss in the side of the collector and again include a pre-cat.

Brittrip pointed out 2002-2006 Daytona headers are a much better choice. They use the same mounting points and gaskets as all the other post-2002 headers, have a larger bore all the way through, a better collector design, and do not have any catalytic converters. I also found them to be much cheaper than 1050 headers on ebay, winner!

The downsides are they significantly reduce the choice of slipons that are available, and they put the outlet further back and higher up on the bike. Worthy of note is the fact the balance pipe on these headers sticks out so it may interfere with the oil cooler lines. This is purely speculation on my part, but I'm going to use Daytona oil cooler lines to be on the safe side.

I didn't consider the 2002-2004 Speed Triple headers so I have no idea how they compare to the later 1050 headers.


Airbox
The 2011-2015 airbox relies on drawing air through the headstock, a feature which isn't present on pre-2011 frames. I also don't believe it would fit under the pre-2002 fuel tank, so it can't be used. You can't use the pre-2002 airbox either, as pre-2002 throttle bodies are smaller and so are the corresponding intake trumpets in the airbox, so it won't fit on later throttle bodies. They would also choke the engine due to the smaller bore, limiting performance.

That leaves the 2005-2010 airbox and 2002-2004 S3/2002-2006 Daytona airbox. I believe the 1050 airbox should fit comfortably under the tank without any issues, whilst the 955 airbox is snug due to its larger size. That extra size is a good thing though, as it should flow more air and offer better performance than the 1050 airbox. You may need to remove the intake U snorkel on the top of it for clearance under the tank, but again this is a good thing as the u snorkel inlet is smaller than the inlet into the airbox it covers so you're giving the airbox a bigger hole to breath. Edit: D'Ecosse confirmed you need to at least partially remove the U snorkel to get the airbox to fit under a pre-2002 tank, you also need to relocate the Intake Air Temperature sensor because the wiring fouls on the tank underside, and you'll need to use the upper tank mounting holes on the frame instead of the lower ones.

Another deciding factor for the 955 over the 1050 airbox is that the 955 has a port for the IACV used on 955 bikes, whereas you'd have to work out some way of bodging clean air into the IACV with the 1050 airbox. 885 bikes have a different IACV head and the motor is a different part number. However, the motors look identical so if they are, you can just buy a new head for your existing motor (T1241064) to use with the 955 airbox. It may be cheaper to buy a later IACV complete second hand. Edit: If you're using a 1050 airbox it may be useful to use the earlier IACV head and remote mount it with a hose to the 1050 airbox for idle air.

Another thing to note if using the later 955 airbox, if you buy one from a Daytona the intake trumpets are shorter for power high in the rev range to match the Daytona engine. If you aren't using velocity stacks, it's best to get the trumpets from a Speed Triple, Sprint or Tiger (T2201765).

All post-2002 airboxes use the same mounting bracket on the cam cover, I don't know if the throttle body brackets are the same between 955 and 1050 airboxes though. They have different part numbers but look the same, I don't have both to compare.


Throttle Bodies
Pre-2002 throttle bodies have a smaller bore and mount in a completely different fashion to the cylinder head. Post 2002 throttle bodies are all 46mm bore and use a common mounting scheme so in theory they will all work. In practice if you're retaining the Sagem ECU then you have to use the throttle bodies from a 2002-2004 Speed Triple or 2002-2006 Daytona as they have a mounting point for the IACV. Post 2005 throttle bodies use a different idle control scheme which I doubt is compatible with the Sagem ECU, and it would be a pain to fabricate a bracket to get the IACV in the right place.

There are downsides to the 2002-2004 throttle bodies though, these engines had the IACV hoses go direct to ports in the head rather than the throttle bodies, so unless you have a 1050 engine from a bike that was fitted with an EVAP system then you won't have ports on the head to use. The bosses are still present on the casting so you can make your own ports, more on this later. Additionally, the TPS is on the other end and uses a different connector, and you will need to move to a dual throttle cable setup rather than the single cable on pre-2002 bikes.


Injectors & Fuel Rail
I looked at the parts diagrams and the upper injector O rings are constant through at least 1997-2015, so in theory any injector within these years can be swapped into any fuel rail. Physically all the injectors should fit, and they all have 2 pin Junior Timer plugs so will connect to the loom as well. I don't know, however, the operating voltage of all the various injectors, and if it is consistent across Sagem and Keihin ECUs. Edit: Pre 2002 fuel injectors are longer, so unless you fabricate a custom rail bracket you can't use later injectors on an early engine as they won't reach and visa versa.

Sagem ECUs have an injector flow rate listed in the map parameters which isn't present in maps for Keihin ECUs, or at least isn't accessible via TuneECU. I don't doubt there are figures for the 1050 injectors but I haven't been able to find them, and there is no context supplied for the values in the Sagem maps (% duty cycle, units, static/dynamic flow, etc) so there is no way to know if you're making a direct comparison. This makes using 1050 injectors with a Sagem ECU a non-starter. No pun intended. Edit: I believe the Sagem injector flow rate value is in cc/min.

There are two types of injectors used with Sagem ECU bikes, the flow value for the pre-2002 injectors (T1240891) is 285.8, and for post-2002 injectors (T1240892) it is 357.6. I took these from maps 10076 and 10156 respectively. Assuming the injector flow rate is the maximum flow rate based on the maximum duty cycle the ECU will allow, simple maths says the earlier injectors flow 80% of what the later injectors are capable of. I did some rough calculations and assuming 100% volumetric efficiency, a 2002-2006 Daytona uses 10% more air (and thus fuel) at full chat than a 1050 (11,500 vs 9,500 rpm).

Therefore, the later 955 injectors should be suitable for running a 1050 without bumping up against their flow limit, while the earlier injectors will likely top out at around 89% of the fuel flow needed for a 1050 engine at full chat, so they aren't suitable. Edit: mangosmootie16 pointed out the early injectors are also used on the 1st gen Daytona, which I hadn't thought about when doing the maths above. Again assuming 100% volumetric efficiency for lack of data and a 12:1 AFR for most fuel consumption, the 1st gen Daytona uses more fuel at the 10,800RPM redline than a 1050 at its redline so the earlier injectors likely will be fine on a 1050.

A lot of people who have done 1050 conversions have had to deal with the fact that Triumph moved from a feed/return fuel rail to a feed only rail. I've seen mention of modifying the fuel pump plate plumbing inside the tank to only have one outlet, but given that any injector will fit in any rail this is totally unnecessary. Happily, Triumph didn't bother to change the injector spacing between cylinders at all between 955 and 1050 engines. Just put your chosen injectors in your existing feed/return rail and away you go. Additionally, all the throttle bodies post 2002 use the same fuel rail mounting bracket (T1240561) so you aren't tied to a particular fuel rail based on your chosen throttle bodies. Edit: If you're using 1050 throttle bodies, the right hand hose on a feed/return rail may foul the idle control stepper motor so you may only be able to use a feed only rail with 1050 throttle bodies.

The move to the feed only rail was at some point in the post 2002 955 engines. If for some reason you prefer/have a feed only rail, then you could buy the feed only fuel pump plate (T1241088) to match your fuel tank. This is only feasible if you have a tank with a 14 hole pump plate, at some point before 2000 the fuel pump plate used a 10 hole mounting arrangement.
 
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Putting 955 Idle Ports in a 1050 Cylinder Head

As I mentioned earlier, the 2002+ 955 engines control the idle speed through an air bypass system that goes directly into the intake ports in the head, and there are no ports on the 955 throttle bodies.

1050 engines use a different idle system so normally don't have ports in the head to exploit, but in markets where an EVAP system is installed, the ports are fitted for that. The bosses remain on the casting for the head either way, so I've installed vacuum ports in them while I have the head off for the engine rebuild.

I bought some brass 6mm vacuum barbs (to match the ports on the IACV) with 1/8 BSPT threads, and a 1/8 BSPP tap set. Working on one cylinder at a time, I removed the intake valves to ensure I could completely clean the intake port of swarf after I was done. I then drilled a 4mm hole (to match the barb internal bore) in the centre of each boss all the way through into the intake port. Make sure you deburr the hole where it emerges into the intake port. It feels wrong to be drilling into a cylinder head, I can tell you!

Next I used the tap drill to drill into the boss a little deeper than the length of the threads on the barbs, and cut the threads into the boss with a tap wrench. After blowing out all the swarf (wish I had a compressor!) I put some threadlock on the barb thread and screwed it in. In theory you shouldn't need it as the tapered male thread into the parallel female thread should seal itself, but I figured better safe that sorry. Then I replaced the valves and moved onto the next cylinder.

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Job done! I will have to modify the fuel rail mounting bracket as the vacuum barb for cylinder #2 will foul it, but that shouldn't be hard.
 
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Putting 955 Idle Ports in a 1050 Cylinder Head

As I mentioned earlier, the 2002+ 955 engines control the idle speed through an air bypass system that goes directly into the intake ports in the head, and there are no ports on the 955 throttle bodies.

1050 engines use a different idle system so normally don't have ports in the head to exploit, but in markets where an EVAP system is installed, the ports are fitted for that. The bosses remain on the casting for the head either way, so I've installed vacuum ports in them while I have the head off for the engine rebuild.

I bought some brass 6mm vacuum barbs (to match the ports on the IACV) with 1/8 BSPT threads, and a 1/8 BSPP tap set. Working on one cylinder at a time, I removed the intake valves to ensure I could completely clean the intake port of swarf after I was done. I then drilled a 4mm hole (to match the barb internal bore) in the centre of each boss all the way through into the intake port. Make sure you deburr the hole where it emerges into the intake port. It feels wrong to be drilling into a cylinder head, I can tell you!

Next I used the tap drill to drill into the boss a little deeper than the length of the threads on the barbs, and cut the threads into the boss with a tap wrench. After blowing out all the swarf (wish I had a compressor!) I put some threadlock on the barb thread and screwed it in. In theory you shouldn't need it as the tapered male thread into the parallel female thread should seal itself, but I figured better safe that sorry. Then I replaced the valves and moved onto the next cylinder.



Job done! I will have to modify the fuel rail mounting bracket as the vacuum barb for cylinder #2 will foul it, but that shouldn't be hard.
This was a great read, thank. I’m new to this and am seeking advice

I am replacing 1050 engines in a triumph 1050 ST. The original cylinder head has the ports installed whilst the replacement cylinder head does not. Is there a way to bypass the vacuum lines and not install the ports? I’ve attached a pic. Are these the same as your ports? And just confirming that they are for the idling set up?
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Swapping 6th Gear to the Sprint GT 1:1 Ratio

Since I have split the cases on the engine for the rebuild, I thought I might as well change the ratio for sixth to the lower ratio from a Sprint GT. This mod takes the 6th ratio from 29/27 (1.074:1) to 28/28 (1:1). I'm doing this as the taller sixth gear means lower RPM when cruising on the motorway etc (3925 vs 4215 rpm @ 70 mph), so should increase fuel economy when touring. It also increases the theoretical top speed of the bike from 157.8 mph to 169.4 mph (with my planned 1050 in a 2000 frame) according to Gearing Commander, but I don't particularly care about that.

With the engine cases split, this is an incredibly easy job. That's one hell of a caveat though! You will need:

  • Sprint GT 6th gear (input) T1181566
  • Sprint GT 6th gear (output) T1181567
  • Circlips x2 T3500270

I didn't bother with the circlips as my gearbox has recently been replaced, but the service manual states you should replace them.

The output shaft simply lifts out of the split engine cases. The input shaft only comes out once you've undone 2 bolts clamping the main bearing into the upper crankcase half.

The input shaft is the easier of the two to change. You literally just pull off the bearing cap, bearing, thrust washer, the first gear (actually 2nd gear lol) and then the next gear is sixth. Slide it off its bush and put on your new 6th gear (matching the orientation of the 6th you just removed) after lubricating the internal bore with engine oil. If the bush comes off it's not a problem. Just make sure that when you put it back on, you align it so the oil hole DOES NOT align with the oil hole on the shaft. This is critical to maintain oil pressure and proper lubrication of the gears. I put mine on with the oil hole on the opposite side to the shaft oil hole to be sure. Then you just put everything back on the same way is came off, and you are done with the input shaft!

Here is my disassembled input shaft:
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Here are the two 6th gears for comparison, the new 28 tooth gear is on the left:
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And here is the reassembled input shaft:
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The output shaft takes a little longer as you have to remove more gears to get at 6th. Start with the bearing cap etc as per the input shaft and take off the first two gears. You'll then need to remove a circlip before you can remove the next two gears and their associated thrust washers and bushes etc. There's one more circlip then you can remove 6th. Slide your new 6th gear onto the shaft, matching the orientation of the one you removed, and as before align it so the oil hole DOES NOT align with the oil hole on the shaft. Fit a new circlip then put everything back on in the same order and orientation, noting the alignment (lack thereof!) of the bush oil hole with the shaft oil hole, and replacing the other circlip. Job done.

I also replaced my output shaft seal (T3600112) while I had the shaft out as these commonly leak and it's really easy to replace with the shaft out.

Here is my disassembled output shaft:
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Here are the two 6th gears for comparison, the new 28 tooth gear is on the left:
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And here is the reassembled output shaft:
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Put both shafts back into the upper crankcase half, making sure all the bearing caps and circlips etc seat in the correct places in the crankcase, and that you do up the input shaft retainers. The service manual states you should replace the two bolts but I don't see the need, they're not exactly exerting a lot of torque (12Nm). Then just chuck the crankcase halves back together and pop the engine back in your bike lol
 
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Phil, I was partly inspired by your project thread (esp. the Sprint GT 6th gear) so thanks for chiming in :)

I've considered the Daytona cam swap as part of this and I think I've managed to find all of the details on the recommended cam positions etc. Unfortunately Daytona exhaust camshafts by themselves seem to be super rare. Unless I buy a complete Daytona cylinder head for the sake of one camshaft, it's gonna be difficult to get hold of one. I'm keeping an eye out though.

I also found conflicting reports of whether it just lifts the torque curve across the graph or if it moves the peak torque higher in the rev range. I want the keep the mid-range grunt so not sure if this would give me what I want?
 
#8 ·
Wow I didn't realize there was a global shortage of Daytona 955i cams!
My suggestion was based largely on your intention to use the Daytona headers which have the larger primaries.
I have some experience with these mods but am by no means an expert. My only personal experience with these cams & exhaust in a 1050 motor was when I was helping Rob (aka com5984) build one of his S3's for the BEARS racing series. Ultimately this motor made just over 130RWHP compared to my Sprint with standard cams and headers at around 126.

I also rode the bike on the road and can say, as an owner of a Daytona 955i also, that it's power was something in between the two as expected. It was starting to build power around 4k and definitely a better mid-top end pull. It did, however, seem like it wanted to keep making power at the lower redline.
You may have read about my Daytona project on Triumph Torque before the forum shut down? That was mainly the TB as you are doing, port matching, some mild head work and the biggie I think was re-timing the cams. All that transformed the bike.
If I was after a fatter mid-range, I would do the TB's, use stock headers but port matched, and re-time the stock cams.
 
#9 ·
@sussurf - I’m not sure about a global shortage lol but they’re no longer available from Triumph and I haven’t found any on ebay over the last couple of months.

Ah fair enough, did you get to see the dyno graphs at all? I’m curious if doing the cam swap would lose you anything from the original performance while adding more power, i.e. was the new graph always above the old graph?

I never saw your thread on Triumph Torque before it went down (such a loss!), just your one on here when you did your Sprint. I’ve not heard of re-timing the stock cams, tell me more!
@Othen – Cheers :)
 
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Sumps

As mentioned earlier it's best not to use the 2011+ sump as it limits ground clearance. There are a number of options:

T1234567
This is the sump used on 2002+ Daytonas and 1050 Sprints. As I'm using the Daytona headers I figured this was my best option, but had difficulty finding them second hand for a reasonable price. here is an example pic I nicked from ebay:

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T1230212
I found that early 2002-2006 Daytonas used this sump, and they are much cheaper and plentiful secondhand. Confusingly, it also was used on pre-2002 bikes which have the banjo fittings for the oil coolers, so beware if you are looking at buying one. Later versions of this part number don't have the banjo fittings machined in.

If you look the part number up on Fowlers etc it is not linked to any bikes, I suspect Triumph have changed the part numbers to rectify the poor config management, but the castings retain the original part number.

In comparison to T1234567 these sumps are bare aluminium and have a cylindrical protrusion on the front face.
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T1230077
This is the proper 2005-2010 Speed Triple sump, but I couldn't find any for a reasonable price secondhand.

I think you should be able to use any of these sumps without issue but I went for T1230212 as it was cheap and definitely shouldn't foul the headers.

Edit: I believe T1230212 may actually be a 2005-2010 Speed Triple sump (T1230077), but the part number cast into it is for the bare casting. If it's machined to take banjo bolts then it's given a different part number, otherwise it's given the Speed Triple sump part number. Houlster's original 2006 sump looks identical to the sump I bought as T1230212, i.e. bare aluminium with the cylindrical protrusion, pics here. No idea what's going on here.
 
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Alternator Stators, Rotors and Covers

You need an alternator rotor from a Sagem equipped bike to run a 1050 engine with a Sagem ECU. This makes things slightly complicated as you need to make sure you get the right rotor based on what stator you have/intend on using. This thread is useful reference but I think I’ve managed to break it down a bit more.


Stators
Broadly speaking Triumph produced 2 types of stator, but spread them over 5 part numbers due to differences in the cable lengths which sit outside the stator cover.

- T1300502 and T1300610 have a 104mm OD and seem to be 26mm thick. 2002-2004 955 and 2005-2007 1050 Speed Triples use these.

- T1300507, T1300510 and T1300111 all have an OD of 115mm and are around 22mm thick. 2007+ 1050s shifted to T1300111, which has been retained into the 2011-2015 engines. 2002-2006 Daytonas were always fitted with either T1300507 or T1300510.


Rotors
The different stator ODs have corresponding rotors so you need to match them up. Otherwise, your stator will either not fit inside the rotor or grind against the inside face of the rotor. They all secure to the crankshaft in the same way so are a direct swap, you just need the right tools to get them off (details here).

T1300501 – For Sagem bikes with the 104mm OD stator. I bought one of these before I realised there were different stators :(
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T1300506 – For Sagem bikes with the 115mm OD stator
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T1300581 – For Keihin bikes with the 104mm OD stator. I don't have one to provide any pictures, sorry.

T1300113 – For Keihin bikes with the 115mm OD stator
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Stator Covers
If you have a smaller stator, you will need to use the 2005-2007 1050 stator cover (T1260566) on your 1050 engine.
Larger stators will fit in either T1260330 or T1260808, they are functionally identical but T1260808 has a Triumph logo cast into it.


I have gone with the Daytona rotor (T1300506), the stator which came with my engine (T1300111), and one of the Triumph embossed covers (T1260808) as the stator cover that came with the engine wasn’t in great shape.
 
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I started taking apart the throttle bodies I'll be using to give them a clean and get ready for working on them. I took out the idle bleed screws and stupidly lost one of the tiny washers :mad: These washers are absolutely miniscule - 5mm OD, 3.2mm ID and 0.5mm thick, and I haven't been able to find a suitable replacement on the interwebs anywhere. Triumph used to sell them (T1240570) but they're not available any more, super helpful. In fact the only thing Triumph still sell out of the whole bleed screw assembly is the O ring (T1240571). 1050 throttle bodies use a larger bleed screw, and Triumph don't sell those in any way, shape or form.

In the end I started googling what other bikes have Keihin 46mm throttle bodies in the hope that they may have similar bleed screws and/or washers. Some Kawasakis have them and it seems Kawasaki bleed screws all have part numbers beginning 16014. I went down to my local dealership and sweet talked them into getting out all the various 16014 bleed screws they had in stock, and one of them is an exact match! 16014-0002 is the part number, it's used on the 2011-2014 ER650. You can only buy the whole bleed screw assembly but I'm still pretty pleased. Here's a pic, the top one is the Kawasaki and the bottom one is from my throttle bodies:

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I was also tooling around on the parts fiches and spotted that Triumph sell a blanking plug for the road speed sensor (T1164500), I assume this is for later bikes with ABS which don't need a separate road speed sensor. This works for me as my ye olde 955 has no provision to use that sensor, so far I'd planned to just cable tie the wiring out of the way. Now I've removed the sensor entirely and just blanked the hole off, much neater :D

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Interesting thread. Are you using any 02-06 Daytona 955i internals in your 1050 (other than an exhaust cam when you find one) so you can chase the much higher Daytona redline safely?
And, just for interests sake, maybe you can answer something I've always wondered about.
Any idea why the 2002 955i Daytona has a different lubrication circuit to the 2002-2204 955i Speed Triple? What's important about the difference?
Do you know which oil flow circuit is used in the 1050?

Have attached pics to show what I'm on about. As I say it's just out of interest. Sussurf, you got any thoughts about this?
 

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Are you using any 02-06 Daytona 955i internals...?
No but I did consider it and decided it was too expensive, even buying second hand parts in unknown condition. The 1050s use the same conrods as the 02-06 Daytona so those are already common, but as far as I'm aware the Daytona has a forged crankshaft so is much stronger than the Speed Triple crankshaft. I figured from this that even if I put in Daytona pistons and possibly liners, the crankshaft remains the limiting factor. I don't know enough about engine dynamics to say for sure if the higher speeds affect the crankshaft as much as they do the pistons and con rods, and I don't want to find out I'm wrong the hard way! I'm also unsure as to whether putting in Daytona pistons would affect the compression ratio etc, and at some point in increasing the rev limit you need to move to the stiffer Daytona valve train to prevent valve float.

Please note I haven't seen any positive confirmation about the Daytona crankshaft being forged other than forum posts and Wikipedia, I haven't seen anything about whether the 1050 crankshaft is forged or not so it could be bollocks.

EDIT: Actually I am using a Daytona alternator rotor, but that's because it's the only rotor for a Sagem ECU which fits the 115mm stator that came with the engine. See post #11 for more details :)


Any idea why the 2002 955i Daytona has a different lubrication circuit to the 2002-2204 955i Speed Triple? What's important about the difference? Do you know which oil flow circuit is used in the 1050?
From looking at the schematics all three oil systems are basically the same. The only differences are the Daytona includes an oil feed to the stator, and the 1050 replicates this and includes cooling jets for the pistons. Looking at the parts diagrams, all three engines have the piston jets so I think this is just a presentation thing, the 955 diagrams just show oil drops instead.

Physically speaking, the Daytona uses the same oil circuit as the 1050, identified by the SAE fittings for the oil cooler which are on the lower crankcase half. The 955 Speed Triple uses banjo bolts on the sump. The SAE fittings are a direct couple so don't impede the oil flow at all, whilst the banjo bolts force the oil through a small hole with a 90° turn, restricting flow.

I suspect that the new oil circuit was developed for the high revving Daytona to provide better lubrication at higher engine speeds, then retained into the 1050 engine as a better system.

I've attached the oil circuit diagram from the 2005-2010 Speed Triple service manual for reference :)
 

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As I responded to the other thread. Excellent write up.

Regarding the cams. See my note in Daytona 1075r. The RS S3 exhaust (or intake to that matter) is slightly higher lift than the 955i exhaust. So you could use one of those. I glanced at the online spec at the dealer and the bearing details seemed to marry up. But I'd check if you ordered one new.
 
#18 ·
It’s been a while but here’s an update on stuff I've done so far.

I tidied up the SAI blanks I made and sprayed them satin black, I’m really pleased with how they came out.

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I’ve also worked on my throttle bodies, grinding out the step in each port and reducing the butterfly shaft with a Dremel. You can see where the casting was machined up to the round to oval transition, leaving a step in each port, and the butterfly shaft has a noticeable shoulder which protrudes into the port on both sides.

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I got the step out of the first port with a combination of sandpaper flap rolls and scotchbrite wheels, it came out nicely but took ages.

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I bought some carbide burrs to do the remaining ports and they worked much better, but were a bit too aggressive and it took a while to polish out the marks they left. I think if I were to do it again I would try to be more patient and stick to the sanding rolls. I’ve got some polishing compound so at some point I’m going to go back over the ports with it and really get them shining.

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Along with the shoulders which protrude into the port, the butterfly shaft has been machined so the butterflies sit on its centreline between two sections of the shaft.



I removed the shoulders and one section of each butterfly mount, and smoothed the edges of the remaining mounting section. The butterfly mounting screws have an M4 fine thread (0.5mm pitch), these are a pain to find but luckily Pro-Bolt do some with conical heads which should be relatively streamlined.

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I’ve been reading up on how to knife-edge the butterflies themselves and it seems that this is the best profile to aim for:

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It would be a nightmare to do with a Dremel so at some point I’m going to see if I can get an engineering company to grind them to shape.
 
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During lockdown I’ve had time to mull over things and I’ve changed my plan a bit due to points Sussurf, Terry Colley and Rob Blackburn made. I started looking into doing the Daytona cam swap, which grew legs into upping the rev limit as well.

I inspected the scrap crankshaft from my engine and it has been forged, not cast, as evidenced by a wide poorly defined join down the centreline, whereas a cast crankshaft would have a clear flash line where the mould halves met. I haven’t been able to find anything concrete about how higher rpms affect the crankshaft vs the pistons and con rods, but from an intuitive viewpoint the reciprocating parts experience much more severe loading due to constant acceleration and deceleration rather than just rotation. Given all of this and the fact the 1050 shares con rods with the Daytona, upping the rev limit should be safe for everything but the stock 1050 pistons.

To solve the piston issue I looked into using Daytona pistons. Due to the tolerances they will not fit in the cast iron 1050 cylinder liners, so using the Daytona pistons means using Daytona liners as well. I calculated the mean piston speed and piston acceleration for the Daytona and used this to work out how high the 1050 can rev with the same pistons without breaching the Daytona loads. This came out as 10,450rpm to match the mean piston speed of the Daytona, and due to the longer stroke it would have a lower piston acceleration than the Daytona.

Unfortunately it turns out the Daytona liners are too short for the 1050 block so would need adapters making up to get them to match the deck height, that’s that plan out of the window. However, the 2018+ Speed Triple RS has a rev limit of 10,500rpm, so I started looking at that. It shares the same con rods that go all the way back to the 2002+ Daytona, so they are good for 10,500rpm in my engine as well. It has different pistons and liners though, seemingly a modern 1050 equivalent of the nikasil liners and forged pistons of the Daytona. Again the RS pistons won’t fit in my 1050 cast iron liners, so it’s RS pistons and liners or nothing. I’m currently awaiting delivery of 3 brand spanking RS liners and pistons hehe

The RS also has a higher compression ratio (static 12.92:1 vs 12:1) which means more torque out of the gate even if I leave the cams alone. Presumably to cope with the extra compression, the RS has a 5 layer head gasket instead of the 4 layer gasket used on pre-2018 1050 engines. I’m going to see if one will match with the older block and head, otherwise I will have to see how the older style gasket stands up to the added compression.

Speaking of cams, I went down a rabbit hole with those as well. I haven’t been able to source a Daytona exhaust cam, it just isn’t happening, so I gathered the specs of most of the cams Triumph have used in the various incarnations of the engine to date:

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Edit: Revised and updated table here

I’ve done a lot of reading into cam timing and I think I have a basic grasp of it now. An obvious option would be to just use both RS cams (not a challenge though!), or possibly two RS exhaust cams but I’m not made of money sadly. Instead I’m going to use an RS exhaust cam (currently in the post with the liners and pistons :D ) for my intake, a Gen 1 955 Speed Triple intake cam for my exhaust and approximate the RS cam timing. I’m currently planning on using 104/108 lobe centres but if the RS head gasket fits and I don’t run into valve/piston clearance issues I might run 103/108. This would up the dynamic compression ratio a bit (more torque) and help it breath a bit more at higher rpm.

Interestingly, the RS also uses adjustable cam sprockets from the factory and a much more involved process for timing the cams properly vs previous engines. Presumably this is to ensure the cams are accurately timed for emissions standards. I can source APE adjustable sprockets (which also have the arrow markings for the older timing process) for cheaper than a pair of the RS sprockets but it’s useful to know.

This setup will give me an extra 1.05mm of valve lift on the intake and 1.85mm on the exhaust over the stock cams. Since I’m also raising the rev limit I think it’s prudent to replace the valve springs. For the intake I’ll use the RS springs to match the cam, and Daytona exhaust springs on the exhaust. I could go for the 99-01 955 springs on the exhaust to match the cam, but they use a double spring for each valve which sounds like a hassle, and I'm not sure if they'll properly fit in the 1050 head. The RS springs would be overkill for my choice of exhaust cam, so I'll be going with Daytona exhaust springs as can deal with the lift and rpms involved, are less stiff than the RS springs so will reduce parasitic losses, and crucially they’re cheaper haha

Once the liners etc arrives I’ll be measuring them up and installing them, but I still have a lot of work to do and money to spend before I can button the engine back up. I’ll still post updates but I think this is going to take another year before the engine is in the bike and running as cashflow is limiting what I can do.
 
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Absolute amazing how you approach this project! You're truly creating a parts-bin motorbike, which will be awesome in the end :cool:


I see you've done some proper investigation of the cam timing in these 955 and 1050 motors. It is very interresing to see that Triumph has changed the cam timing significantly over the years. Comparing all the S3 models reveils a steady increase in lobe seperation angle, with less overlap. Cam duration went down a bit eventhough power was raised from 110hp (955) to 148hp (1050RS). Do you think it would be benificial to run a S3 99-01 with the S3 RS lobe seperation angles?
 
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Thanks, it's gonna take me a while but I can't wait to see how it turns out.

I think the general trend of reducing overlap is to meet emissions targets as it can increase unburned fuel in the exhaust.

To answer your question, the first gen 955 Speed Triple stock cams set to RS lobe centers (105/108) would give a lobe seperation angle of 106.5°, overlap of 27° and 1.5° of advance. Apart from slightly more overlap this matches the RS exactly. I'm no cam expert but I think this would generally create more torque lower in the rev range and reduce the top end a bit.
 
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Update time! My RS parts arrived so I have done some measuring and installing. The new liners are definitely aluminium and are a bit different to the cast iron liners they will be replacing. Firstly, they have to be fitted a particular way round and have casting marks to show. The hone looks good too.

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Also, instead of a flat face on the side they have a shoulder at the top and bottom of the side face, I assume this is to allow coolant flow between the liners for more even cooling. I’ve tried to get a picture but the shoulder is pretty small so it’s hard to see. According to the RS service manual, once installed you should be able to pass a 0.1mm feeler gauge between the liners. I assume this is to allow thermal expansion without distorting the liners.

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I was wrong about the pistons being forged, they are cast. There are clear casting marks on the underside, and even the label says so! They must be a stronger design to withstand the extra 1000rpm, maybe different alloy or manufacturing process. Reading up on piston manufacturing processes, forged pistons are denser which gives them their extra strength vs a cast piston, but it means they expand more when heated. This necessitates a looser piston/bore clearance so they don’t seize at normal operating temperatures, meaning poorer cylinder sealing when cold.

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The RS pistons are noticeably more ‘castellated’ on the crown than the stock pistons, and the exhaust side is marked by two dimples cast into the crown and an arrow on the underside. Triumph didn’t care to mention that in the RS service manual so I had to work it out from looking at the valve reliefs, I ended up drawing an arrow on each piston crown with a pencil so I didn’t get it wrong when fitting them.

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I checked all the piston ring end gaps and ring-groove clearances and paired up my pistons with liners, then got to work removing the old liners using the tool Rob Blackburn lent me. This was so easy it was comical and I had all three out in half an hour. I started with cylinder 3 using the tool and got it out with no fuss.

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I was turning the crankshaft to get the next piston at the bottom of the bore to make room for the tool, and the liner for cylinder 1 came up with the piston! I used the tool to finish pulling the liner then started on #2. When I was doing up the bung I noticed the liner was turning in the bore with the bung, so I gave it a pull and it came out without having to use the draw bolt at all.

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It’s a good job Rob cautioned me about resealing the liners after turning the engine over with no head on. Admittedly it’s sat with no head for around 6 months which won’t have helped. Having removed the liners I can see they are held in place in an assembled engine by the cylinder head. Without the head fitted, they're only held in place by a smear of sealant. Let me reiterate, don’t rotate the crank with the cylinder head off unless you have clamped the liners in place!

I removed the pistons next, the process is pretty simple. Rotate the crank so a piston is at TDC, then pull the circlip and gudgeon pin and the piston lifts off. However, it seems getting the circlip out is bloody fiddly whether you’re doing it via the top or bottom end of the engine. The gudgeon pin for piston #1 was a pig to get out, I think there was a lip on the circlip groove which stopped it coming out smoothly like the others. I had to get a get a large allen key into the pin bore and beat it out with a hammer, good riddance.

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Before installing liners you need to clear off all the sealant left by the old ones. This is pretty easy with some brake cleaner, a rag and fingernails.

Installing the RS pistons is a reverse of removal, but you need to make sure the piston rings are all properly aligned to get proper sealing. The top and second ring are easy enough but the oil rings and expander all have to be in different places and are a pain to adjust without moving the others. Speaking of pain, if you think getting the circlips out is fiddly, I can tell you it’s worse getting them in. I gashed my index finger pretty badly on the first cylinder when the screwdriver I was using slipped, so along with homemade assembly lube (50/50 engine oil/moly grease mix) there’s blood on them thar pistons. I’m hoping blood magic will help the engine run better. I also repeatedly dropped circlips down the bores and had to fish them out with a magnet wand. By the third piston I’d worked out a method for getting the circlip in a bit more easily but you still need 3 hands really, I got one end of the circlip in and worked the screwdriver round the circumference pushing it into the groove.

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I’d say I found the liner installation pretty simple but I made a mistake so I don’t think I can claim that lol. I started on cylinder 3 and wiped the bore of the liner with assembly lube, then ran a bead of Threebond 1215 round the mating face. You need to be really careful when getting the liner over the piston rings, and I managed to dislodge the bottom oil scraper ring and didn’t notice. I tapped the liner down into the bore and started on the other two. They all went in fairly easily, but the last one (cylinder 1) was rotated a bit so I tried to rotate it in place using a pin punch on the shoulder I mentioned earlier. That didn’t work so I used the crankshaft to lift it up a bit and used a G clamp as a huge spanner to get it in the right orientation, then seated it again. With all three in, I checked with a feeler gauge and it fits between all the liners as specified in the RS manual so that’s good.

I then noticed #3 piston was sitting weirdly and I realised I’d caught a ring, so I took the liner back out and found a mangled oil ring in the bottom of the liner :eek:😭 Luckily the liner and piston were undamaged.

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My next thought was that the piston rings come as a set for £60, but the bags they all came in have the individual part numbers on them! I checked with Fowlers and you can buy them individually so I’ve got a new oil control ring in the post for £6, which makes me feel a bit less of a dick haha. For now I’ve got two liners clamped in place (clamps also courtesy of Rob Blackburn) and some sealant to clear out while I wait for the ring to arrive.

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I had no idea you could buy the rings separately as they’re always listed as a set on the parts fiches. They’re the same ring set used on earlier 1050 engines so here are the part numbers for posterity:

Piston ring set – T1120728

Top piston ring – T1120710

2nd piston ring – T1120720

Oil control ring – T1120727

Oil ring expander – T1120726

Oil control ring – T1120727


Edit: Turns out Triumph won't sell the individual rings, see post #37

The RS pistons come right up level with the top of the liner at TDC, I’m hoping I’m not going to run into spark plug or valve clearance issues…

I weighed all the liners and pistons for interest, and I’ve stripped 1404g out of the engine which is nice to know. The RS pistons are slightly heavier and no doubt their mass distribution is different so the engine won’t be properly balanced. I couldn’t even start to analyse how Triumph have split the balance mass between the crankshaft counterweights and the balance shaft so the only way to definitely remedy this would be to use the RS crank and balance shaft. That is veeerrrry pricey, so I’ll stick with my engine being slightly out of balance and hope it doesn't catastrophically shorten the engine life.

Original Liners - 829/832/834g
RS Liners - 353/357/357g

Original Pistons - 252/253/250g
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Lastly, I thought I’d got myself a Gen 1 955 intake cam for the princely sum of £25, but on measuring it up the lift is around 8.5mm instead of 9.35mm. I’m going to contact Triumph to try and identify it, and I might pull the intake cam out of the engine in my bike to compare as in theory they should be identical.

I was curious so I measured the other three camshafts I have and found the lobe lift is 0.1 - 0.2mm less than spec on all of them, which I think is to account for the valve clearance. I’m struggling to visualise it but I think that if you set the valve clearances to be on the loose end of the tolerance you would get slightly more valve lift? Food for thought.
 
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I got a bit panicked about the possible spark plug/piston crown interference so I bought some plugs (CR9EIA-9 to match the RS) and put one in the head to see how much room there is between the end of the plug and the head gasket surface. There's a good few mm of clearance so that won't be an issue, I'd just made it up. Fictional crisis averted lol, and now at least I have the plugs.
 
#26 ·
Damn this is is interesting project to follow, if I happend to find a reasonably priced 1050 engine during winter I just might follow your footprints with my 98 cafe daytona, it has 03 955 engine now but I'm on the market for serious midrange punch that it lacks and high compression 1050 could really be what the doctor orders 🤔
 
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