Don´t worth that such big investment... for ME...The RS cam's are really designed for capturing that extra top end, and at a price too; they do it between 12k and 14k RPM. To make them work properly, you'll need the over-sized airbox, proper length trumpets, RS spec timing, matching exhaust, higher-flow fuel injectors, RS fuel regulator and some ECU to control the whole thing. Of course, you're still missing the high comp pistons on that 998R... But if you were to do it all, you'd pretty much gain 25-30 RWHP at 14k RPM.
The RS cam openers have a serious shelf on them, which destroys rockers and half rings. This is why Ducati uses a totally different system on the corse bikes. So your maintenance costs immediately increase with that and the higher RPM's.
BUT!!!!
You can toss those cams in your motor, have them timed more for lower-RPM running and maybe get 5rwhp out of them. There are gains to be made, but they are very marginal without the entire RS package to back them up.
And what do you think about the 998RS Flywheel into the 998R ???
But if you were to do it all, you'd pretty much gain 25-30 RWHP at 14k RPM.
The 998 F02 makes max power at 12500 rpm, 188 CV, maks torque 9500 RPM 110 nm.When did you last see a 998RS do 14K, Tye?![]()
Its pretty dam light, it might be worth something, but then again, the 998R already has a pretty light flywheel. You're not gonna see much gain, just a quicker spooling motor. The biggest change will be in the RS crank shaft, if you want quicker spooling.And what do you think about the 998RS Flywheel into the 998R ???
The biggest change will be in the RS crank shaft, if you want quicker spooling.
Ohh, the 998R wasn't a 999cc machine? Dam, I thought they did that just on the R model.
I was referring to F01/F02 not RS... sorry. The RS bikes in that era were 1/2 desmoquattro's and 1/2 testastretta's, it was a messy period of time in Ducati racing.Yes, the 998R has the 999 cc engine whereas the 998RS doesn't.
The 998RS first came out in 2002 and as is normal with the RS bikes, it inherited the factory engine from the previous year (998F01).
If you compare the road and race bikes from that era the 996R corresponds to the 998F01 (both bikes having 998 cc engines with 100 mm bore x 63.5 mm stroke) whereas the 998R corresponds to the 998F02 (both bikes were equipped with 999 cc engines with 104 mm bore x 58.8 mm stroke).
In 2001 the Ducati customer bikes in WorldSBK were 996 machines. The factory team used the 998F01 (the first of the Testastretta engines).
In 2002 the 998RS became available to the privateers but at this stage the factory team started using the shorter stroke, higher revving 999 cc Testastretta engines in their factory bikes (998F02).