True. More thinking than action I believe. Wiring, electricals and other stuffs are what mechanics prey upon. A simpler solution with minimal changes enough to cater to your needs is what's the wise way. There was no point in going full DC on the wiring and the engine I procured was in a beautiful condition. That too for 10k was a steal deal. Apart from engine 5-6k should be the expenditure, ballpark.

When you got the engine, lot of work had to be done? I have got an offer now for the engine with new cylinder kit, wiring, zma cdi and the SS exhaust for 30k this was already being used in his impulse.

The carb can be real issue. High altitude is where the power starts dipping, need to find a solution for that and if sorted it'll be just perfect.

Do you feel satisfied with the mod? Please Do drop a short review of the change once you have done some hilly Off-roads and touring. [emoji51]

I will follow that anyways. Right now those 4 aux lights do take a toll during some morning start and it take few kicks and self to get it started. Another reason is that I don't take the bike out for a week or two.

Let me know how it turns out.

Cheers mate.

10k for that engine was a steal TBH. I've seen people buying Splendor engines for about 7k or so.

Well price is up for you to decide. 26mm should do fine not at high altitudes though. Theres no one perfect solution to changing altitudes when it comes to carb. 4aux are too much. What watts they are? The stock lamp is shitty but 4aux is too darn much.Yaah. Chor bazaars like that of Meerut are good options for a new mill. A new ZMR (20hp)engine last I remember costed 8000Rs.

ZMR, the recent 20hp ones, came in two variants FI and Carb. Latter is always what I'd go for.

The ZMA carb tends to malfunction a lot. I've already had friends change 2-3 carbs on their Zma-ed Impulse and Karizma. This refrained me from going for the same. 26mm ZMA's carb is 28mm is that of Impulse. I decided to stick with the latter for the while. It runs perfect and it won't go anywhere (it hasn't yet with 60000+kms on stock Impulse.) This carb will have high-altitude problems though. Thus I'll go for the 26mm again but not of ZMA maybe of Unicorn.

Stock wiring, yes. Just the alterations you need is a couple of wires to incorporate the new Charger Unit as I said, that of ZMA. Go for a bigger battery just for the sake of being at the safe side. Though charger unit of ZMA works like a charm but theres no harm in having extra juice in your battery than running out of the same at a no man's land. The less intricate wiring and minimum alterations and the simplicity of the Impulse will not allow any breakdowns. I'm running on a drained battery that's leftover yet to replace (maybe this weekend), and with one auxiliary 20W LED, a kickstart on the morning and it cranks up like a charm.

Using the stock bend for the while (its too restrictive for the stock mill, too much for the ZMA) Need to source a SS pipe. I fabricated the rear pipe steel (not SS). Heat wrapped it.

I heard from a couple of blur mechanics that the NS carb with modified CdI works for the karizmaed Impulse... though might not be good for high altitude will work well for city andregular highway

Mod plan:
As of now not going with the engine swap instead will be working on the stock engine. Carb gets changed to Rtr180/Ns 200 along with it goes the k&n 1060 air filter and a free flow exhaust. The price difference of the carb isn't much so was wondering if I should go with the NS carb and later get the big bore kit. Has anyone done this? Pro's & Cons? Will this be a solution for the high altitude riding?

Anyone considering the xpulse 200 being launched tommorrow as an upgrade to the impulse... Any thoughts or views?