- The Response - That's the idea - since the
useful range of the device is limited by its transfer
tube, it'll be out of tube range before the clutch plates
hook up. Give the bottle a feed tube the same size as the
carb and you might get it to become effective again - at
that kind of RPM.
Some short distance drag racers are running their
motors with the reeds removed too. Actually not just the
reeds, they have hollowed out the entire cage. It looks
like it's there from the outside, but there's nothing
there on there inside. The (oversized) carburetor is
feeding into a huge intake area that's larger than any
piston port engine ever had. A little bit of custom work
with plastic and epoxy and those massive cages become
streamlined piston port feeding grounds.
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- Reeds were introduced into 2 strokes motocross bikes
to broaden the power range and soften the hit when the
power came on the pipe. They always knew reeds introduced
a restriction to the intake pipe. There were few problems
with the total power output of the piston port engine for
certain types of uses - especially once they became
liquid cooled. High output piston port engines hit the
power suddenly and with great vengeance.
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- Rick
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- * Please note that this modification requires running
different pistons. There's a tremendous amount of work to
do to the cylinder including using epoxy and plastics or
welding.
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