reed spacer or stuffer?

[Mile9c1]

If you're looking for a set of reed spacers I have a set of Boyesen stuffers for the 62T I'd sell for $50 shipped.

Selling becuse I no longer need 62T engine parts :biggthumpup:

 

[yankeeboy]

so would either of these be worth getting?


Or should i skip them and look for a diff kinda of mod. Im running out of stuff to do since im kinda limited. but i already have a pipe, most freestyle basics (footholds, prop (probably wrong pitch), cone, plate, etc.) milled head and ill be getting a msd total loss in the mail sometime next week.

 

[duckman1]

You must do your crankcase stuffing correctly w/ finger porting when moving the manifold back. I do use my own CNC'ed reed spacer for this. I'm mostly referring to the reed cage stuffers and some epoxy shaping of the intake manifold runners will promote air speed and that will produce a better carb signal. I'm moving the reed cage back at the manifold between the cases and NOT increasing the intake runner length (carb to reed cage). I do agree with you and what Tim says about the runner length which I'm not making longer just reshaping and better transition through the reed cage. Example: Just look at what Ed/Full Spectrum and Boyesen came out with their manifold/reed combination... a very smooth and fast transition all the way through the reed petals. This is what I was referring to.

Thanks for the clarification Chuck!

 

[blasterboy1980]

For low end freestyle boat. Stuffers will increase the speed of air flow for bottom end. If you increase the air speed at low RPM it gives you better throttle response. The stuffers actually stuffs the air going into the reeds therefore increasing its speed. I agree with chuck. As well the spacer plates increase the total volume of air going into the motors and people use these for racing for top end. You want a larger volume of air entering the motor for top speed.

 

[waxhead]

I have never had a good result with reed stuffers
each to there own, thats just what my testing has shown

 

[QJS]

Bit of a no brainer really.
People put huge carbs on that are bored straight through yeilding a very poor signal strength. They then need to use reed stuffers to get the signal strength back up to make the carbs work properly. In this instance reed stuffers will work. If the carbs have been designed with Freestyle in mind or you are using stock carbs, your signal strength will be high anyway and stuffers will yield no benefit.
With back-to-back comparisons we have found that a manifold spacer, particually an angled one, will give an increase in hit.

Chris