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Post by magicman on Oct 17, 2006 23:15:08 GMT -5
Hey peeps couldent find a thread for this topic so made my own.
I have heard that carbon fibre reeds are approx 1mm in thickness and thought id ask if anyone could see a problem with using 1.3mm carbon fibre as it seems to be easyer to find then 1mm.
I will be makeing my own as it is the same price to buy a sheet of carbon fibre that will make 10-15 reeds as buying one pre made reed.
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Post by Brandon R on Oct 18, 2006 5:47:53 GMT -5
No, nothing wrong with it. Just it's a little harder to bend so the performance might SLIGHTLY decrease.
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Post by magicman on Oct 30, 2006 7:39:54 GMT -5
I have been hearing about reed spacers i have read that a 6mm spacer will allow you to remove the reed restrictor "duck bill thing" which will allow your reed to fully open. I am thinking of doing this with my carbon fibre reed i brought but would like to know if the performance gain from letting the reeds fully open would be out weighed by the possible drop in performance from the fact that the crank case may then have less compression?
The reed spacer is like a 6mm thick gasket basicly that makes more room so you can remove the restrictor and let the reed fully open without hitting the crank.
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Post by Brandon R on Oct 30, 2006 17:09:30 GMT -5
If you bend the plate, you risk breaking the reed. Don't do it.
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Post by magicman on Oct 30, 2006 21:53:02 GMT -5
Im not sure i follow?
Im not bending anything just takeing off the restricor that stops the reed fully opening and then putting a 6mm gasket between the crank case and reed block so that when the reed fully opens it wont hit the crank which is what the restricor did but now it can fully open.
Iv heard of people doing it but want to know if the drop in crank case compression is worth whatever gain id get from leting the red fully open?
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