If you set your bike up right you will have no trouble with any pipes in the woods. I run t5's and they do great in the woods and when you hit the fields they rip. they have a pretty broad power range.
Is there a way to lower the shee without spending a grand. I want to do this for drag racing but still be able to trail ride. I don't really do any jumps other than what I encounter on a trail ride. One of the guys I ride with slammed his raptor to the ground and I can beat him on dirt but when we line up on pavement he leaves me out the hole cause his front end stays down. Any help would be appreciated.
If your talking about the gaurd with the holes in it I cut mine off and trashed it. It's purpose is supposed to keep a stick from wedging in there but I really don't see a need for it plus it looks like crap.
You don't want any gap at all. It should be hard to crank, but you can flip the reeds over and usually close the gap to keep riding while you are waiting on the new ones to ship to you.
I have t5's and it was hard to ride in the woods at first but when I went to 15 41 gearing it helped cause I did not have to shift gears as much. No they are not the best woods pipe but they do good and when you want top end you have plenty.
I'm not saying anyone is wrong but 140 is darn good compression and I would pull the side cover and inspect your clutch plates first. Or you can drain the tranny oil and inspect for clutch fibers, and since you have the oil out try some new 10-30 oil cause if you have synthetic that could make the clutch slip. And the most overlooked problem is clutch freeplay so check the adjustment at the lever. I just would hate to rebuild the topend when it's probably clutch related.