xlazymx Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 how much oil are you supposed to put in the gas for the banshee's? me and my dad do a different ammount for his and my banshee every time we go. Never really knew the right amount to put in them maybe you guys could help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Building my First Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 It really depends on the oil. Cheap shit would run no leaner than 32:1(4 oz. per Gallon). You can go leaner with good oil, I run Klotz @ 40:1 (3.2 oz. per Gallon). It works out good, 16oz. with 5 gal. of fuel. It has just a puff of smoke when you rev. I wouldn't feel safe running any leaner than that, no matter what kind of gaurantee anyone makes. It is proven the more oil the more horsepower due to less friction, all the way down to 16:1 but you risk the chance of oil fouling the plugs, plus it would be a smokey SOB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlazymx Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 It really depends on the oil. Cheap shit would run no leaner than 32:1(4 oz. per Gallon). You can go leaner with good oil, I run Klotz @ 40:1 (3.2 oz. per Gallon). It works out good, 16oz. with 5 gal. of fuel. It has just a puff of smoke when you rev. I wouldn't feel safe running any leaner than that, no matter what kind of gaurantee anyone makes. It is proven the more oil the more horsepower due to less friction, all the way down to 16:1 but you risk the chance of oil fouling the plugs, plus it would be a smokey SOB! we get golden spectro oil. it seems to be high grade Oil, well for the price. we run about 40:1 with it. would that maybe be too rich? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineedmoney Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 For a stock bike run it at 32:1 For a modded bike liek ported,piped, etc run it 40:1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKheathen Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 basically, as your getting goes up dramatically, the amount oil needed to mix goes down.for example, if you are running stock with 200 mains, and your dad is running modded with 300+ mains, you would mix 32:1, and he would mix 40:1. both engines would get the same amount of oil. i'm not telling you to mix 32:1, just goving an example. it really depends on your environmentals, mods, etc. i actually checked the oil content in my internals before running less oil in my mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003LimitedBanshee Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 It really depends on the oil. Cheap shit would run no leaner than 32:1(4 oz. per Gallon). You can go leaner with good oil, I run Klotz @ 40:1 (3.2 oz. per Gallon). It works out good, 16oz. with 5 gal. of fuel. It has just a puff of smoke when you rev. I wouldn't feel safe running any leaner than that, no matter what kind of gaurantee anyone makes. It is proven the more oil the more horsepower due to less friction, all the way down to 16:1 but you risk the chance of oil fouling the plugs, plus it would be a smokey SOB! This not really true... You only need just "that much" oil, basically just enough to keep everything lubricated and spinning freely. I run Golden Spectro at 50:1, have done so for as long as I've owned this bike, 4+ years and it still kicks over with every bit as much compression. Oil does not make horsepower, it just allows for horsepower to be made easier (through being better lubricated), but like octane, once you have enough, additional does nothing for you. AKheathen makes a good point, if you are getting enough oil @ 32:1 on 200 mains, when you increase jet sizes you get more fuel and oil. Now, you may need a marginally increased amount of oil for the additional mods that required you to increase jetting that much, but you would be able to decrease the mix of the oil and still achieve the same amount of oil. Hope that makes sense... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAR Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 32:1 for life.....lol :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrMeyer Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 i have ran 32:1 for years and have had nothing but greatness with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedSheeRida Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 i run 40:1 amsoil interceptor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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