flat track

[banshee67]

alright so i just was screwing around with some friends at our IMI race facility. it was a motorcross track flat track and a fewother random riding areas. so my friends and i were riding ( very competetive) and i was realizing i was pretty damn good. he was riding that famous 250 r ported and piped i helped re build it from ground up. and i was on my banshee with t6 pipes and jetting. i would smoke him off the line on the R but couldnt shift as well. on my banshee it would bog out when starting in second but once i got in moving and rpms up i could pull third through the corns and hit fith on the straights. i would just pull away. i was wantin more power and turnong capabilties. and would highly appreciate some help

[fastquad02blaster]

I think with all basic bolt ons you should be pretty competitive. I was thinking about the same thing. I did the yfz front suspension swap. That lowered the bike quite a bit and widened it too. I'm sortof thinking that they couldn't say crap if you wanted to run in the knobby class. It's stock suspension for a quad just not a shee.

[blowit]

You will find in true flattrack, attention to gearing is VERY important. When you shift, if you shift, holeshot, straight speed, etc. It sounds like some minor changes could really help but keep in mind that it is all about getting around the circle faster. Cannot tell you how many times I thought I was faster and turned out slower. Traction and gearing make a difference.

 

 

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[banshee67]

i was wondering how much power i could get with just a cool head too bump up my compression from 120 ish to around 150 and how i could lower my stock shocks if anything

Edited July 28, 2010 by banshee67

[fastquad02blaster]

I've seen some lowering kits for the fron that is just a little link that just moves your bottom shock mount on the a arm out towards the ball joint thus lowering your quad. For the back they have the adjustable block type and the adjustable screw type. I made my own adjustable screw type.

[banshee67]

well i mean i know that there are adjustments on the stock suspension and was thinking of doing that? i am just not sure how i would go about doing that? also how low can the stock fronts drop?

[fastquad02blaster]

With those link pieces up front you should get 1-2 inches lower there. The stock rear setup has no adjustability as far as lowering. You can adjust your preload and sink it down that way but then it won't handle the same.

[banshee67]

thanks.for your help but i was also wondering how much of a power gain i could get with a cool head with some 20 cc domes

[fastquad02blaster]

It will be noticable gain from the cool head. I'm thinking you'll have to go with race gas for 20's though. If your doing that you might as well do an adjustable timing plate too.

[banshee67]

is the timing plate a noticeable gain?

[fastquad02blaster]

Yeah it gives low and mid which might be alright for flat tracking. They say that it takes a little from your top end but I sure didn't notice it on mine.

[banshee67]

so if i get a timing plate, which way would i have to either advance or retard to get low end power? i have hardly any with the pipes i have. t6

[EvilBanshee]

so if i get a timing plate, which way would i have to either advance or retard to get low end power? i have hardly any with the pipes i have. t6

 

For more low end you ll wanna advance +2 to +4ish would be a nice set up i think.

[banshee67]

is there any way to use my stock plate? or does the aftermarket give more?

[EvilBanshee]

is there any way to use my stock plate? or does the aftermarket give more?

 

You can grind out the stoke plate a bit. Im using my stock plate for my new motor. gunna run it at +2 or 3. Iv never bought a aftermarket one. Im sure their alot better. But myway will work.