Reed Gaskets

[PlaynSand]

My V-Force Reeds did not come with gaskets, so stock gaskets were used,

after inspection I noticed that the stock gaskets do not totally seal the reed cage.

 

Where the inside of the reed assembly goes in the manifold spacer there is a gap that the stock gaskets do not cover.

 

Should wider gaskets be used on the carb side??

 

And would this cause a low end bog ??

 

Sorry no pics.

[PlaynSand]

Well with a little research I found that Vito's makes a gasket for the carb. boot side , specifically for V-Force reeds that is a lot wider than OEM gaskets.

This gasket would seal the gap between the reed cage assembly and the manifold spacer.

 

Now my question is after fixing this , is my jetting going to be way off ??

and what is the effect of running engine with leak between reed cage and carb ??

[vmaxup]

There is no effect running stock gaskets on V force reed cages.

If it leaks it would only leak internally. It will not suck air from the outside.

I rebuil and ran stock gaskets on V fource and had no problems.

 

I know what your talking about. Sat in a chair and drank a beer just studying it.

It will be fine.