Passion X-Motors

[jinx44]

Are the intakes at the stock angle? I have always wondered about angling them downward.

[locogato11283]

Are the intakes at the stock angle?  I have always wondered about angling them downward.

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not sure about the angle. what i do know is that they said it takes a ton of time to remove enough material so that the reed petals will open all the way. this also makes the intake walls very thin. so far it doesnt sound worth it to me. im thinkin theyd work better on like a 10mm or bigger.

[JeremyKS]

lets see some pics of your cylinders that have the special reed conversions on them? how is your whole cylinder different? just curious...also 100 hp on alky is not that special for a 350 my 350 made 102hp with alky and some other smelly stuff. hehehe...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/Jer.../nitrochart.bmp

Edited March 14, 2005 by JeremyKS

[blueshee03]

mine the angle is close to stock and the walls are'nt very thin.as i said previously the guy knew what he was doing back when he was doing these conversions.he done very few small bore conversions and not very many big bores either.don't get me wrong,i'm not saying i have the ultimate clyinders but it would be very hard to match the craftsmanship that went into them.and as for running mine run unbelievably great.right now they are putting out if i remember right 75 hp on gas and 87 hp on alky.thats with a stock crank thats trued and welded and a 20 overbore,t5's and 34pj's.i have thick walled sleeves in them and can bore them all the way to 72 mm.i just had them bored again and they are now 40 over ,thats the first time since they had the reed conversion in 1997.i had the porting and such mapped out and with a little touch up and exhaust work they will dyno at 90+hp on gas and 100+on alky.when i can i'm gonna have it dynoed and i'll post the sheet for ya's top see.if ya's talk to passionre ,ask him about steve's big reed cyls he bored.so plz don't think i'm a smart ass ,but they run awsome.you would have to see them to believe it.whats even more unbelievable is it cost over 3300 bucks to have this motor built back in 1997.

[PassionRE]

I just did a bore job on those reed conversion cylinders you guys are talking about. Those cylinders were don by Toomey himself and the outcome was impressive as hell. The workmanship was unbelievablly perfect. A TON of time went into those....I should have taken pics...impressive is a understatement....Jim

[blueshee03]

thank you very much jim.you will be seeing them again and i am gonna let ya put some passion into them.let me say that your work i've seen so far is impressive as hell also.

[locogato11283]

im sorry but if they are so damn great and this guy was such a great builder why would you let anyone else do anything to them?? also im wondering why you dont hear anything about big reed conversion on PS. if there is any way to get more hp im sure them guys would talk about it. i have never once heard anything about this there.

[blueshee03]

toomey is retired and no longer does any work.i'm sure if toomey were not retired and was still in the bussiness of doing these conversions you would see them .them guys are like you and almost everyone else ,you's never saw or heard of toomeys work.if i could duplicate his work and have it match his quality and performance i guarentee i would be selling a lot of this type of set up.as for why would i let anyone else work on them ,it is because they needed bored and rather than throw them away i put alot of trust in someone i thought could do a great job on them and i put the trust in the right guy.now i'm gonna probally trust him again soon and guys will hopefully see a dyno sheet they won't believe.if anyone is close enough to thunder valley dirt drag in west virginia when season starts and wants to see this motor run or wants to run against it ,bring it on.the x3 my son got will be there too.