Reed spacers

[NOSJunkie]

I want to install some reed spacers..I know this sounds stupid but.. Do they go between the carbs and reeds? Or between the reeds and cylinders? Also does a 4mil with K&T porting need the V-force reeds opened up (ported)? The bike I bought had no spacers and stock reeds..

[dawarriorman]

If you don't need to spacers for the carbs to clear, then why do you want them? An no, porting V-force reed valves would do nothing.

[Ducman]

+1

 

Reed spacers can improve or hurt performance, very slight difference either way.

 

I dont thing you can port v-force, not very much material to the cage frame to begin with and its made of plastic. Porting stock reed cage, yes.

[hittintrees srh]

Dont worrie about the reed spacers, unless you have bigger carbs and you need more clutch linkage clearance. I could'nt notice any more power when i put mine on.

 

Also you are gunna want to get some aftermarket reeds like V2's or V3's. You bansh will love either one!

[Toomey Banshee]

Had em on the 99, no difference. Gonna put em on the 94 to move the carbs back a bit though. But if you are set on puttin em on they are REED-SPACERS, put them in front of the reeds.

[RATBIKE0130]

Reed spacers can make a difference. On some big bore motors there isn't enough crank case volume and putting a reed spacer between the cylinder and reed might make a little more power. If you put the reed spacer between the reed cage and intake it probably would not make a noticeable difference. On a motor with smaller transfer area and some what large crank case volume adding a reed spacer between the cylinder and reed will cause a loss in performance. If you put the spacer between the carb and reed on the same motor you will have a slow lazy signal on the jets and throttle response will suffer. You probably will need to jet larger on this setup to compensate for the weak carb signal. Most banshees actually have a small crankcase volume and additional work on the transfers might benifit from adding spacers. If you do a "template" port job and don't touch the transfer tunnels at all your going to make things worse by adding spacers.

[eehsnab2]

IMO you should only run them to clear your clutch... Does not improve any type of performance in most cases but does increase your chance of an air leak...

[NOSJunkie]

The spacers are to move the carbs off the clutch linkage..

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i got some reed spacers 20 shipped .pm me

Edited October 27, 2005 by [email protected]

[DemonShee]

HMMM this is new compared to what I had been told. Been told by several builders, yes even the ones on here to go with spacers. They ALL said that it will smooth out the powerband so its not as peeky?

 

Sounds of it, they are full of it eh?

[00BANSHEE]

The V-Force reeds will take care of that for you.

[eehsnab2]

HMMM this is new compared to what I had been told.  Been told by several builders, yes even the ones on here to go with spacers.  They ALL said that it will smooth out the powerband so its not as peeky?

 

Sounds of it, they are full of it eh?

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Yeah have them thrown a boost bottle in for ya too...

 

Trust me man... unless you are trying to clear the clutch linkage, they arent going to do a damn thing for you except lighten you wallet.