REEDS

[bombedbanshee06]

what is the trick to modify stock reeds

[banshee tuner]

You open up the holes in the cages on the reed side, someone made a post on it about 3 years ago and posted pictures. Maybe someone can post a picture of stock and ported and it is just grinding from there.

[itsaripper]

Here are picture of reed cages that have been ported.

 

[banshee tuner]

Did you take the bridges out the middle? What kind of reeds are you running with those?

[itsaripper]

 

 

Here is a picture of the front

 

Yes I took a hacksaw blade and cut just above the middle bar on top and bottem. Then used a flat file and brought it down even. For the main body I used a new rat tail file and the flat file. Later sets I have gone to useing the dremel tool, way faster.

The reeds I used were from TDR, called hyper-tension .018 , I think they were $33. Call 1800-321-6354 or to www.Bansheesuperstore.com

I also used some 3/8 spacers in front of the reed cage to put the cages back a little and bent the returns out a little more.

[banshee tuner]

I've had my cages ported for quite some time, just recently installed tdr hyper tension reeds. I need to pull them and see if I can remove the rest of the material to get them like yours.

[Sheeboy12]

Is there a noticable increase in power? can i do this and use stock reeds?

[itsaripper]

_No_ you can not use stock reeds. You have to use a solid one piece peddle, like the ones from TDR or I think Boyesen pro series.

If you are going to do this take a lot of care to not knik the rubber. Just take the side edge out till it is strait.

I noticed better throttle responce, more mid and top.

 

Now to everyone who is going to say just buy V-forcce. I think for a little time and $35 or so you have a set of reed cages that $220 v-force are going to have a hard time beating. I have seen the DYNO run on Planet sand Yes the V-force beat the ported stockers. But that was on a heavy drag ported banshee. On other dyno, runs that were on less ported cylinders, they beat the v-force and sometimes the v-force beat the ported stockers. Usually it was not two horsepower either way. So if you prefer V-force buy them, it is a free country.

 

Good luck

[BAD_BOY_TOY2313]

Take your stocks reeds and the piece of metal that hold the reeds on the cage take a die grinder and cut it off so about a 1/4 of an inch is left to hold it on there. Same set up as the pro force reed cages but there really not, one bad thing is that the stock reeds miight not hold mine so far have but you might need to go with carbon fiber reeds they will hold better than the stock reeds

[Shee-Male]

Very cool, I think I'm gonna give this a try, I just hope TDR shipps to Canada.

You should try and post those posts from planet sand.