vainavic Posted March 20, 2007 Report Posted March 20, 2007 I have a 421cc cheetah and have paul turner pipes, The hoses that go to the powervalves touch the exhaust so I just never have put them on. will this make it hard to jet? thanks jeff Quote
FireHead Posted March 20, 2007 Report Posted March 20, 2007 I have a 421cc cheetah and have paul turner pipes, The hoses that go to the powervalves touch the exhaust so I just never have put them on. will this make it hard to jet? thanks jeff No, it shouldn't make it hard to jet. Not having the hoses connected makes your powervalves not function though, which probably cuts the amount of power you are making by up to half. You would have been better off removing the powervavlves as opposed to just not connecting the hoses. Quote
Mullet Man Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 what do the hoses do? (excuse the newb question) are they vacuum actuated or something? Quote
FireHead Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 what do the hoses do? (excuse the newb question)are they vacuum actuated or something? The the power valves with hose coming off them draw a vacuum signal from the intake which operates the valves. If I read the original post correctly, he has been riding around with the valves fully closed. :ermm: Quote
vainavic Posted March 23, 2007 Author Report Posted March 23, 2007 The hoses just go on the powervalves and then point down to the ground right? How can the hoses do so much? Is there a certain length that they work best at? Quote
FireHead Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 The hoses just go on the powervalves and then point down to the ground right? How can the hoses do so much? Is there a certain length that they work best at? Uhhhhh no. If they are Cheetah powervalves you need to have a port on each intake to connect the lines to. Those lines are what provides the vacuum signal to operate the powervalves. If you don't have them hooked up then your powervalves will always stay closed. I can only imagine if your power valves were closed all the time that your bike would not have any power and only be able to rev a little past idle before falling on it's face. Quote
vainavic Posted March 23, 2007 Author Report Posted March 23, 2007 where are the intake ports I looked at the jugs and see no where to put the lines, I have a lot of money in this thing and all i want to do is ride the thing. Ive been messing with the thing for a few weeks and am getting pissed that It doesnt run, But the hose problem would make sense. any and all information would be great, the guy I got the jugs from didnt give me directions so Im kind of in the dark. Quote
FireHead Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 where are the intake ports I looked at the jugs and see no where to put the lines, I have a lot of money in this thing and all i want to do is ride the thing. Ive been messing with the thing for a few weeks and am getting pissed that It doesnt run, But the hose problem would make sense. any and all information would be great, the guy I got the jugs from didnt give me directions so Im kind of in the dark. You hyave to make you own ports on the intake. You need some barbed brass fittings, a drill, and a tap. There are several places to drill on the cylinders for the vacuum ports. My personal favorite is under the intake tunnels in the upper case half. You can also put them in the intake tunnels themselves, there just won't be as strong of a vacuum signal on that side of the reeds. I attached a picture of what one of the ports might look like after you installed it. :thumbsup: Quote
vainavic Posted March 23, 2007 Author Report Posted March 23, 2007 Thanks for the help your a life saver. Why dont the cylinders come with the ports? Quote
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