Gonna buy the carb stuff and 300cc

Old Sep 4, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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If you're on a budget, I would suspect, no I would bet, no I'll guarantee that a pipe and carb work will make more power than a 300cc kit. 2 rwhp gain is not even close. I am thinking I have gained at least 10 horse with all my mods. I was gonna dyno it friday night but they wanted $50, no thanks.
The reason to buy the oem needle and other jets is that you can buy them cheaper than buying the whole dynojet kit. It's like $40 shipped from ronayers.com for the main jet, N1TC needle, circlip, and washer. The dyno kit is like $60 or so.
Regarding the Uni-filter- it IS the choice of all the factory MX teams, I doubt you'll see RC lining up at the gate with a stock filter in his airbox. You decide. For $25 or so, it's a no brainer for me. I wish you could ride my bike just so you can trust me.
Invest your money in a full system, carb mods which is cheap, filter, 13-tooth cs sprocket and you'll be happy. Adjust your suspension settings all to their max and you'll be good to go. Next year do the 300 kit or suspension springs. Changing springs in your forks really isn't that hard anyways. The rear should be ok if you jack the preload up and turn the compression to it's max setting. Unless you're full on MX'ing the thing, you'll be okay. We're not experts on here, and if your a little heavy you'll be okay 95% of the time. Just turn your settings to the max. People who revalve their shocks are usually not as good as they think they are. Some are, but others just like to bring a sticker to the gate.
You’re saying you would bet, no guarantee a 55% or 10 horsepower gain for a pipe and carburetor mod? [sm=happy046.gif]


Seems very optimistic to me, it would be very nice to see actual dynamometer numbers from these mod’s. [sm=icon_ladiesman.gif]

I would have figured around a 10/+ hp gain for all the mod’s including the 300cc jug.
 
Old Sep 5, 2006 | 01:26 AM
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You are correct, I am sorry. I saw your imo and misread it as imho. I do not understand your animosity. Reality does not bite as I bought my pipe long after reading your whining about it. My reality is just fine. BTW, thanks for schooling me on ceramic coating. I was wondering what it was I paid for on my race car header 13 years ago.
I really do not have a problem with people having favorites. I just remember many of your posts complaining about the fit of the Muzzy, calling it poor manufacturing without ever acknowledging that the system was not designed for our bike in the first place.
Say/type what you will, the proof is in the posts and everyone here has read them.
Have a nice day and ride hard.
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 02:29 AM
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be careful with those HELP brand caps. they split really easy
 
Old Oct 6, 2006 | 11:35 AM
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10 hp that is quite a boost. over 50%.

Hold that thought. If you think about that, it would be a miracle. All the while, Iowaguy seems to be taking stabs at the credibility of other posters. If you were to put that bike on a Dyno, there is NO FRIGGIN WAY you would see a 10 RWHP gain. Think about it..that's putting this bike in the same category as a Yamaha WRF250 after adding a pipe, jetting and increasing air elivery. NO WAY you put that pipe dream on a dyno and get anywhere close to what would amount to 28 RWHP!

Now, I'm not saying that you won't feel a significant seat of the pants change by decongesting its nose, cleaning out its bowels and getting the FA mixture married-up with that..even a few HP will make big diffence with these smaller lighter machines, but to spout-out numbers without putting it on a dyno carries zero weight in my book.

Remember, this bike starts out with only 18 RWHP. I know a few guys that race their KLX 250's semi-pro in motard trim (in Japan). They run full race pipes with high flow filters, air lid off, jetting dialed-in perfecly and manage about a 27% increase ON THE DYNO. Believe it or not, you will feel a "PROFOUND" difference with 4-5 HP increase from this bike. My dealer is one of the above semi-pro racers. He let me take his bike for a spin and there is a BIG 'seat of the pants' difference between mine (stock) and his. OBTW, his bike puts out 23RWHP.... I have seen his DYNO CHARTS. Don't believe any other form of measure.
 
Old Oct 6, 2006 | 05:55 PM
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i could care about muzzy anything. they're an old company whose quailty control evidently has went out the window with it's customer service, again according to muzzy owners here.
Hey, wait a minute! Are you implying that Big Gun still has it's Customer Service?!?? Not in my opinion! Sure, some people contacted them and got screws ... I contacted them and got screwed! (Actually, that should be present tense ... its not over yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.)

So the bonus point goes to Muzzy, since they at least had a so called "customer service".

Please continue the debate ...
 
Old Oct 6, 2006 | 07:06 PM
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the 300 kit doesn't really make more power, just a little more torque. you'll have to punch it out to 350cc to really gain horserpower momentum. my ten horse claim was an estimation as i said i was going to dyno it but it was too much for me to do so.
I somehow missed this statement before - your first statement there is fundamentally wrong. The ONLY way to make more torque without a gearing change is to increase power. Power is a rate whereas torque is rotational force. You can increase torque by changing the gear ratio, but that absolutely does NOT increase power. The power is the same before and after the gearing change. And 10 horses by adding a pipe on an 18 HP bike is some serious wishful thinking, sorry to be so blunt.

One horsepower is defined as 33,000 foot-lbs per minute. That is, the amount of power it takes to move 1 lb 33,000 feet in 1 minute. Or, the amount of power required to move 33,000 lbs 1 foot in one minute. The time element, 1 minute in this case, is part of the definition. Torque on the other hand is simply a rotational force - there is no time element. So a very highly geared bike might produce tons of torque due to its high gear ratio, but does not necessarily have a lot of power. Think low-range first gear off-road climb. Conversely, a machine with a lot of power can also have a lot of torque, but it delivers that torque very quickly - think dragster.

You cannot increase torque without a gearing change if you don't increase power. The 300cc kit adds power by increasing the engine displacement by about 17.2%. I honestly don't know how much horsepower it added because I didn't dyno it before and after. The net effect in torque, though, was comparable to what the gearing change to 14:49 did from the stock 14:42. I think that is pretty significant.
 
Old Oct 6, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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Hey ntloser do the Pipe (what ever pipe you prefer because of the exhaust sensitivity LOL) and the Jetting and air box, which can include the added snorkel or no lid, and then see what you think. Also from a 14-42 to a 13-45 gearing and the other stuff you will be amazed, I love the new power and I don't think I will ever do anything else, and I weigh 230, and it has more than enough power. Besides too much power can get you into almost as much trouble as not enough
 

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