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Old 01-21-2010 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigedmond
HA HA porkchop. Here, i have tuned every Reedy run by unsponsored drivers. Everytime i do they complain that they have to relearn to drive the motor because they now have more power then they had before.
Bigedmond, I'll be headed your way for Silver State and I am looking for some help. I'll be running a Reedy in my RC8T that I have very little time on. It was broken in and I got a practice day out of it with the help of a couple AE drivers but ended up having the crank problem. I have not run it since I got it back from AE. I was thinking about trying to get it tuned a day or two before the SS race at the on road track if they will let us on there.
Would you be able to help?
Thank you Brian
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Old 01-21-2010 | 12:17 PM
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dan blight, What gearing did you run on the car? Clutch bell and spur.
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Old 01-21-2010 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by bcrazy
Bigedmond, I'll be headed your way for Silver State and I am looking for some help. I'll be running a Reedy in my RC8T that I have very little time on. It was broken in and I got a practice day out of it with the help of a couple AE drivers but ended up having the crank problem. I have not run it since I got it back from AE. I was thinking about trying to get it tuned a day or two before the SS race at the on road track if they will let us on there.
Would you be able to help?
Thank you Brian
Not a problem. Since you just got it back, check it over, and reseal it. AE didnt seal my motor when i got it back, and it was missing the button shim.
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Old 01-21-2010 | 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by dan blight
i did not have enough power with mine ran it on sunday with 97t plug hn2047 pipe and gen 2 8mm restrictor and i was the slowest car up the straight by a long way getting blown away by go 5 ports had to take it out for my last qualifier and put my speed back in to get a decent time in
what do u guys recomend the straight was long but it seemed to lack a lot of top
i have a os 2060 pipe to try and i will have to give the 9mm restrictor a try to
Try the 7mm restrictor, I have noticed the motor runs better, top and bottom over the 8mm. Also if your running the RC8B try the stock spur and 17T bell. You wont need a 16t with the bottom end power the motor has.
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Old 01-21-2010 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by dan blight
i did not have enough power with mine ran it on sunday with 97t plug hn2047 pipe and gen 2 8mm restrictor and i was the slowest car up the straight by a long way getting blown away by go 5 ports had to take it out for my last qualifier and put my speed back in to get a decent time in
what do u guys recomend the straight was long but it seemed to lack a lot of top
i have a os 2060 pipe to try and i will have to give the 9mm restrictor a try to
Dan,

I am going to assume you are getting correct temps around 250-270, and that the bottom is very crisp correct.

If so, you problem is you are lean on the bottom and rich on top. If not, skip the rest of this message.

To correct the issues above, richen the bottom 5 hours, and lean the top 2. Take a couple laps, and tune the top from there. You make want to lean the top another hour or 2 depending on how it is running.
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Old 01-21-2010 | 02:47 PM
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i am running stock gearing with a 17t bell i dont usually tune by temp more on engine response performance and smoke
how does the 7mm produce better top than the 8 or 9 ?
i am running around 3 turns out lsn and 2.3 out hsn
any ideas ??
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Old 01-21-2010 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by dan blight
i am running stock gearing with a 17t bell i dont usually tune by temp more on engine response performance and smoke
how does the 7mm produce better top than the 8 or 9 ?
i am running around 3 turns out lsn and 2.3 out hsn
any ideas ??
I noticed the 8mm or 9mm can allow to much air in. I would adjust your top and bottom to 2.5 out and start from there. 2.5 on top is normally right there. Its the bottom that I play with most of the time, now my motors run 250-265.
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Old 01-25-2010 | 04:48 PM
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The Reedy runs best with the 7mm restrictor, hands down. Too many people have had the same results.... 7mm is the peak power.
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Old 01-25-2010 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by dan blight
i did not have enough power with mine ran it on sunday with 97t plug hn2047 pipe and gen 2 8mm restrictor and i was the slowest car up the straight by a long way getting blown away by go 5 ports had to take it out for my last qualifier and put my speed back in to get a decent time in
what do u guys recomend the straight was long but it seemed to lack a lot of top
i have a os 2060 pipe to try and i will have to give the 9mm restrictor a try to
I would definitely recommend the 2060 over the hn2047 .
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Old 01-28-2010 | 07:05 AM
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Does any one off hand know the sizes of the bearings for the front and back of the engine? I want to Upgrade them and get an extra set to have on hand. Thanks for your time
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Old 01-28-2010 | 07:50 AM
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Does any one off hand know the sizes of the bearings for the front and back of the engine? I want to Upgrade them and get an extra set to have on hand. Thanks for your time
Reedy has this new one coming out. It may already be out too...

http://aedownloads.com/press/in_010510_121bearing.pdf
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Old 01-28-2010 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Sidewayz1
Bearing size
Frt. 7x19x6
Rear. 14x25x6
Boca Bearings has a Kit with frt. and rear bearing (Part#ENK-161)
Found it for ya!
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Old 01-28-2010 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeyTheRocket
Found it for ya!
Hey Rocket thanks man that really helped a lot! goona order me a set!!
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Old 02-02-2010 | 07:44 PM
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Hey Guys, I'm curious what is the reason they put the extra shim in the box for??? Am I suppose to put this shim in after break in or remove the original shim? What is it's intent?
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Old 02-02-2010 | 07:53 PM
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is this a better engine then the werks or the odonnel ss
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