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Super 8 / Re: super 8 50 2-stroke modding
« on: March 22, 2015, 06:43:55 PM »
yep not quite sure yet about the top speeds, its less than 0 celcius here and there aren't flats long enough. we'll see

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bump!!!!!!!
This is just from my experience, there a few here that work and own garages that can correct me or guide you better.
Malossi Purprle Contra Spring
8 Gm Dr Pulley Sliders (I use 7 Gm and like them but 7 Gm could be causing the bike to rev too much and I probably wouldn't know). I do a lot of hills here in Connecticut.
85 main jet - higher is suggested if removing airbox snorkel but Im using the #85 and plan on removing the head soon to inspect the piston once I locate a head gasket to see if Im doing any harm to the piston. Looking in the spark plug hole with a flashlight I see the top of the piston is all black and sooty with a small white spot in the middle. I dont know if Im too rich or too lean. Right now Im having trouble finding a simple head gasket in the USA. Racingplanet has them but last time took over a month to get a simple part.
Id like to upgrade my clutch springs and not sure what to get my self.
Remove the brass cap and get that idle air adjuster screw slotted or use a D-socket so you can fine tune the carb.
Are you going to remove the restriction from the pipe ?
7gr slider w/ purple spring will most likely rev too high for a stock ish engine.
Theres your problem, you have an exhaust leak. You have to get something welded in, like a bolt or washer plate. If it's leaking all you did is decrease your performance and possibly cause a lean condition. There is NO sealer that works on exhaust, only welding. Don't try anything else until you fix this, you'll be chasing your tail around forever when the real problem is an exhaust leak. Take it too a machine shop and it shouldnt be much more than $30 to get them to totally weld it shut.
I thought 7gm sliders would be too light and said "given them a try what the heck" but they seemed to work ok with my setup and no decrease in top speed until cold weather set in for some reason.
Once it got cold 50 deg or so, the scooter lost a couple MPH.
What exact spring did you use ? What color- still using the white ? It it highly advised on here to use the purple spring.
Did you cut a slot in the idle air screw to tune the carb ? That can also play a small part in performance.
How did you block the cancer pipe? Pictures please and I think you mean blind pipe. I assume instead of a cut and weld you put something inside to block it like rounded sheet metal or a sock.
Just the part that goes nowhere, it reduces power. Other than that the exhaust itself is a restriction, if you get an aftermarket pipe it'll boost up power a little.
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okay thanks. unfortunately my dad doesn't allow me buying a better exhaust pipe, he thinks it will go too fast
and finally, is the cdi box made so that it restricts the engine's rpm?
Yeah I would start at 85 and go from there. De restricted without the snorkel removed is a #82 main jet, the snorkel restricts the airflow a ton so you will need to be higher than #85
If you took the snorkel out of the airbox it will most likely need a larger than 80 main jet.