Looking at several variators and seeing different angles of attack and length of travel. I think I will just stick with the stock Kymco.
Our goal is a bit different than others since my son only has a restricted moped only license and should not be going over 30mph anyway. Anywhere he can legally go has a top speed limit of 40mph, so I do not want the scooter to be able to go over 40mph with an 180 pound rider. Take off and acceleration are currently fine, but the small 49cc sucks big time on hills even with the cdi notched.
Looking at replacing stock cvt parts with smooth boss, 5.5g rollers, 1000rpm clutch springs and a 1500rpm contra spring. Then when I get ambitious enough to tear off the seat, up jet to 82 and replace the stock spark plug with NGK.