Espen's Reed Valves

[Chad Clendening]

I may still have one from a 72 Evinrude 600 ( 650 ? ) cc 2 cylinder snowmobile in a
bucket.  If memory serves, the thing had 8 reeds and was 3  tall, 1 1/2 " wide and
2" deep, for each cylinder.  I can look for it if anyone wants specifics.

Chad


Aaron Willis wrote:

> At 05:15 PM 5/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Remember how expensive internal engine parts are.   If the reeds brake they
> >can raise hell inside an engine.
> >  They are good for just a very limited range, before they "peg" open....
> >To get enough reed area for a "big" engine to breath thru would be a huge
> >reed cage.
> >Bruce
>
>         I see your point.  Does anyone have access top a reed cage from, say, a
> 500cc motocrosser?  That should flow enough air for the 60+ horsepower it
> produces.  Is it too big to fit nicely into a typical intake port?  Say an
> eight-cylinder engine, so eight times 60 = 480 horse capacity.  It seems
> too simple to me, maybe somebody can help me out here?
>         I understand that flow through a two-stroke engine cannot be compared
> directly to that of a four-stroke, but am too lazy to do the figuring and
> figured I'd offer this to the group as fodder...
>
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