Espen's Reed Valves

[FHPREMACH at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/7/99 7:20:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
claresnyder at home.com writes:

<< All the idea of using reed valves would do is improve the low end torque -
 exactly what we want, while staying open at high speeds to reduce
 obstruction - which we also want. If they lock open at 2000 RPM on a 2
 stroke you should get some effect up to about 4000 RPM on a 4 stroker -
 which sounds pretty good to me. >>

Aren't you really just trying to compensate for having the wrong parameters 
in your motor? If you are on the street, live with a low rpm torque motor and 
if you race, design for that application. Stop trying to have everything, or 
you will have a "cresent wrench" motor, one that fits everything on paper, 
but can't fit into half the places it needs to. After you figure out how to 
fit the reed blocks in, then you need to figure out how to get the fuel to 
stop puddling in the way to big plenum volume. but then you will need to set 
up a system to increase the octane as the RPM goes up. I applaud the 
inventive nature of your work, but having gone down the road of this before, 
I can say that you will find a lot of better ways to make a motor work.
Fred