The reeds benefits is being able to have more intake duration then a piston port engine. They should make more power the a similar ported piston port engine, all thing being even.
No it has more power therefore you can gear it up higher without losing torque at lower rpms. But yeah your right a 13 speed transmission could probably get a lawnmower to 100mph
Thanks, that’s just the kind of thing I was wondering. Because I mainly wanted to know how significant of a difference it really is for about a roughly 200$ difference in price. Because I feel like even though I absolutely love my obr engine it’d still be more convenient if I just have an esp engine and stick with a conventional cylinder port intake. Plus with a Bartolone pipe on it I’m sure it’ll still rip with either engine
If I had to buy another engine I’d probably get a reed case and an esp head kit over an obr it’s not really the price difference that bugs me it’s the fact that you have to wait so god damn long for obr to build the engine
Close the transfer port and then you have a reed head
Man I had to wait a little over 4 weeks if I remember correctly for my obr engine to come. Which they said they were still behind from the COVID shutdown is part of the reason they had a delay on engine times. Surprisingly I didn’t mind that, the thing that made me the most mad was when fedex delayed my delivery after I was anticipating it to arrive the whole day lmao
Yeah they are worth the money but I don’t know if they are worth the time
Yep, was about 5 weeks for mine as well.
Intake port, Bob.... still need those pesky transfer ports ?
I'd say so, that's like 1 and a half months away.
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