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<DIV>I normally agree with you guys on 2 stroke tuning, but as we lengthen the
pipe to get a smoother transition, what is really happening is you are bringing
the "resonance" rpm down and giving up top end power. If you go to Ed Hartley's
two stroke page, You will see that there is not a lot of difference in rpm
between the muffled OS1.40's and the tuned pipe ones. I agree that if you have
an engine ported for a pipe and all's you care about is top end, a pipe makes a
huge difference. But we care more about throttleability on these engines, so the
HP is down. I'll loan one of you guys my 590 and you can test back to back
if you want.</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=d.pappas@kodeos.com href="mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com">Dean Pappas</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:41
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Mintor Review</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=772544020-01042004>Karl's right.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=772544020-01042004> Dean</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Karl G. Mueller
[mailto:kgamueller@rogers.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 01, 2004 3:37
PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: Mintor Review<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Steve,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>With proper exhaust port timing and setup with a good pipe you
will</DIV>
<DIV>loose that bet. My bet is that you will gain closer to 20%
improvement</DIV>
<DIV>in power, of course with more power comes a higher fuel
consumption</DIV>
<DIV>as well. Most engines are very conservatively ported in the
exhaust</DIV>
<DIV>timing to run on a muffler as well as on a pipe. Just an
other compromise</DIV>
<DIV>by the manufacturers.</DIV>
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<DIV>Karl G. Mueller<BR><A
href="mailto:kgamueller@rogers.com">kgamueller@rogers.com</A><BR>
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<A title=Patternrules@aol.com
href="mailto:Patternrules@aol.com">Patternrules@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:49
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Mintor Review</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/1/2004 9:28:50 AM US Eastern Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com">d.pappas@kodeos.com</A> writes:</DIV>
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face=Arial>Mintor 140 article, how does it run on a muffler
as<BR>opposed to a pipe. I would expect some loss in power<BR>but also a
loss in cost.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG> I don't use pipes on any on mine engines Jeff Hughes
and I have been using the Bolly 590r which is a muffler, no tuning head
aches, no midrange problems, if you change props, fuel or anything else
NON PROBLEMS, I have been running the Mintor 140 with it and it runs
super, don't know how much less power you get from just running a muffler
but I'd bet it's not over 5%, I use Coolpower 15% fuel.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Arial Baltic" PTSIZE="10"
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B><I>Steve
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