<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">On the Mintor 1.7, the length of the pipe is just hook up the Mintor pipe to the supplied header and go. It is max RPM detuned, but tuned for consistent throttle response. <br>
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<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">04/01/2004 04:32 PM</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">In a message dated 4/1/2004 5:18:22 PM US Eastern Standard Time, kgamueller@rogers.com writes:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">There is a lot more power available from our 2 stroke engines, especially</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">some of the so called "sport" engines, if you know how to tap into it. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">It does take a bit of work and research, but it can really pay off in the end.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Setting up a piped engine is not for everybody. There are a lot of good articles written about it. It is the whole package that makes it work, not just one</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">bolt on item. There are just too many variables in the whole setup to put</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">any fixed dimensions on anything. If you are happy with the amount of </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">power your setup is putting out, well then that's what counts.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Some of us like to experiment and find out what makes things tick.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">And by the way, my rule is that too much power is just enough. :-)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Karl.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b> Personally I'm glad that you guys do this work, because it does give guys a place to go to find the info he needs, but if a guy is really struggling I would rather see him put on a muffler until he gets the pipe worked out instead of not flying, because the flying is the most important thing here. I know what it's like spending a year not getting but half flights in and it's not fun.</b></font>
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