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<DIV>Steve,</DIV>
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<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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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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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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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
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" size=2 PTSIZE="10"
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B><I>Steve
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