Hey guys after a little investigating i found two cracked petals on my reeds, I heard from a reliable source that the "Corbon tech" are the best bang for your buck for the SRX? Is this true, or should I stay with factory? Im also looking into reed spacers, what thickness should thay be and how much HP is expected?
Try a search on both of your topics in this forum. Lots of good info here.
Happy reading
Happy reading
daman
New member
Save your bread and use OEM there as good as your going to get,the little bit of low end gain is far from worth it.
rx1jim
New member
Stay with the stock reeds. From what many experienced tuners from this site have told me, stock is best, very little to be gained by the non-OEM reeds. Not worth the $ spent on the non-OEM reeds.
ottawaair
New member
anybody ever use boyessen 2 stage reeds, the ones with 2 seperate sets of petals. one set on top of the other, I had those in my 600 twin & was really happy with them in that sled.
ryanryan
New member
Agreed......use stock reeds.
staggs65
Moderator
yep stock reeds also dont think the reed spacer is going to help on the srx, srx doesnt have the intake blockage issues of other engines
When it comes to spacers do they work the same as a carb spacer on a car? Like no hp gain but maybe better throttle response? just curios cuz i was talked into them 3 or 4 years ago.dont know what they did cuz i changed other things at the same time.
staggs65
Moderator
they might help with throttle response a little from higher velocity and a little more time to atomize, but the gains are more on engines where the reed cage obstrcts the path of the intake, thats not a problem on a srx
staggs65 said:
mopar1rules
Active member
carbon tech petals are awesome. they aren't short lived like the v-forces. carbon tech petals on the stock OEM cages is a great trail setup. good bang for the buck. i have them in my viper and srx, and 2 friends of mine have them in there srx's and vipers. none of us had any breakage or failure issues between 4 sleds, in 3 yrs. both srx's needed stock petals replaced, as they were chipped on the tips. might as well put in the quality carbon techs then. i recommend carbon tech petals.
mopar1rules said:
X2......best bang for the buck!!!!
I had carbon tech's in my 2001 a couple years ago with ZERO reliability issues however they were in the sled when I bought it so I have no idea if there is a gain over stock. Their add says 2hp's or so but who knows.
staggs65
Moderator
on the carbon techs which ones are u guys using? they have different tensions don't they?
staggs65 said:
Low tension for the stock engines.
rx1jim
New member
Are there any jetting changes required when switching from the stock reeds to the Carbon Tech units? Are they really worth the added expense, $142 for the Carbon Tech vs $33 for the OEM? Thanks!
Ya
I have v-force3 on my srx with the reed spacers and i put the stock ones in for a day and i noticed a big diff. with the throttle responce
I have v-force3 on my srx with the reed spacers and i put the stock ones in for a day and i noticed a big diff. with the throttle responce
livewire_101proof
Member
should not have to re-jet. I have not noticed any gain really out of the v- force3 reeds, the spacers not so sure about power gains, dont think so but it is alot more responsive and sounds like it runs a little smoother at itle.
rx1jim said:
Well that depends if 2hp low end and better throttle response and hole shot are worth it to you and with carbon tech they're straight forward. Lt low tension for bottom end and ht high tension for top end modded engines. There's no one performance reed for all applications. Not even V-Force.
mopar1rules
Active member
won't need to rejet for carbon techs.