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Brian Lohman



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:22 pm    Post subject: Which Pipe Would You Want?? Reply with quote

http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h459/alanreynolds48/photo.jpg
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:41 pm    Post subject: Wow Reply with quote

That's amazing.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd pass on the one in the middle. The "blueprinted" one on the right with the straight through modification looks like it would work best on my air pump.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There is always someone who thinks that they can beat Tech, these examples were found very quickly using a ball bearing of the correct size dropped into the exhaust and rolled around the bend or in the case of these examples not rolled around the bend Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Assuming all three would pass tech, I would want the one that produces the best lap time. Damn, there's that testing thing again.

Are you trying to show that rotax pipe specas are all over the map?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

John Savage wrote:
these examples were found very quickly using a ball bearing of the correct size dropped into the exhaust and rolled around the bend


John, you mean using a ball bearing one size larger than legal? Which outlet diameter is legal in your eyes. The dime(middle), quarter(left) or half-dollar(right) sized one?

Are they really being manufactured with that much discrepancy or were they opened up, modified and re-powder coated?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Wow Reply with quote

William French wrote:
That's amazing.

William, enlarge that picture to 400% and see how much more amazing it is Surprised

That pipe on the right is probably worth 3/4 - 1 second per lap at a longer track.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Which one is the legal one??
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Which ever one you get away with.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Which ever one you get away with.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brian Lohman wrote:
John Savage wrote:
these examples were found very quickly using a ball bearing of the correct size dropped into the exhaust and rolled around the bend


John, you mean using a ball bearing one size larger than legal? Which outlet diameter is legal in your eyes. The dime(middle), quarter(left) or half-dollar(right) sized one?

Are they really being manufactured with that much discrepancy or were they opened up, modified and re-powder coated?


Ball bearings are used at legal size and if they don't fit through then you have an illegal pipe, those in the picture are illegal modified pipes.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can someone please tell me what the legal size for the bearings is? I checked the documents and can't find any reference other than to say "must be un-modified".........
I would like to check the variations in a few mufflers, a baseline would be useful.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I saw this at the Euro max race this past year in France, they cut the pipe, after they tried the ball, and they were Dq'd for the weekend!!!..

we need this checked in North America!!!..
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What size is the test ball.

Having bought a used motor from a guy in this thread I would like to check this.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Keep in mind a ball bearing won't be able to check for a pipe that is modified with an oval shape... Shocked

Just sayin'...
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