Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
APT Smartcarb
jamex:
Blaster, I've mailed them requesting a 38mm billet carb, just waiting for their reply as I asked a few questions. The one testimonial was about a K5 & the one sponsored rider was in South Africa, he won his class in the 2012(quite a while back) enduro series on a Husky WR250.
The theory of operation makes sense but I think that they had some development problems, anyway I'm willing to give it a try.
I also just had my bike on a friends dyno just before I returned to work & it made 63hp at 4393ft 25degrees C, so it will be a good yard stick to performance differences.
If it works well then I may put the K5 carb on my girlfriends Banshee with a 2 into 1 intake manifold setup, that will eliminate a lot of balancing issues & make it easier to jet.
sandblaster:
Dyno numbers would be great along with a personal review on installation and set up :-D
Looking forward to it.
But I suspect if your carb is jetted correctly that you won't see a lot of gain.
Since I am constantly wrong, we'll see :lol:
Brute:
I was more fascinated by their two cycle engine. "0 Oil Consumption". Interesting.
http://www.powerapt.com/sonicflow-engine.php
sandblaster:
Yeah, that is cool.
Brute:
"Zero oil consumption" and "Three times the power of a four cycle engine" are pretty lofty statements. Still stuck on the "Zero" though. 'Low' or 'Less' as claimed by some of the other new two strokes I understand but 'zero' is definite. Not to hijack the carb thread...
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