pauljdehmer

I did some work on the tomos last night and figured out why it wasn’t running. The bottom of the reed was getting sandwiched between the reedblock and the reedcage on the cylinder. So the reeds would open enough around the sides for it to run at idle, but anything past that and the reeds wouldn’t open up enough to let in enough mixture for more powah!

Here’s some videos:

I dremeled out the reedcage on the cylinder and reinstalled the reeds. They move freely now and it actually revs out. So I took it out for a spin and its fast as fuckkkk. It needs some more tuning, and there are some other outstanding issues that need to be taken care of, but I think i’ll actually be able to make the first race. Time to go look for some leathers…