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velocity stacks - 8/24/2011 2:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		im sure this has been asked before but do velocity stacks serve a purpose? do they help keep water out? other than dressing the motor up is there any real purpose for these?


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RE: velocity stacks - 8/24/2011 5:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		if there's any spit back from the carburetor, they help the engine digest the fuel instead of it going all over the model, other than that they don't really do anything

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RE: velocity stacks - 8/24/2011 11:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		They do help straighten the air out entering the carb for better flow.

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RE: velocity stacks - 8/24/2011 3:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Most velocity stacks do you no good and can actually hurt performance, proven on a dyno.
On the amateur level (me), we took the stack off of a buddies boat and it ran noticably better.

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RE: velocity stacks - 8/24/2011 5:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		thanx guys i appreciate the comments im glad i didnt wate the extra cash   cheers


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RE: velocity stacks - 8/24/2011 6:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		An old thread might provide some additional info - http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_3167810/anchors_3167810/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#3167810

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RE: velocity stacks - 8/25/2011 7:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		I put a Velosity stack on your motor, hope you got it by now.

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RE: velocity stacks - 8/28/2011 1:57 AM   
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