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Old 01-26-2010 | 07:31 AM
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Default RE: another darn ryobi post (ryobi performance modification, analysis and comparison)


ORIGINAL: Flathead

18X6 prop on it, and got it running. With a little adjusting, I got an honest 7800 rpm.
Flathead.
That sounds like real respectable numbers. I know I would be pretty happy with those numbers. My stock "Zama carb" Ryobi 31 spinning 18x6 APC runs in the 7200 neighborhood on 32:1 give or take a few hundred RPMs depending on the day. My concern regarding trying to gain RPM by modifications is that from everything I have read....the stock piston rod is only good to handle 8000rpm or less. Would sure be nice to see someone build a low cost solid billit aluminum rod and then I would really be open to modifications like better porting, Bowman rings, larger throated carb, less restrictive exaust, etc etc .