A while back, somewhere I read someone talking about removing the baffle from a stock Mad Force pipe. So I looked into it today.

"Hey, free power at the expense of noise? I never liked the neighbors that much anyways."

so I pulled the pipe apart.

"Wow...you know....this looks really important. I better put that back."

I'll be teh first to admit I know *bleep* all about tuning an engine, but I know the pipe is important. Does this sound liket he road to more power, would it be a mistake to do?

well in general with baffles, when you take them out you will get a slight power increase that wont harm the engine in any way itll just make it loud. people do it to the cen genesis.46 all the time

Wil lit do anything for making it easier to tune?

Well, I tried it.

Man did it drop some lead out of the motor. Seems to wind up a lot faster now.

yea the baffles are pointless 4get about the neighbors

Hah! you should try a piece of straight copper pipe! That is, if you want to damage your engine. Sounds wicked kool though, it won't hurt to run for about 1 tank but that's as much as you should.

Ya know, I've been playing with these little two cycle screamers for years when none of them had mufflers. Some didn't even have an exhaust port, just three or four slots at the bottom of the cylinder. So, what damage would it do to run them without the muffler? The only reason we started to use mufflers in the first place was to hold the noise down and not be harassed by the cops called by the local residents. I suppose that today it's a matter of national security, ya think?

Well, Without a proper muffler or header, cold air will enter the engine causing parts to warp. The constant changing in temperature causes the cylinder sleeve to warp. I could be wrong but I'm 90% sure that that is correct.

prodigy the baffle is inside the pipe not taking the whole pipe off what r u tryin 2 say to me i think u dont understand what a baffle is

a baffle is inside the pipe only to keep noise down it has nothing to do with the pipe itself just to clear this up.

no no no, I know what your talkin about. I was just saying not having a pipe on your engine can cause the stuff to warp. I wasn't saying not having a baffle would warp it.

i think its more of a problem with r/c nitro engines specifically because they have the pressure line going to the fuel tank and you must have that otherwise fuel wont be pushed into the carb and it will lean out too much