Has anyone ran T-5 on a Banshee in tight woods. Any problems with them??I have a Moto Fast 2-n-1 setup and I am trying to figure out a way to stop eating all these plugs!! I'm lean as it is so if I got to the T-5 I'll have more rejetting room!

 

Toomeys are top end pipes and won't do you any good in the woods. They lose some low end compared to stock but not bad. Try a smaller front sprocket (13 tooth) and that will help your low-end real cheap. Also, If your are going through plugs there is something wrong. I change my plugs once a year just because I feel guilty; I have never had a plug go bad. If you're lean you better re-jet as you are destroying your engine every time you run it.

 

There is definitly something wrong. Before i bought my shee everybody was like dont get a shee they foul plugs in the woods, get a raptor get a raptor. Boy im glad i didnt listen to them, havent fouled a plug yet.

 

What I mean is I'm as lean as I can go but it's not "lean" enough. I could re-jet and see where that leaves me. I'm not in danger as far as hurting my engine. I'm just fouling plugs from not getting it open enough! I'll re-jet!

 

What are you doing to make it "lean"?

If you have not rejetted, then there's your answer. Don't buy T-5's for woods. That would be bad... unless you'd like to have a powerband like a 125cc mx bike...

BTW - T-5's produce the SAME low and mid as stock. It's just that they make so much more on top, that it makes it seem like less.

 

All else being equal, Toomeys are the best SOUNDING pipe there is; no doubt about it.

 

What makes them foul plugs???

 

When I bought the bike I was told it was jetted as lean as it can go. 16Oz.-5Gal. (Don't know the ratio) I'm still oil fouling the plugs like it's too rich Now going off of what I was told,that it was as lean as it could go.I figured if I got a new set of pipes I would broaden the jetting range. The bike is new to me so I haven't tried rejetting it. Yes T-5 are high end pipes but I love the sound they make!!The only solution is to rejet when the weather breaks. The guy I bought it off of didn't sound like he was all there!

 

16 oz to 5 Gal is 40:1 mix. Yep, that's about as low as you should go if you are using Yamalube 2R or similar; 32:1 (16 oz to 4 Gal) is generally accepted to be a good mix ratio with that type of oil. I would stick to 32:1 if I were you.

Don't take this the wrong way but it almost sounds like you are confusing jetting with pre-mix ratio. You are mixing pretty "lean" on oil but your jetting is a whole different story. Do you know what size jets are installed right now? Also bear in mind that the LESS oil you use the MORE fuel there is in your mixture which will make your engine run RICHER. Rich and Lean refers to the ratio of FUEL to AIR not FUEL to OIL.

The oil separates from the fuel in the crankcase; the oil lubricates while the fuel is sucked up into the combustion chamber. Maybe it's time for a top-end if you are getting too much oil up top?

 

Didn't take it the wrong way at all! As a matter of fact, I thought the same thing right after I posted that last reply.That's a lesson well learned though,when you buy used you end up confused!!!!