lol im trying to become more informed about performance stuff, i know i sound pretty lame asking this stuff but what do reeds do? where are they located? how do they work? any help woudl be appreciated
THANK GUYS

 

Basically, the reed cage is between the carb and cylinder. The reeds are thin pieces of material (metal, fiberglass, epoxy, carbonfiber, etc) that act as a valve. When the piston goes upward in a 2-stroke, it creates a vacumm in the crankcase. This vacumm causes air to flow into the crankcase. The higher pressure of the air in the carb causes the reeds to open and the air flows to the vacumm in the crankcase. As the piston comes back down, it pressurizes the crankcase. The reeds must now close to allow the pressure to build.

 

thanks again, AlkyBurninX, you def. know your stuff and i understand it now, i really appreciate it.
THANKS

 

so imagine a motor spinning 11,000rpm. That little reed will flap open and shut 11k times a minute. cool hm

 

Yeah, but the thought of 184 times a second is really cool. The fact the piston can move up and down that fast is amazing.

 

www.HowStuffWorks.com, check out the page they have for 2 stroke motors. They show you how everything works and its animated[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

 

velociraptor has got hte right idea go to there website they got the info on how almost anything works