Alot of people has said in the past that Trinity is not so good. Big claims but that is about it.

 

so this banshee is in the newest dirtwheels, january issue???? i didnt get mine yet

 

Trinity builds decent motors. But their service and support suck. That's why I like CT.

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Garrett Lowman; CT240 Blaster, YZ490

 

I thought the article was pretty funny. Through the whole thing, they guy who built the HiPer Banshee was stressing how strong the stock Banshee's motor is, and when you bore, stroke, and port it, it weakens the motor significantly. Then right at the end of the article they said they'd soon be offering a bored and ported version of the turbo Banshee.

 

I too found it odd. Let me take it a bit further and quote Tom Darnell, owner of Hiper Tech.

"When you open up the transfer ports and exhaust ports, you are taking away the cylinder wall's vital contact area for the piston skirt and ring. The more you hog them out, the more you power you make, but the weaker your motor gets. Stroking a motor, when combined with severe port work, weakens the motor even further...they are commonly referred to as grenades or ticking time bombs. A big bore stroker motor gets even worse. As the bore is drastically increased, the head gasket sealing surface is reduced...at the same time the cases must be thinned...which leads to motor failure..."blah, blah, blah.

"...we are now developing many upgrades such as...Hiper porting...we will be developing a...430cc Superior Sleeve turbo kit..."

I didn't think the porting/boring bashing flowed very well into his porting/boring sales pitch (in my humble opinion).

 

i caught that too, i thougt it was pretty funny

 

I believe the bigest down side to a turbo is "Lag time".
The time it takes to get the charger spining is a mere second. But caught in the wrong position at that second could cause a nasty wipe out!<IMG SRC="http://208.32.63.13/ubb/deadhead.gif">
Stroker vs turbo......Hmmmmmm?
In a straight line the turbo would win.
In normal trail ridding, The stroker would eat the turbo alive. Staying in it's power ban while the turbo "lags" for a second while you let off the gas.And then re'apply throttle.

The only solution for "lag" would be a twin turbo.

 

twin turbo lol that makes me laugh

 

Hey come on how in the world are you gonna just put fuel injection on a 4wheeler and make over a hundred horse power can we say buhlsht. cough cough.

 

I don't think that turbo Banshee is built for anything other than strait line racing. With its 8" over swing arm, I think jumping it would be a little scary. And who's gonna take a machine with 110 HP out for "normal trail ridding." So if there's any riders out there who don't like to do anything but sand drags, it may be the perfect setup. Assuming it works. But I get bored with sand drags after just a few minutes, so I think I'm just gonna stay normally aspirated.