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t5 malossi 172 advice
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:07 pm
by 002pg
Ive decided to put a malossi 172 kit on my t5 but i dont want to just bolt it on and not get the full potential of the kit, its standard at the moment with a pm pipe on it, going to strip it completely and do bearings, seals etc.
I have'nt done any work on vespas before just lammys so i would appreciate absolutely any advice on any part of the rebuild
cheers
peter
Re: t5 malossi 172 advice
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:39 pm
by LI150
IMO malossi 172 the best bolt on kit there is .
Re: t5 malossi 172 advice
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:19 am
by gadgetman
The best thing you can do is buy the Vespa engine rebuild DVD for about £25. Believe me it will be the best £25 you will ever spend
Re: t5 malossi 172 advice
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:26 pm
by gimp1971
ditch the PM pipe i have a reedvalved 172 T5 and it was pulling about 15.5 BHP put a scorpian on and it went up to 18.5 i think JL are quite good or if you can get a Taffy as that is the best IMHO
Re: t5 malossi 172 advice
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:08 pm
by 002pg
gadgetman wrote:The best thing you can do is buy the Vespa engine rebuild DVD for about £25. Believe me it will be the best £25 you will ever spend
cheers, where can i get the dvd from?
Re: t5 malossi 172 advice
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:09 pm
by 002pg
gimp1971 wrote:ditch the PM pipe i have a reedvalved 172 T5 and it was pulling about 15.5 BHP put a scorpian on and it went up to 18.5 i think JL are quite good or if you can get a Taffy as that is the best IMHO
cheers for that, i read on here that the pm pipe wasnt the best.
Re: t5 malossi 172 advice
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:04 pm
by freestone71
my t5 had a pm pipe on and was ok untill you hit 4th gear
you will probably also find that the malossi kit is very rattly , sounds like lots of piston slap
Re: t5 malossi 172 advice
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:47 pm
by roadrunnerian
there is a cheap version of the rz jl pipe the revolver pipe and the taffspeed pipe is now out in a cheaper version
just wear ear plugs so you don't hear the famous malossi rattle.
Re: t5 malossi 172 advice
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:02 pm
by 002pg
freestone71 wrote:my t5 had a pm pipe on and was ok untill you hit 4th gear
you will probably also find that the malossi kit is very rattly , sounds like lots of piston slap
yeah thats what mines like!
roadrunnerian wrote:there is a cheap version of the rz jl pipe the revolver pipe and the taffspeed pipe is now out in a cheaper version
just wear ear plugs so you don't hear the famous malossi rattle.
cheers ian, who sells these pipes?
Re: t5 malossi 172 advice
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:43 pm
by gadgetman
You can get the DVD from Scooter Products tel 01934 417834 or on-line
www.scooerproducts.com
It's come down in price to £21.50 inc postage.
PAGE 7 in this months ( Feb 2013 )Scootering mag.
As I said earlier you will find the job much much easier after watching this and everything is done in real time so you could watch the dvd whilst doing the job if it helps.