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members views please ive a new budget of £600,big bore and pipe etc ,don't want much 70mph and a bit of get up and go ,

My preference would be malossi 166, p2 carb and jl rh exhaust or a revolver.

LI150 wrote:My preference would be malossi 166, p2 carb and jl rh exhaust or a revolver.

yes to the 166,sip2port matching,never thought about carb and read vale , want it to look standard at the mo, revolver growing on me

malossi 166 matched to casings carb and carb box shaped and matched to crankcase crank tuned and polished 24/24 carb polini induction kit + drilled +fast flow tap, flywheel lightend, sip road exhaust.

What bits have you got already, and don't need to come out of your budget?

Muttley McLadd wrote:What bits have you got already, and don't need to come out of your budget?

well nothing apart from a px standard pipe with a large outlet and cut about internals,was in a bag of parts ,
so I need everything ,goin down the 166cc route and sip road2 pipe or revolver ,bigger carb be nice ,and some porting ,what about gearing and clutch had a few bits of advice but all conflicting ?

The £600 budget sounds fine but are you doing the work ? A tuned crank (or altered standard) should be in the list as well. 70mph may be a top end speed but i'd be dubious about cruising much above 60mph (my mates malossi sits nice at 55mph but struggles to cruise at any more than that) .

Regards clutch and gearing.....i'ld leave as is and only look to change if you've got a problem (up-rated clutch spring for £10 may worth a punt).

Appreciate that it may not be what you were wanting to do.
Just a thought but if you are looking to spend around 600 would it not be easier to simply source a decent standard P2 engine.
You could keep your 150 engine in case you wanted to put it back. Or if you wanted to sell it, you'd probably get enough for a decent exhaust and a new carb.

I have to agree with Herman ,after my experiences with the 166 i would stay well away ,if you insist on doing your engine what about a parmakit ? You won't go far wrong with either of the pipes you are thinking about but the sip will give a little more low down power but the revolver is also good and sounds nice

thedubdoctor wrote:

Muttley McLadd wrote:What bits have you got already, and don't need to come out of your budget?

well nothing apart from a px standard pipe with a large outlet and cut about internals,was in a bag of parts ,
so I need everything ,goin down the 166cc route and sip road2 pipe or revolver ,bigger carb be nice ,and some porting ,what about gearing and clutch had a few bits of advice but all conflicting ?

What about...:
DR180 kit, with a few hours' worth of dremmeling to make the ports a reasonable size - and transfer timing adjusted to run with
A 60 mil crank. Cheap as for Vespas.
24 mil carb (easy to find)
SIP road pipe (cheap - and quiet is the new loud)
P200 gearing and clutch with a short 4th.
If you spend a few hours matching everything up, rather than bashing it in with a hammer, it should run pretty well. It wont set the world alight, but it's not going to suck a tank of gas inside 80km either. And it's not going to be revving at 8000 all the time, so it should last a while too.