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Mugello186

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 8:17 pm
by Fruitjuice
How Michael differente would an LTH reedvalve manifold make to a Mugello 186 engine? Only reduce the Sportback or does it clean up the bottom end a lot at the same time?

Re: Mugello186

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 8:58 pm
by Fruitjuice
Fruitjuice wrote: Mon May 06, 2019 8:17 pm How Michael differente would an LTH reedvalve manifold make to a Mugello 186 engine? Only reduce the Sportback or does it clean up the bottom end a lot at the same time?
Stupid autocorrect!

How much difference would an LTH reedvalve manifold make to a Mugello 186 engine? Only reduce the Spitback or does it clean up the bottom end a lot at the same time?

Re: Mugello186

Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 1:37 pm
by Warkton Tornado No.1
Dependent upon the state of tune with any cylinder, there will be spit back from a piston ported engine, especially with any increase of inlet duration.

One method of reducing spit back is to fit a reed valve, which should increase torque @ the bottom end of the range.

Having fitted that type to a Rapido, the reed valve 'civilised' the engine, but it was not a massive transformation into a "poor man's" TS1, where the reed is better placed, closer to the bore.

However, if a decent sized elbow & a high flow filter is fitted (as I have on a 71mm x 61mm Rapido) the spit back no longer becomes an issue, though the carburation will need leaning off @ the bottom to mid range. (I am constantly amazed that there are cases of the standard bellows being utilised on tuned/bigger carb engines, because I could never get them to breathe sufficiently even on a 175!)

The downside can be that the Dell'Orto's PH range so beloved by many Lambretta owners, tend to flood as they have no built in overflow, unlike the superior PWK ;)

Whilst other's on this Forum advocate drilling a hole in any elbow to prevent the occurrence of flooding, I prefer to run a small flexible tube down to the lower fan cowling pipe clip (if present) that has wire wool stuffed up the end to provide filtration.

Although I have applied the drain hole filtration technique to several engines now, I no longer think it necessary for superior carbs, like the PWK ( :D ) because they have a built in overflow/anti-flood.

I hope I have answered your question, in a very roundabout way! I would advise you try a very good filter system first, because the cost of those RVM's are knocking on the door of a good, basic long stroke crankshaft, which I'd prefer as a means of providing a performance boost & obtaining better port timings........allied to a good filter, of course!