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I'm getting an IAME Parilla Reedster KF1 and KF2 engine in a buy out. Not familiar with them at all. What is the difference between the two? Does anyone have experience with reliability and power of these engines?
Im not familiar with enduro racing, but if it’s an open 125cc class I’d just go with some porting, timing and compression. Alcohol would be ideal but I can’t imagine the size of the tank needed to make that work in a 30-45 minute race.What modifications would you recommend? These will be used for enduro road races. Reliability is the thing in this series.
Rev limiter at 15K rpm
Thank Pete,I'd be inclined to leave the engine mostly stock (possibly change the carb to run methanol, as mentioned), and just work on pipe, gearing and clutch. Those engines are very "dialed" just as they come -- yes, maybe not the "most ideal" for enduro racing, but I'd personally leave the engine as the factory set it up and work on everything else.
That's my opinion -- and if you add a few dollars to my opinion, you might get a coffee at Starbucks. LOL!
PM
Man that would be wicked. I’ve seen your project on FB and always wondered if you got it together or not.View attachment 14683
My set up is for sale, never ran it, but this was the direction I was headed with my twin "Dragon" set up.
Was that for UAS? Looks bada$$My set up is for sale, never ran it, but this was the direction I was headed with my twin "Dragon" set up.
Thanks RF. The few that do run enduro road race in my area have switched to the axle clutch. The high gears we use tend to destroy the stock clutch in about 3 race weekends.More detail, the CDI\ignition boxes were different colors between KF1 and KF2. Green was the 15,000 rev limit for KF2 and red for KF1 at 16,000. One of those with an axle clutch in a laydown kart would be a rocket I bet. The lack of bottom end definitely hurt lap times, one of those deals where the RPM drop almost feels like the plug lead has been pulled off. The alternative is to just let it sit on the limiter for a while, too long though and the reeds started to crack.. at least on the XF2.