V-4 Reed Thickness
Moderator: Rob Voska
-
Dennis Detweiler
- Posts: 65
- Joined: Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:35 pm
- Vintage Karting items owned: 1961 Simplex
1974 Margay Concept Sprint
1984 Margay SR-16
Mc91b1 - Location: Iowa
V-4 Reed Thickness
The reed on one side of my V-4 has a thickness of .0235. The other side is .0285. A previous post recommended using reed sheets of .015 to cut your own. What is factory thickness? Which way to go? Thanks.
Last edited by Dennis Detweiler on Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:40 am, edited 1 time in total.
-
steveohara
- Posts: 411
- Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:29 am
- Vintage Karting items owned: 1969 Bug Sprint Mc 91B1
1965 Dart Gran Prix twin Mc100s
1963 Bug Scorpion ESll Mc45
Re: V-4 Reed Thickness
Dennis,
The original Mac reeds are .024 as I recall. The best ones were a dark reddish brown and had a very fine pattern to the material. You can get the good ones from Vince Hughes. The thick ones were junk and killed the HP. I have never tried making them out of thinner material and I would be concerned about them breaking but modern materials may be much more durable than the stuff used 30+ years back so they may work just fine.
Regards,
Steve O'Hara
The original Mac reeds are .024 as I recall. The best ones were a dark reddish brown and had a very fine pattern to the material. You can get the good ones from Vince Hughes. The thick ones were junk and killed the HP. I have never tried making them out of thinner material and I would be concerned about them breaking but modern materials may be much more durable than the stuff used 30+ years back so they may work just fine.
Regards,
Steve O'Hara