Andreb84 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 ok bought a banshee and the cylinders are trash dont care to waste time finding out whats wrong they need to be pulled of my bike and disposed of asap came across an athena kit and yeah i know a serval or cub is better but honestly its a trail bike and it was hard to resist i bought the cylinders,coolhead and domes for $300 they looked brand new no scoring or cracks he might have used this thing for all of 10 hours...the coolhead that comes with the cylinders im not fond of at all i would much rather put my pro design head on the athena kit if at all possible i would like to hear from ppl who have actually ran the cylinders before and not those just regurgitating everyone elses opinion on what kind of power i should expect from an as cast athena kit....other supporting mods include v force 4 reeds,cpis,4 mill crank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Buy first ask for reviews later FTW! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreb84 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 i looked around on the web and coudnt find much.i was kind of in the hot seat its not like i had days to do research. a deal came around and it was either i jumped on it or kept my crappy stock cylinders lol most of the information on threads that i found kinda had to be taken with a grain of salt.....example athenas suck buy a cub...ok well why do they suck have you ever tried the kit?? no but thats what everyone else says and i beat one with my stock cylinder i just want an opinion from someone who has actually ran the set up with good supporting mods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreb84 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 lmaooo very insightful gravel thank you...there stock cylinder with a big bore sleeve 68mm shoot me an offer and there yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreb84 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 i havent even pulled them off the bike yet i plan on trying these athenas this weekend at that point i'll take some pics....i dont plan on porting them the way i was looking at it is i paid 300$ for them lol if they run bad ass out the box thats a deal if i dont like the way they run i'll pull them off and you'll see them on ebay...with the shape their in it wont be hard to get my money back. risk vs reward looked good to me i would have never dropped 700 on the kit theres just not enough credible info to justify me spending that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 risk vs reward looked good to me i would have never dropped 700 on the kit theres just not enough credible info to justify me spending that Are you talking about a serval? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zillaguy Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Port times on that Athena kit aren't setup for a 4mil. Bet the piston at bdc will be lower than the exhaust port, when it needs to be flush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreb84 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Port times on that Athena kit aren't setup for a 4mil. Bet the piston at bdc will be lower than the exhaust port, when it needs to be flush. ok so im not mechanically inclined like that..what is that supposed to mean?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreb84 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Port times on that Athena kit aren't setup for a 4mil. Bet the piston at bdc will be lower than the exhaust port, when it needs to be flush. risk vs reward looked good to me i would have never dropped 700 on the kit theres just not enough credible info to justify me spending that Are you talking about a serval? no im talking about the athena kit..a new one will run you about 700 on ebay..where as you can get a cub or serval for an extra $300 or so. if thats the case then i would have paid the extra money..but when your talking about saving upwards of 700 (i bought this set up for 300) then it made sense to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeMachining Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 ok so im not mechanically inclined like that..what is that supposed to mean?? Kinda of said that they are shitty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigweav81 Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 ok so im not mechanically inclined like that..what is that supposed to mean??He is telling you the Athena kit will not come with the port timing set to run a 4mil crank on that set up, and run worth two shits, and a fuck.......basically. sent from yo mammy house 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreb84 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 He is telling you the Athena kit will not come with the port timing set to run a 4mil crank on that set up, and run worth two shits, and a fuck.......basically. sent from yo mammy house lol nice translation i guess im going to find out either way this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreb84 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 i know one things for sure i will actually be able to give an objective opinion on the set up.those that have the set up on their bike said it was worth the price.those who haven't dont really have anything positive to say guess im going to be the guinea pig i have a 4mill ported stock cylinder and i got smoked by 3 houses by a stock crank ported stock cylinder...i'll run him again with the athena kit and see where im at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigweav81 Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Maybe you should've taken your stock cylinders to the same guy that ported the bike that beat you by 3 houses.............goddamn! Lol. sent from yo mammy house 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreb84 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Maybe you should've taken your stock cylinders to the same guy that ported the bike that beat you by 3 houses.............goddamn! Lol. sent from yo mammy house lol i dont think its because his bike is fast.... my bike has zero bottom end that shit is a turtle off the dig im positive i could have bought a new set of stock jugs sent them to a site sponsor.. ported them to match my 4mill and i'd be leaving him atleast 2 houses behind me lets say i went that route i'd be looking at 300 for a set of stock cylinders another 350 for a port job another 180-200 for a piston kit then about 160 to install my top end and there is always a WTF expense some where....a stock cylinder set up would have run me over a 1,000 dollars...this athena kit is going to run about 460 installed as i already have the pistons call me crazy but thats a significant amount of money even if my bike runs half way decent i'll take it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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