DSSA Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 About two months ago, I tore my ACL while out riding. Knowing that I'd have some downtime, I decided to tear the Banshee down. I had some questions as to how straight the frame was, and figured that I'd pull the engine down and go through it while I had it out. The top end looked decent for a stock '01, but I hate tearing something down and just putting it back together without improving anything. After much debate/research I decided to send the jugs out to Kevin @ Herrjugsracing.com. I called him with my inquiry, and got ahold of him on the first try (it's always a bonus to be able to reach the person in question when you're spending money with them--which is often rare). We spoke for about 30 minutes about the setup I was running, what I used the quad for, and what I was looking to get out of it. After having spoken to him and realizing that he didn't just do "One-size fits all" porting, and wanted to make sure that I got what I wanted, I shipped the jugs out to him Next Day Air, emphasising that although the quad was going to be down for a while, I wanted to get the motor back together before my brother came back down to visit (always have to have an ace up your sleeve when involved in sibling rivalry ;-) ). I shipped the cylinders out on Thursday. On Friday he called me to let me know that he recieved them and was going to start on them right away. Sunday comes around, and I'm at home doing some computer work for my business. I get a call from Kevin saying "I spent the weekend getting these done, and I just want to know how you want them sent back out". I told him "Next Day Air", and sure enough, they arrive at my shop on Tuesday morning. I unpacked them, with thoughts of them looking like some "backyard" porting jobs I've seen that looked like LSD-popping beavers with titanium teeth got ahold of them. However, when I got them out, I was very surprised at the quality of work put into them. The porting was smooth, surface-finished properly, and very symetrical between both jugs. I'm very UN-knowledgeable in the pricinples of 2-stroke ports and their effects, however, own a performance company which builds (on-average) 2-3 4-cylinder, turbocharged, race motors during the busy season, and have done a fair amount of porting on said engines over the last 10 years in the industry, so I know quality workmanship when I see it. I put the engine back together, put it back in the new frame, and called Kevin with some last-minute timing/jetting questions on his work. Once again, I got him on the first call, and he was more then willing to discuss things with me, including some quirks I had with the engine that had nothing to do with what he did, and some advice on different setups for the future. After getting off of the phone, I jetted it to his specs, and started it up. I did a heat-cycle, checked everything, then had my younger brother ride it for a little to break it in. The jetting was a *LITTLE* off, so we dropped the needle back down one notch, rode it some more, then finally ripped into it. The quad is a completely different beast! The midrange (what I was looking for) is MUCH stronger, and the top end picked up quite a bit as well. Instead of it being like an on/off switch with the power, it hits much lower in the rpm range, and pulls very linearly up to the peak with no weird drop-offs. Power-wheelies are now just a flick of the thumb away in 1st/2nd and 3rd, and 4th can easily coax the front up with some midrange pegging of the gas. This is with a stock front, and 41 rear (for reference). Little else to say then "A big thumbs up" to Kevin's business practices, and his work. He'll be recieving 2 more sets of jugs shortly from my younger brother and one of my employees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellicoseBanshee Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Little else to say then "A big thumbs up" to Kevin's business practices, and his work. He'll be recieving 2 more sets of jugs shortly from my younger brother and one of my employees. It will be three! :thumbsup: I am going with him as well, as soon as I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansh-eman Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 i try to tell everyone that asks me about him that the dude is awsome. people are sceptical for some reason when its not the big named companies. iv sid it 1000 times the dude knows what he is doing and will get you what you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00tbanshee Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 i will tell you how cool of a guy kevin is. i wanted to switch my banshee over to alky for a new track that we was running this weekend and to switch my 34pj's over i couldn't switch them back to run c12 at the local track. i called kevin to talk to him and he offered to send me his alky carbs to me to run and for me to send them back to him when i was done with them.the only thing that i regret is i don't want to take them damn things back off.he told me once i ran the alky i wouldn't want to go back to c12,he was right.i recommand anybody to go to kevin :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEVSWS6 Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Thanks Josh. Glad you are happy with the way the motor runs. Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with. Cheers Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEVSWS6 Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 i will tell you how cool of a guy kevin is. i wanted to switch my banshee over to alky for a new track that we was running this weekend and to switch my 34pj's over i couldn't switch them back to run c12 at the local track. i called kevin to talk to him and he offered to send me his alky carbs to me to run and for me to send them back to him when i was done with them.the only thing that i regret is i don't want to take them damn things back off.he told me once i ran the alky i wouldn't want to go back to c12,he was right.i recommand anybody to go to kevin :thumbsup: I want my carbs back! :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shee4speed Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I sent my jugs to him on Tuesday and today (Monday) they are in the mail coming home already.Great turn around.I will post pics when they get here.Thanks Kevin! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansh-eman Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I sent my jugs to him on Tuesday and today (Monday) they are in the mail coming home already.Great turn around.I will post pics when they get here.Thanks Kevin! Jim you will be very happy with the resluts.. ill promise you that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00tbanshee Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I want my carbs back! :thumbsup: lol.its all your fault.now i don't want to take them off :verymad: :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shee4speed Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 you will be very happy with the resluts.. ill promise you that! Yeah, can't wait to tear up some dunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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