Aftermarket Reeds for OMC V6

[Gorilla0178]

spoke to CCMS and they are good. Ill be sure to check all the cages good for being flat. I only looked at one so far. Reeds are super nice. Im looking forward to seeing how smooth its gonna run. Always had a snotty idle.

[Captaincj]

Need lap little more 300 400 grit til flat for best performance
Also when gas oil mixture hits it will prob seal perfect like it is

I will be replacing mine in the coming weeks and admit I don't know what "lapping" means.

Can someone give me the quick and dirty tutorial?

[SS Minnow]

I will be replacing mine in the coming weeks and admit I don't know what "lapping" means.

Can someone give me the quick and dirty tutorial?

Not my words, something I copied off of this site after using the search feature. I forget who this was, sorry.

Lapping reed cages-Rub in a Figure 8 motion on a 12”x12”x1/4”
sheet of glass , first clean cage and spray surface to be lapped with machinist lay out dye let it dry then rub on 220 wet and dry sandpaper till all dye is removed then go over it with 400 to give it a smoother texture ..

[Captaincj]

Thank you!

[Jay Smith]

Hum your quoting my post , I’ll flattered))

Jay

[SS Minnow]

Hum your quoting my post , I’ll flattered))

Jay

I thought that was you, but did not want to screw up and maybe make someone mad. I have read lots of your posts recently trying to learn some stuff. Thank you for the time you put in here.

[Merc 2.5]

We have some really great vendors and builders here , I take everything they say to heart and run with it 99% of the time !! This kinda stuff is priceless to me or youd spend tons of $$ figuring lots of this stuff out

[rude tim]

On Stokers dyno my 4.4 V8 rude using a set of reeds from TDR lost 22 hp to a set of Boysen reeds. 428hp TDR vs 450hp Boysen. I ran the TDR reeds anyway to see how long they would last. I ran the engine for 4 seasons and 160 hours when I had a problem with one of the exhaust ports leaking water into the cylinder that caused me to remove the engine. The reeds looked like new when I tore it down.

[Jay Smith]

I freshen up motors with the TDR reeds installed all the time from all out race to recreational inspect and put the same reeds back in , my ME high points champion Gary Henning sent me Drag with 360 10,500 rpm passes to refresh , the motors was just about to self destruct caught it in time , I refreshed motor put same reeds back in next week end he won high points championship at Firebird world finals ...

I’d like to say , in a open forum Im not going to knock anyone’s products lots of great products on the market, I’m reporting what performance and longevity I see using the TDR reeds and other products that’s hit

1000 out of the box , choose what reed and or any product you choose still a free country till the socialist gain power ... )))

Jay

[rude tim]

I freshen up motors with the TDR reeds installed all the time from all out race to recreational inspect and put the same reeds back in , my ME high points champion Gary Henning sent me Drag with 360 10,500 rpm passes to refresh , the motors was just about to self destruct caught it in time , I refreshed motor put same reeds back in next week end he won high points championship at Firebird world finals ...

I’d like to say , in a open forum Im not going to knock anyone’s products lots of great products on the market, I’m reporting what performance and longevity I see using the TDR reeds and other products that’s hit

1000 out of the box , choose what reed and or any product you choose still a free country till the socialist gain power ... )))

Jay

Well said Jay, I hope that no one took my post as a bash on TDR reeds. That was not my intention at all. Those reeds ran a long time and like I said they looked like they came out of the original packaging when I tore the motor down.