Skutorr
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Following the Spanish Forum, of the 12 new members 5 are doing a group purchase of Malossi variators, one of which is selling his J.Costa after he does so.
One guy wasn't as interested in a radical off-the-line acceleration improvement and big RPM change; he just wanted an overall improvement.
So, OUT went the stock 33gm rollers and IN went the 28gm Dr. Pulley Sliders. Impressions? A bit quicker off the line, much better mid-range power and passing ability, top speed was unaffected and mileage seems the same.
The consensus was to next do the "Washer Trick" that has been done on CVTs since they first came out; put in a 1mm spacing washer (Malossi and other variators come with them) under the variator spacer that it slides on, to WIDEN the distance slightly between the two pulley halves at rest, which will slightly LOWER your effective gear ratio from a standstill, increasing your initial acceleration.
Here are pics:
One guy wasn't as interested in a radical off-the-line acceleration improvement and big RPM change; he just wanted an overall improvement.
So, OUT went the stock 33gm rollers and IN went the 28gm Dr. Pulley Sliders. Impressions? A bit quicker off the line, much better mid-range power and passing ability, top speed was unaffected and mileage seems the same.
The consensus was to next do the "Washer Trick" that has been done on CVTs since they first came out; put in a 1mm spacing washer (Malossi and other variators come with them) under the variator spacer that it slides on, to WIDEN the distance slightly between the two pulley halves at rest, which will slightly LOWER your effective gear ratio from a standstill, increasing your initial acceleration.
Here are pics:
