Sloppyslopster
Active Member
Hello,
I would like to share a potential new discovery I've made in terms of the hybrid engine space. Currently, I believe there are only two variations of hybrids that being the scooters (minarelli, piaggio, mxs, am6, etc.) and the saws (ms460, 660, 380, phantom(?), and avenger(?)). All of these are well known and have been demonstrated to given a substantial boost in power to ones bike. Buuuuuuuut only having two variations of hybrid is kinda boring and leaves people like me wondering what else is out there? And I think I found the next ones in line.
PITBRIDS!!!!! (Still working on the name but lets roll with it for now). Pitbrids are kind of like the cousin to the minarellis and will need to be built in a near identical way but except instead of using the minarelli cylinders, you use the PW50. To my knowledge no one has documented or mentioned something like this online and if that is true I'M CLAIMING IT NOW HAHA.
Now why the pw50 in particular? Well turns out it identical in terms of cylinder bolt spacing to the minarelli (45x45) and uses a 40mm crank. Now I'm assuming it's going to need a spacer plate or something, but at this time I have no idea what this would need. But I do know that it would require the builder to make a case reed engine since it the cylinder has no intake port. Another issue I see is the cooling. If this were to be fitted onto an engine, the fins would point vertically instead of horizontally, but I believe this can be fixed with a saw/dremel and could result in substantial cooling improvements over the minarelli. Another benefit is that it would be the only 50cc street legal hybrid (if you decided to not use a 44mm big bore cylinder). But a big downside would be that the builder would need to modify a pipe
Now I could go more in depth about this new hybrid type, such as using a pw80, but that would then be a cousin to the ms460s since you would need to machine the case in order for it to fit. But we'll save that for a later date. I've attached an image of the pw50 specs if you would like to look and see. I may go and try to build this if you guys would like to see it.
I would like to share a potential new discovery I've made in terms of the hybrid engine space. Currently, I believe there are only two variations of hybrids that being the scooters (minarelli, piaggio, mxs, am6, etc.) and the saws (ms460, 660, 380, phantom(?), and avenger(?)). All of these are well known and have been demonstrated to given a substantial boost in power to ones bike. Buuuuuuuut only having two variations of hybrid is kinda boring and leaves people like me wondering what else is out there? And I think I found the next ones in line.
PITBRIDS!!!!! (Still working on the name but lets roll with it for now). Pitbrids are kind of like the cousin to the minarellis and will need to be built in a near identical way but except instead of using the minarelli cylinders, you use the PW50. To my knowledge no one has documented or mentioned something like this online and if that is true I'M CLAIMING IT NOW HAHA.
Now why the pw50 in particular? Well turns out it identical in terms of cylinder bolt spacing to the minarelli (45x45) and uses a 40mm crank. Now I'm assuming it's going to need a spacer plate or something, but at this time I have no idea what this would need. But I do know that it would require the builder to make a case reed engine since it the cylinder has no intake port. Another issue I see is the cooling. If this were to be fitted onto an engine, the fins would point vertically instead of horizontally, but I believe this can be fixed with a saw/dremel and could result in substantial cooling improvements over the minarelli. Another benefit is that it would be the only 50cc street legal hybrid (if you decided to not use a 44mm big bore cylinder). But a big downside would be that the builder would need to modify a pipe
Now I could go more in depth about this new hybrid type, such as using a pw80, but that would then be a cousin to the ms460s since you would need to machine the case in order for it to fit. But we'll save that for a later date. I've attached an image of the pw50 specs if you would like to look and see. I may go and try to build this if you guys would like to see it.
