After Market Variator effect?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:51 am
I took my AE50 for a test run yesterday away from the public roads as it's not yet legal. All seems ok, the smoky exhaust cleared up after a few bursts at full throttle so that was a positive result. I couldn't get up to full speed as the test area wasn't long enough but I did get past 30 and saw no reason why it wouldn't get to 40 with a reasonable run up.
Problem was that at 35 or so the engine was revving quite high so I'm thinking about getting some higher gearing at some point.
Gearing seems to come in 2 flavours, variator or transmission gears. My question is, assuming that the existing standard variator closes enough for the belt to reach the top, are after market variators capable of making a higher top speed than standard, if so how?
Thanks
Problem was that at 35 or so the engine was revving quite high so I'm thinking about getting some higher gearing at some point.
Gearing seems to come in 2 flavours, variator or transmission gears. My question is, assuming that the existing standard variator closes enough for the belt to reach the top, are after market variators capable of making a higher top speed than standard, if so how?
Thanks