Hey ~ I'm Pi and I've got a 2000 blaster. Been lurking around this forum for a while and it's been a great resource since I picked up my quad. I play in the SoCal deserts mostly with my vw based buggy and the quad. My Blaster has been extremely reliable in the 3 years I've had it and it's been bone stock up until last weekend (except for removing the premix system and running 32.1....thanks blaster forum!).
I've been trying to get my girl into riding, but she's not a big fan of shifting gears, kick starts & no reverse. So looks like the Blaster is mine and I'm looking for a Honda 250ex for her.
I really do love this Blaster due to its size and weight. I'm 5'11" and 170lbs and dig how I can wip it around whenever I want or need to. I've been happy to keep it stock the past couple years because....well....I'm a speed demon who's over 40 y/o and I'm finally wise enough to admit I need to protect myself from myself
.
Anyway, last time out riding I was doing some pretty good climbs and I always feel like the stock motor set up is on the edge of not making it to the top due to not enough power. Where I ride is very rocky, rutty and steep and so if I don't have the juice to get to the top, I figure my only option is to ditch the quad and save myself.
So not wanting to find myself in a spot where I have to ditch my blaster and watch it tumble down a hill, I've finally decided to power up a little bit. So I installed an fmf fatty w/ pc2 last weekend and used the copper RTV for the fatty flange.....as suggested here in the forum. I haven't repacked my silencer with steel wool yet, but I'll get to it soon enough. I removed the stock airbox lid and put on a k&n filter with an outerwears. I still need to mod the airbox a bit with some aluminum angle iron so I can also cleanly install an outerwears airbox cover.
Prior to doing the mods above, I learned from this forum about quick and easy suspension improvements by going to an ex400 rear shock and banshee fronts. $65 later and I've got some new-to-me suspension. I'm gonna go ride this weekend, so we'll see if I got a good deal or not.
My jets from jets-r-us arrived in the mail yesterday. When stock I was running the typical 230 main jet. I had a 240 & 250 on hand, but figured the mods would take me to about a 270 main at sea level where I live. I bought sizes 260 to 300 from jets-r-us and dropped in the 270 tonight. Right away I could tell my engine was running lean as it scavenged for fuel and the revs hung. So I guess I was wrong about the 270, but I got to enjoy the new ping of the exhaust
.
I swapped in the 300 main and she ran pretty damn smooth. After a quick warm up, I went for a spin around the block and I'm pleased with the initial results. I didn't have to shift nearly as fast between gears as before and the power was smooth through out the throttle range. I'll work on eliminating the slight boginess with some fine tuning and plug chops this weekend, but I'm pretty damn happy with my little blasty right about now I:I.
Love this forum...thanks for all the help!
PS: if you're in SoCal and want to ride.....HIT ME UP!
I've been trying to get my girl into riding, but she's not a big fan of shifting gears, kick starts & no reverse. So looks like the Blaster is mine and I'm looking for a Honda 250ex for her.
I really do love this Blaster due to its size and weight. I'm 5'11" and 170lbs and dig how I can wip it around whenever I want or need to. I've been happy to keep it stock the past couple years because....well....I'm a speed demon who's over 40 y/o and I'm finally wise enough to admit I need to protect myself from myself
.Anyway, last time out riding I was doing some pretty good climbs and I always feel like the stock motor set up is on the edge of not making it to the top due to not enough power. Where I ride is very rocky, rutty and steep and so if I don't have the juice to get to the top, I figure my only option is to ditch the quad and save myself.
So not wanting to find myself in a spot where I have to ditch my blaster and watch it tumble down a hill, I've finally decided to power up a little bit. So I installed an fmf fatty w/ pc2 last weekend and used the copper RTV for the fatty flange.....as suggested here in the forum. I haven't repacked my silencer with steel wool yet, but I'll get to it soon enough. I removed the stock airbox lid and put on a k&n filter with an outerwears. I still need to mod the airbox a bit with some aluminum angle iron so I can also cleanly install an outerwears airbox cover.
Prior to doing the mods above, I learned from this forum about quick and easy suspension improvements by going to an ex400 rear shock and banshee fronts. $65 later and I've got some new-to-me suspension. I'm gonna go ride this weekend, so we'll see if I got a good deal or not.
My jets from jets-r-us arrived in the mail yesterday. When stock I was running the typical 230 main jet. I had a 240 & 250 on hand, but figured the mods would take me to about a 270 main at sea level where I live. I bought sizes 260 to 300 from jets-r-us and dropped in the 270 tonight. Right away I could tell my engine was running lean as it scavenged for fuel and the revs hung. So I guess I was wrong about the 270, but I got to enjoy the new ping of the exhaust
. I swapped in the 300 main and she ran pretty damn smooth. After a quick warm up, I went for a spin around the block and I'm pleased with the initial results. I didn't have to shift nearly as fast between gears as before and the power was smooth through out the throttle range. I'll work on eliminating the slight boginess with some fine tuning and plug chops this weekend, but I'm pretty damn happy with my little blasty right about now I:I.
Love this forum...thanks for all the help!
PS: if you're in SoCal and want to ride.....HIT ME UP!
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