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Reed cage question - Mel Ruffner - 11-12-2017
Hi everyone, I have another question. What reed cage does everyone use when using a tillison hl carb to a Mac? Do you have to use a west end reed cage or is there a small Mac cage you could use? Bye the way, put new needle in my tillison And now have pop off 10lbs. Read Dave,s information on tillison,s and learned a lot.
RE: Reed cage question - steve miller - 11-12-2017
mel ., depends on intake .., stock 2 pedal intake you can do much with unless you bore out center for go powers ., then theres intakes only go powers will fit ..if you got a short intake like on a 6 there tiny bit tuff to find ..long intakes pretty easy plus they repop one for west bend 5v reed cage ...lots options ..
these are what I call a long intake ..for 49 .m 7.8.9. 90 ., 91 etc .
if you run them on a short intake block about 1/3 intake area restricted and hard to seal on bottom lip ..
no good for 10.,20.,5, or6
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RE: Reed cage question - Tom Day - 11-12-2017
Vince Hughes makes an adapter for a 91 manifold and cage. That gives you plenty of reed for the HL.
RE: Reed cage question - steve miller - 11-12-2017
tom ., I think mel has an mc5 ..the mc91 intakes will work but there is some restriction and kinda hard to seal on bottom ..
RE: Reed cage question - Mel Ruffner - 11-12-2017
Here are a few pics of my manifold and reed cage. I realy don,t know what reed cage I have, is it a westbend or mac and also is that gem manifold stock for a mac 5? I need a gasket and I don,t know what to look for.
RE: Reed cage question - Brian Santee - 11-12-2017
The GEM manifold would be a period aftermarket intake that uses a West Bend reed cage, pretty good manifold overall.
RE: Reed cage question - David Luciani - 11-12-2017
(11-12-2017, 06:38 PM)Brian Santee Wrote: The GEM manifold would be a period aftermarket intake that uses a West Bend reed cage, pretty good manifold overall.
mel ,
glad problem is solved that is a great thread i'll be pruning a little and moving to carb section.
the manifold in pix is excellent for a mc5.
i have all the old mcculloch manifold to block gaskets that'll work pm me for one.
RE: Reed cage question - doug tenney - 11-13-2017
Brian, you said that the manifold works with a WB reed cage, but is that what Mel's photos show? If so, it would be from a 610/820, right? I think Mel needs to know that to buy the right gasket for reed block-to-manifold.
Mel, for the carb-to-reed block gasket, any HL gasket should work, I assume. For example, a stock West Bend 610/820. Even with the right parts, always verify that pulse holes line up. Easy mistake to flip carb 180 degrees.
RE: Reed cage question - steve miller - 11-13-2017
pretty sure all west bend reed cages are same ..580 five port ..610,and 820 ..
RE: Reed cage question - Tom Day - 11-13-2017
(11-12-2017, 12:53 PM)steve miller Wrote: tom ., I think mel has an mc5 ..the mc91 intakes will work but there is some restriction and kinda hard to seal on bottom ..
Sorry I didn't catch that Steve, you are right.