LOL! Im about to make a thread about this. They are excellent for these engines. Besides when you get to the point your pulling a nonstop 4800rpm and producing a shit ton of torque and hammer it all the time. I have never heard of such a thing but I done it, I broke the jackshaft! Well, the aluminum frame that houses the jackshaft better yet. Otherwise, if your not going to torture it with a brutally modded gx200, yea it works great and has for me for years!
I have the TAV2 on my Predator powered Baja. There's a few threads on it already. There's a video on Youtube (posted in one of the threads as well) that covers basically what you need to do. For the aluminum to fit on the Predator, I had to grind down the support fins to get it to clear the head. Then instead of just removing and leaving the directional air tin off, I marked and cut it to fit once I got the TAV on. The tin I'm referring to is along the bottom of the head. I had to do some other mods to make it fit a baja.
I have one of the TAV 2 clones on my predator. I love it. This is on a Brooks trail bike. Just Saturday, I took it out for a long fall ride, took some hills steep enough that I had to lean forward to keep the front wheel down, that Predator/TAV combo pulls like a team of horses.
I did not have to alter my aftermarket TAV, but I did also have to remove the little tin plate on the bottom of the head on my Predator. Also, because my Brooks bike was not designed to have a TAV connected to the motor, I had to elevate my engine mounts a bit, so my TAV could angle down without hitting the bottom frame-rail.
Totally worth the effort.
I bought one of the Chinese torque converters on ebay, I think I paid $179 shipped, but they have totally dropped in price and seem to be selling for about $120-135 shipped. I was a bit worried, but have had it for a yr or two and put many hrs on it and it has performed perfectly.
I did not have to alter my aftermarket TAV, but I did also have to remove the little tin plate on the bottom of the head on my Predator. Also, because my Brooks bike was not designed to have a TAV connected to the motor, I had to elevate my engine mounts a bit, so my TAV could angle down without hitting the bottom frame-rail.
Totally worth the effort.
I bought one of the Chinese torque converters on ebay, I think I paid $179 shipped, but they have totally dropped in price and seem to be selling for about $120-135 shipped. I was a bit worried, but have had it for a yr or two and put many hrs on it and it has performed perfectly.
