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im rebuilding the af05e and wanted to know why there is a reed stopper. the two stage after market reeds dont have a stopper nor the malossi reeds from what i just read.

so it this just like the plate on the back of the variator? a.k.a. unknown purpose junk that just slows you down?

C'est la vie

I'm going to Goole that and see what I come up with.

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I think it might have something to do with maintaining the reeds' mechanical integrity - so they don't always bend in the same spot and eventually fracture there. I'd be cautious about running without a stopper, particularly with metal reeds.

hmmm, that would explain why the non metal reeds dont need a stopper

do you use a stopper wheelman?

I ran without the reed stop with Boyesen reeds on stock reed block and really cannot say i felt any difference in performance.

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Except for smoothing out the horrible casting ridges, I left my CT manifold as delivered. If the stops make no difference in performance, why risk removal?