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The very first member of the TGB Skoot family that we turned our
attention to was the 150 Voodoo, or the Big Banger as it is affectionately
known. A suprising amount of power can be extracted from these engines with some
simple and effective mods.
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With safety being one of our primary
concerns here at City Skoots
the first
course of action with the 150 was to get
rid of the stock
brake pads and upgrade
them to some high performance Kevlar
stoppers
Braking performance is improved significantly. |
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The transmission of the TGB then
needs some attention, in the shape
of
some special Malossi clutch springs that
we adapt to fit the
unusual TGB clutch
arrangement. A lot of testing went into
getting
the right spring tensions |
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Rather than make the TGB engine any
noisier, we simply went inside
to find
our power gains, in a combination of fuel
and ignition
timing calibration. On the
dyno the TGB150 responded with 20%
more
power at peak rpm, and a fair whack of
torque from initial
clutch bite |
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For the true racing Skoot enthusiast
we even went as far as
adapting a MHR
pod style air filter to the induction
tract, which
doesnt add an awful lot
in the way of power, but does give
a
particularly rorty induction note |
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Once the dyno testing and calibration
was complete it was into the
hands of our
test rider 'Cornelius' who quite happily
gave the 150 a
fistful of throttle to light
the hides with incredible ease.
Acceleration
gain is phenomenal!
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