Carbon Fiber Intake & Velocity Stacks

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  1. justdug

    justdug Active Member

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    Hi,
    Was wondering what people's view are on these? I love the look of them and if they do what he's saying i'm kinda tempted. But just thought i'd see what everyone else thought.

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    arthurbikemad A very helpful Gent

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    Id save £300.00 and remove and mill/gut out the old one, you will not see much in the way of gains with those stacks the HRC stacks have pimples to help atomize the fuel from the secondary shower injectors, longer stacks equals more bottom end shorter stacks more top end as for the intake some carbon intakes press down on the fan housing and cause a problem don't know if thats the case with this one? Like the listing "the EFI (Electronic Fuel Injection) will sense and adjust fueling accordingly" total tosh, the ECU does not auto tune! The stock intake is hard to gut out and takes some time but well worth while and if you do in a day your quids in! :)
     
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    Not only that, but 3 seconds quicker a lap due to intake & stacks? i bet HRC wish they could get results like that.

    As has been said, its bling, not performance adding, doesnt say if he has developed the stacks either to get it right, i know on the 08 blade it took no end of attemps to develop the right ones using a dyno with 10-15 sets at a time to try.

    Gut your standard intake, its just as effective..
     
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    Cheers for the input guys! I just seen them and thought shiny lol :D I'm in middle of taking my engine out to put in a ex bsb one so i'll adapt my old intake to suit while i'm messing about with the bike anyway!

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    I was watching that intake on ebay an was not sure .
    I think I will save my money an gut the standard intake .
    Is it worth doing if its a tricky job .
    Whats the power gains ?
     
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    Could not give you numbers, but well worth doing IMO, but not a half job if your going to do it get some filters, whatever pipe you may want or have, a PCV/PC3 and a remap and your done, then try it! Think you will find you will have a whole new bike.
     
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    kev.b Well-Known Member

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    Already got a Yoshi exhaust , K&N filters , Flaper valve mod, and a power commander .
    Is it still worth gutting the air intake .
     
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    arthurbikemad A very helpful Gent

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    I would and did, Ive done a good few tbh, its not easy, hack saw, whatever you can to gut it out and smooth it off, you can run a hot blow gun over the plastic to get a smooth edge on the plasic..

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