Wait a sec doesnt removing the snorkels mess up the power band? On my RC51 you could install shorter or longer ones and it will move the power band around a bit.Not convinced about any individual power gain, but if you are fitting exhausts, decat, remap etc may as well fit one - ive got a BMC in my 1090, also removed the intake snorkels....induction roar makes it sound faster if nothing else![]()
Oiled foam seems to be a bike thing but personally I prefer dry fabric or paper filters.Have you got something against oiled foam filters because they are the most efficient filter.
I have a MWR filter,easy to clean and service.
Most aftermarket filters are the oiled foam type.
Intake stacks, trumpets, bellmouths, to use a few terms, do indeed affect power delivery. MV must have spent time developing their intake system and IMHO, unless the engine is drastically modified, those intake stacks should be retained. Although it is possible that they may have been developed around noise emissions, so modified stacks could improve performance. It would need experimentation.Wait a sec doesnt removing the snorkels mess up the power band? On my RC51 you could install shorter or longer ones and it will move the power band around a bit.
Oiled foam seems to be a bike thing but personally I prefer dry fabric or paper filters.
Intake stacks, trumpets, bellmouths, to use a few terms, do indeed affect power delivery. MV must have spent time developing their intake system and IMHO, unless the engine is drastically modified, those intake stacks should be retained. Although it is possible that they may have been developed around noise emissions, so modified stacks could improve performance. It would need experimentation.
my bike was custom mapped after fitting filter/header/silencers, and picked up 12bhp at the back wheel. Its smooth and linear and much softer throttle response than OE. No power band as such. I did not experiment with/without intake snorkels on their own so cant comment on any effect they have other than noiseWait a sec doesnt removing the snorkels mess up the power band? On my RC51 you could install shorter or longer ones and it will move the power band around a bit.
My comments were about throttle body stacks, so my apologies for the confusion there.To save confusion by "intake snorkel" I mean the plastic tubes that fit on the OE airbox and just point towards the front mesh vents ....not throttle body intake tubes. Essentially you then have a larger hole either side on the airbox versus more restricted tubes....
Yeah they are just the bent rubber pipes, I think its done mostly for noise and the induction roar is much more angry soundingYeah I thought you were talking about the intake runners. I didn't know you can remove the tank inlets.
My comments were about throttle body stacks, so my apologies for the confusion there.
What MV do you have and where did you go for mapping?
I used the same place after fitting Fresco exhaust and MWR intake kit; got 110 at the wheel (125 crank?) on a Stradale. Runs perfectly. Getting a Silmoto header next year - good thing about the Hilltop ECU tune is it automatically adapts to all bolt on mods.Excellent, thanks for that! They are in Hinckley which isn't a million miles away from me, unlike my usual luck!