| Author | Message | ||
     Redbuell1203 |
What is meant by this? Is it removing the rubber piece in the air cleaner? and Do any changes need to be reset? Thank You for any post. | ||
| Tq_freak |
If you have an 03-05 XB it is the rubber reducer that is in the frame that goes into the air box. It is there to quite the air rushing in for the EPA. Pull it out and double the size of the hole you allow air to come in through. Plus you should here more throttle noise when you twist the wick. | ||
| Nautique4life |
+1 on throttle noise. BURN THAT GAS!! | ||
| Redbuell1203 |
My bike is an 07 12s. It does have a rubber piece in the center coming from the FI. Is that the piece? I know yes I am new to this style of bike, and yeah I would love more noise.  (Message edited by redbuell1203 on March 31, 2008) | ||
| Badlionsfan |
it's not that piece red. leave that. yours doesn't have it. | ||
| Dogbone |
that rubber piece is your velocity stack. remove it and the you lose power and the bike will run like crap. '07 is the first year of the new airbox lid. i don't think you need to do anything with the airbox itself, though you could fit a K&N air filter if you like. | ||
| Ekass13 |
I cut my stack, just left a lil bit. runs great. | ||
| Xb9 |
Why?  | ||
| Old_man |
Why?????? + | ||
| Ekass13 |
I did it to help cure a power dip I had. It was between 4000-4800 rpm because of my race kit . The way it is stock is so high into the filter, I feel it doesn't use the filter size effectively. I cut then reattached the cone about an 1 1/2 lower. Now the cold air that’s being diverted into my filter can pass through going right in. Stock that air hits the velocity stack and then needs to be sucked in the top, the hot air gets diverted to the top leaving the colder air sitting under the cone. That’s why that nipple top worked so well because it helped gather the air up top then spiral it downward. That’s great for sucking, but I make shifted a ram air and this is what I did. I’ve had it for over 10,000 miles and 2nd gear power wheelies are possible out of my rev happy 9. I guess this is were the engineers tell me my bikes going to blow up? | ||
| Dogdaze |
Get serious son - your bikes not going to blow up from cutting down your V-stack 1.5"!! However your frame is likely to catastrophically meltdown due to both headlights running simultaneously  } | ||
| Xb9rnutt |
Now I'm confused I always thought the velocity stack and snorkel was the same thing. can anyone show the difference between the two.I have an 03 firebolt. | ||
| Old_man |
The snorkel is the rubber insert in the hole in the frame that goes to the left side air intake. The velocity stack is the rubber cone that connects to the top of the fuel injection on the engine. | ||
| Ekass13 |
I'm just saying, some think lowering the V-stack will hurt the bike, I disagree son.  | ||
| Ratbuell |
I'd think instead of cutting down the stack, it'd be preferable to build a cone-shaped "ramp" from the base of the filter up to the lip of the stack...yes? That would eliminate the potential pool of cold air caught under the lip, and keep the tuned runner length intact. | ||
| Old_man |
Snorkle --  | ||
| Old_man |
Typical velocity stack Not Buell - metal type  | ||
| Xb9rnutt |
Old_man, Thanks that makes a lot more sense. All this time I have thought the Stack and snorkel were the same thing. I'm glad I never took off the velocity stack like I was planning on doing thinking it was the snorkel. Thank you very much, Steve McNutt | ||
| Old_man |
Steve, I'm always happy to help, if I can. Jack | ||
| Swordsman |
"If you have an 03-05 XB it is the rubber reducer that is in the frame that goes into the air box." Yep, on my 2006, that hole is visible, but has a plate welded over it. Air comes instead through the front of the airbox cover, and I think maybe through the X-bracing above the rear cylinder, if I remember the layout correctly (haven't had the cover off since last season). ~SM (Message edited by Swordsman on April 04, 2008) | ||
| Redbuell1203 |
Thanks to all that have replied. I myself was going to remove the stack. Yall saved me from making a big no-no. Hope to get to pay back the favor one day. |
