Sooo when you de-snorkel for that wonderful intake sound you get this:
The air is running into the air box wall and then having to flow over a sharp edge. I just could not stand it! So I took the snorkel and massaged it a little. Notice the difference in flow areas before and after:
The short snorkel installed looks like this:
Buttoned up and ready for a night test:
So far so good! The nice intake sound is maintained and perhaps a little nicer, while getting rid of the sharp edged entrance to the air box. Throttle response seems a tad crisper but of course this is biased placebo effect comment. There seems to be less of retort/stumble from the air box when I stab the throttle at idle
. There seems to be less of retort/stumble from the air box when I stab the throttle at idle
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