Airbox Snorkel Question?

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

hey guys, I recently "chose" to put my airbox back in and take my pod setup out and im wondering how people got there intake/snorkel to work with a fmic where the piping runs around the front of the motor? How have people got around with obsticle because i beleive the snorkel hits the pipe. any ideas?

or if theres any neat ideas to get some cooler air into the airbox?

cheers

[GT-RZ]

Really without a picture so people can see what you have got space wise people can not be much help. If you can't fit the snorkel just chop a hole in the airbox and run some pipe from your front bar (assuming you have a vent on it somewhere) to the airbox.

Edited August 3, 2009 by GT-RZ

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

yea i was thinking similar, or i was going to turn the airbox lid around so the opening was toward the guard then run something down, i dunno yet :-/

[mad082]

i know what you mean. the snorkel doesn't really fit back on with the crossover type fmic. putting a hole in the bottom of the airbox isn't a good idea as i'm pretty sure the snorkel goes into the top of the airbox so a hole in the bottom is going allow unfiltered air into the engine. not the best idea.

may i ask why you want to swap back? if it is just to stop hot air then i would just make a partition around the pod.

[DRD-00F]

most people hack the snorkel on the side that the crossover pipe fouls on the snorkel and put on a new wall...

Bit of a hack job, but unless you change the pipe, two solid objects can't take up the same space...

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

no i got "recomended" by the boys in blue to switch it back cos of my fmic, so im gonna do it, plus im sick of the noise the pod made.

[mad082]

fair enough.

yeah as doofy said, all you can really do is hack up the snorkel, or get a custom cooler pipe made up

[W0rp3D]

yea i was thinking similar, or i was going to turn the airbox lid around so the opening was toward the guard then run something down, i dunno yet :-/

Thanks for that suggestion, ive been trying to figure out a way to get over 300rwkw whilst still using the factory air box, my cooler piping takes the standard route so the snorkel fits but if i can put a second one on the other side and draw cold air from behind the headlight i should be good since the box will apparently be good for 250rwkw in standard form.