I've been contemplating which direction to go with my airbox. I like the reliability but it's quite large and ugly compared to pods. Pods look great but are quite finicky. I want to gusset my frame eventually, but that places an X brace behind the carbs which is why I'm considering pods...
This weekend I helped my buddy with his GSXR750 and we had to remove the airbox, and it got me thinking. CV carbs like smooth air to lift the slides which is the main issue with pods... and velocity stacks in theory would work best with CV's but they aren't well suited for the street.
The GS airbox has some small rubber velocity stacks built in, and the newer GSXR has evolved this with nice large bell mouths.
Would replacing the small molded stacks in the stock airbox for some modern bell mouths work? Then it would be possible to tune the length for peak HP/torque as well.
To go a step farther, you could replace the metal airbox with a large cylinder filter for more flow. I've seen a member here who did that successfully. It would look nicer without side covers as well.
This weekend I helped my buddy with his GSXR750 and we had to remove the airbox, and it got me thinking. CV carbs like smooth air to lift the slides which is the main issue with pods... and velocity stacks in theory would work best with CV's but they aren't well suited for the street.
The GS airbox has some small rubber velocity stacks built in, and the newer GSXR has evolved this with nice large bell mouths.
Would replacing the small molded stacks in the stock airbox for some modern bell mouths work? Then it would be possible to tune the length for peak HP/torque as well.
To go a step farther, you could replace the metal airbox with a large cylinder filter for more flow. I've seen a member here who did that successfully. It would look nicer without side covers as well.
but from what I've been reading pods never work all that well on CV's because of the turbulent air. Maybe it doesn't make that much of a difference, I dunno...
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