SV650 Supersport legal air box? Where do I get?

[lbk]

That was the first thing that came to mind after they DQ'd me.

I don't see how his air box can be legal if he is running RAM air, which he is. The rule states that the air box must retain the same size, and number of openings as stock. So unless he fits those two tubes into one, then shoves them between the gas tank and the top side of the air box, that isn't legal either.

Oh well, it doesn't matter I don't think Ed wins beccause he has ram air, just like I don't think I placed second because of having an inch larger opening in the top of my air box. But that's the way it went, I'll change my bike then I don't have to worry about it, what other people have is their worries. Maybe it'll happen to them, maybe it won't

[tzracer]

The rules say that the air box cannot be modified and that any after market air filter must have the same number and size opening as the stock filter. Ed could make a ram air box that encloses the entire stock airbox, or he could make a part that seals against the top of the airbox, covering the opening. As long as he uses a stock filter (or aftermarket copy) and does not modify the airbox (having a cover seal against the stock airbox is not modifying the stock airbox), he is legal.

[Protein Filled]

I am pretty sure Ed uses the RAM Airbox that uses the bottom of the tank as a seal, so that the carburators and the airbox are all inside the pressurized area. In other words, he has 2 airboxes, the stock one, and the "pressurized" one, which wraps all around the stock one and the carbs.

Totally legal. You can buy something similar from speedwerkz.

[lbk]

Now that is an interesting setup, I wouldn't bother but I'd love to see it that sounds pretty cool. So basically the Ram Air tubes feed into a second air box, that basically encloses the stock one. Hmmm... that is a very interesting setup and whoever came up with it was definitely thinking. :D

[Ridgeway]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but would removing the snorkel or replacing it with the SV1000 snorkel (which is larger, but fits the 650 airbox without modification be against the rules?  i.e. is the snorkel considered part of the airbox?

[tzracer]

To remain supersport legal you cannot alter the size of the air intake. So yes the rubber snorkel is considered part of the airbox. Changing it to the SV1000 unit or removing it would not be supersport legal.

[Ridgeway]

That's what I figured, thanks!

[INSANESTEVE777]

I'VE DONE SOME DYNO TIME ON A NEW SV 03 AND I TOOK THAT SNORKLE OUT AND IT MADE 2 LESS HORSES THAN WITH IT IN!! THATS RIGHT IT MADE MORE WITH THE UGLY SNORKLE IN THE AIR BOX!!! SILLY,THE OLD SVS WERE ALL ABOUT AIR. THE MORE THE BETTER. BUT THE NEW BIKES ARE COMING OUT GOOD,ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS PUT ON A PIPE TO MAKE NOISE AND YOUR FAST!!   :oHEHE