Alright everyone...It took me the better part of 6 hours to complete this cold air intake install along with the TFI Unit from Techlusions, but in the end it was certainly worth it.
These are the products I installed to achieve the numbers you see below.
-Hard Krome 3" Staggered Straights from DG (great looking pipes, they don't blue and they sound awsome and make good power)
-ForceWinder Air Intake from SPC Performance (Awsome looking air intake, great performance, cool intake noise)
-Techlusion's TFI fuel mapping device (small, easy to install, easy to setup and wouldn't have achieve the results below without it).
So without further adu here are the results and some pictures of the beast.
Bone stock from the factory the bike made 62.38 rwhp and 79.15 ft-lbs of
torque.
After the pipes were installed the bike made 64.82 rwhp (4% increase) and 82.50 ft-lbs of torque (4% increase).
With the air intake system installed she's making a whopping 72.93 rwhp (14% increase) and a whopping 93.12 ft-lbs of torque (11% increase).
So to sum it up...I gained almost 11 rwhp from bone stock and a whopping 14 ft-lbs of torque...Plus I got rid of all that emissions stuff, lightened the weight up a tad and it looks a whole lot better in my humble opinion, but don't take my word for it...See it for yourself below.
THIS IS AN UPDATE!!!
I just got my run files from my dyno operator and I'm looking at them in my run viewer...Here's some more revealing information.
Anyone who knows anything about racing knows that peak horsepower is nice, but what you really want is to either move your power curve to the left which means you are making horsepower lower in the revs or you want to see more horsepower at the same RPM...That said, check this out.
Power (Horsepower)
At 4,000 RPM my bike made 54.74 rwhp when it was bone stock, after the pipe and air intake it now makes 68.90 rwhp at 4,000 RPM. That's a 14.16 rwhp increase. That's a 21% increase!
Torque (Twisting Force)
Again at 4,000 RPM my bike made 71.90 ft-lbs of torque when it was bone stock, after the pipe and air intake it now makes 90.50 rwhp at 4,000 RPM. That's an 18.60 ft-lbs of torque increase. That's a 21% increase.
These numbers are very impressive if you ask me, even more impressive than the peak numbers because this is where you actually ride the bike most of the time. The difference in the way it feels is night and day. When I crack the throttle it now moves out instead of just moving along. This makes it so much more fun to ride. I'm gonna go to the drag strip next week and see what kinda number it puts up compared to the magazines.
So when you read these magazine articles that say that the Mean Streak really ain't so "mean" and that it needs more power...Now you know that with a little time, money and effort, you can go out and get what they were looking for...I guarantee that they'd love to ride my Mean Streak.
Now to the pictures!
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This is all the **** that had to come off of the bike to properly install the high performance air intake system. It took me **** near the entire day...8am-3pm
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Last but not least here are the pics of the bike from bone stock to becoming the beast she is today.
Bone Stock!
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Piped!
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Piped and High Performance Air Intake System!
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The throttle response is awsome...It feels like it wants to pull your arms out of the sockets. It's no Hayabusa, but in the cruiser world, I think she'll hold her own. I'm a happy camper now...I'm just gonna ride it from here on out...Well for at least a week or so, until I find something else to do to it.
These are the products I installed to achieve the numbers you see below.
-Hard Krome 3" Staggered Straights from DG (great looking pipes, they don't blue and they sound awsome and make good power)
-ForceWinder Air Intake from SPC Performance (Awsome looking air intake, great performance, cool intake noise)
-Techlusion's TFI fuel mapping device (small, easy to install, easy to setup and wouldn't have achieve the results below without it).
So without further adu here are the results and some pictures of the beast.
Bone stock from the factory the bike made 62.38 rwhp and 79.15 ft-lbs of
torque.
After the pipes were installed the bike made 64.82 rwhp (4% increase) and 82.50 ft-lbs of torque (4% increase).
With the air intake system installed she's making a whopping 72.93 rwhp (14% increase) and a whopping 93.12 ft-lbs of torque (11% increase).
So to sum it up...I gained almost 11 rwhp from bone stock and a whopping 14 ft-lbs of torque...Plus I got rid of all that emissions stuff, lightened the weight up a tad and it looks a whole lot better in my humble opinion, but don't take my word for it...See it for yourself below.
THIS IS AN UPDATE!!!
I just got my run files from my dyno operator and I'm looking at them in my run viewer...Here's some more revealing information.
Anyone who knows anything about racing knows that peak horsepower is nice, but what you really want is to either move your power curve to the left which means you are making horsepower lower in the revs or you want to see more horsepower at the same RPM...That said, check this out.
Power (Horsepower)
At 4,000 RPM my bike made 54.74 rwhp when it was bone stock, after the pipe and air intake it now makes 68.90 rwhp at 4,000 RPM. That's a 14.16 rwhp increase. That's a 21% increase!
Torque (Twisting Force)
Again at 4,000 RPM my bike made 71.90 ft-lbs of torque when it was bone stock, after the pipe and air intake it now makes 90.50 rwhp at 4,000 RPM. That's an 18.60 ft-lbs of torque increase. That's a 21% increase.
These numbers are very impressive if you ask me, even more impressive than the peak numbers because this is where you actually ride the bike most of the time. The difference in the way it feels is night and day. When I crack the throttle it now moves out instead of just moving along. This makes it so much more fun to ride. I'm gonna go to the drag strip next week and see what kinda number it puts up compared to the magazines.
So when you read these magazine articles that say that the Mean Streak really ain't so "mean" and that it needs more power...Now you know that with a little time, money and effort, you can go out and get what they were looking for...I guarantee that they'd love to ride my Mean Streak.
Now to the pictures!
This is all the **** that had to come off of the bike to properly install the high performance air intake system. It took me **** near the entire day...8am-3pm
Last but not least here are the pics of the bike from bone stock to becoming the beast she is today.
Bone Stock!
Piped!
Piped and High Performance Air Intake System!
The throttle response is awsome...It feels like it wants to pull your arms out of the sockets. It's no Hayabusa, but in the cruiser world, I think she'll hold her own. I'm a happy camper now...I'm just gonna ride it from here on out...Well for at least a week or so, until I find something else to do to it.
... and suction noices are louder?
