Don't know man. I cut the blinker shaft so I didn't need to modify anything on the air intakes.

 

It is supposed to be under pressure at high speeds so you may have lost a very little bit.

 

^What he said! :rockingba

 

Not to thread jack.... but has anybody replaced the ducts with bent tubing minus the catch all basin things? In theory this should create more pressure correct?

 

Depends on how big the hole is and where it is within the duct.

Shouldn't hurt at all.

 

I'd say the holes were just bigger than a dime. They're at the lowest point of the ducts. At a catch-all area like someone posted earlier.



-r.

 

Do the new R6s have a MAP sensor? Without a MAP or a MAF I dont see how the fuel computer can make the correct adjustments to take advantage of ram air. Prove me wrong, but ram air might be more of a gimic than a performance increaser. Unless the bike is tuned to run a little rich at low speed torque output and "just right" at track speeds. Data logger anyone?

 

read a review where the did a test with serveral bike w/ ram-air. They put the bike on the dyno, then hooked up one of those compressors used to start up jets and set it up to pressurise the intake to the pressues the bike would have at speeds. They found a signifigant difference on th sportbikes. I stoped readding when they started talking about the superbikes.

The idea of RAM-air is to pressurize the intake with fresh cold air. Pressuized air = more O2. Cold air is more dense whiich = more O2. More O2 = more explossion per stroke.

What I am saying is that depending where the holes are it might make a difference. (exactly what ochlocracy said.)

 

What year bikes are these? When I changed my '04 they didn't seem to be near the ducts :umm Then again i didn't use dual filiment

 

No MAP - - - -Inatake pressure sensor and Atmospheric pressure sensor on 03+

yes pressurizing the air box works

 

anorexics are faster

Yeah, but the system doesn't get significantly pressurized until you get past like 80mph (maybe it's even 100mph).

So, if the difference is big as far as pressurizing goes, then you'll only notice it (if you do notice it) at higher speeds.

However, I think it was only about 3% or something that was gained at the highest pressurization, so I wouldn't fret about it. Just lose 15lbs and you'll make up the difference.

-Justin

 

^^^where did you here that you need 80mph to pruduce pressure? thats simply not the case. Ram air starts working at much lower speeds then that. There is no map sensore but they really wouldnt be effective for ram air. A maf would but again the r6 does not have one. The bike has a fuel map for different throtlle posistions and an intake pressure sensor to help compinsate for the ram air.

 

hmmm...

Lots of good info goin on in this thread. Thanks a lot guys.

What I may wind up doing is cutting the lower portion off of the air ducts (right above the new holes I made and doing a little plastic welding to seal the ducts up again.

This would effectively reduce the volume of the ram ain tracts, possibly increasing pressure a tiny bit. Maybe I'll get a nice little bump in hp?

Again, thanks for the info fellas. I really wasn't expecting to get as much help as I did.



-r.

 

read a review where the did a test with serveral bike w/ ram-air. They put the bike on the dyno, then hooked up one of those compressors used to start up jets and set it up to pressurise the intake to the pressues the bike would have at speeds. They found a signifigant difference on th sportbikes. I stoped readding when they started talking about the superbikes.

The idea of RAM-air is to pressurize the intake with fresh cold air. Pressuized air = more O2. Cold air is more dense whiich = more O2. More O2 = more explossion per stroke.

What I am saying is that depending where the holes are it might make a difference. (exactly what ochlocracy said.)

MAP means manifold absolute pressure. So, if the bike has one of these it can adjust for the correct amount of fuel. Aparently it does. That’s cool, ram air works then. How much does it work, that another story. It could be small potatoes, though. Any test data. And not some monster compressor that logandzwon said.



Some one said that the 6 had two pressor sensors. Is this true, because that would seem redundant.

I have a 00, so I dont know about the pressure sensors.