Originally posted by: 3TV

For about $1000 you gain 5 HP. That isn't a very big bang for the buck, even with the winning combination of a 46mm carb, ported intake, and open end cap for the stock exhaust (or HMF slip on). I think the big question is why did all these mods only make a 5 HP improvement over stock? HMF shows more improvement than that on their web site with just the slip on exhaust alone.

I don't think we have received the whole story yet. Perhaps all of these mods only made 5 additional "peak" HP, but if we had the actual dyno chart to compare modded to stock we would see that they made 10 to 13 more HP at some other "non-peak HP" part of the powerband.

3TV

Originally posted by: MudStud
It makes me no difference ,I'm a dealer for both. They have the best of both

Originally posted by: ScoobyDFW
you dyno'd without the airbox to make it easier/quicker to swap carbs and minimize dyno time/money, correct? you still recommend running an airbox with lid on, correct?

Originally posted by: Slowride
Ironwood,

refer to:

"nobody on this site seems to be ranting and raving about this kit as much as they are for the HV"

focus on the words - kit - rant - rave - and "this site". They are the key points I'm trying to make.

I've laid low watching the mods folks are doing and I tryed to calculate and create a synthetic "$$ to [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]" ratio. Hopefully I've done this as factually as possible. My quest led me to dyno charts and a tuned Lecton. And it appears the kit I decided on doesn't have results that vary.

But I'm not saying there isn't better solutions out there, but I am saying the satisfied customers for this mod have created a interesting positive marketing campaign.

jbt