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Post by kentuckyrucky on Sept 7, 2010 11:52:30 GMT -5
so im getting ready to say goodbye to the stock floorboard and i dont like the gas tank cover thats good for hiding and protecting all the stock airbox hoses from the rain... so i was wondering if they are absolutely necessary or not. im sure honda wouldnt have wasted the production cost if they didnt have to, but im curious as to how their absence would affect the engine. i know that this engine (50cc) is very sensitive to change in the air intake so thoughts please!
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Post by kentuckyrucky on Sept 7, 2010 11:57:42 GMT -5
oh and let me add this, that i would like to keep the stock airbox and not have to jet.
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Post by AweShucks on Sept 7, 2010 13:24:41 GMT -5
you talkn about the forked hose? That hose just catches fumes from the tank I do believe?
Needed it is not.............
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Post by kentuckyrucky on Sept 7, 2010 15:42:52 GMT -5
i just took 2 bolts off the floorboard and lifted it up a lil to snap this pic Attachments:
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Post by AweShucks on Sept 7, 2010 19:57:58 GMT -5
You should be able to shorten and plug that without consequence that hose is eliminated with every aftermarket intake. I do believe it is a drain tube for blowback? Could be wrong perhaps Chanito will chime in?
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Post by kentuckyrucky on Sept 7, 2010 21:51:27 GMT -5
right right but every aftermarket intake also you jet with and run CDI... i wont be doing either.
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Post by AweShucks on Sept 8, 2010 6:42:23 GMT -5
The hose does not draw air or vent air so you wont need too.
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Post by kentuckyrucky on Sept 8, 2010 11:04:06 GMT -5
yea i mean i agree that i dont think ill have to jet after taking them off, but what do you think their purpose is for existing?? im going to take them off right now and do a trial run- brb
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Post by kentuckyrucky on Sept 8, 2010 11:25:19 GMT -5
my findings are as such: no performance loss, maybe a slight psychological performance gain haha so it starts right up, revs up fine, took around the block wide open, no problem. so i come back into the garage and put it up on the center stand and rev it, alls well. so then i notice that it does sound a bit throatier, so i cover the bung with my finger and no change in idle or rev but it does get quieter. so if the hose' only purpose was for noise baffling... why did honda decide to even put a hole there in the first place??
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