OEM style airboxes for 44/46 and aftermarket carbs
- Thread starter joeschuit
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- Location
- Long Beach, CA
That's too cheap, I think your number should be at least $150.00 for the pair. That's a great product. I paid 180.00 for some rear sponsons that look like a 12 YO made them. 2 used SN airboxes (hard to find now) and the adapter bases for modded carbs will set you back 250.00+shipping.
- Location
- Spring Lake, MI
I think in a retail setting with money invested in a more refined product, pricing them in the $150 range would probably be reasonable. I know most still look at printed parts much differently than injection molded plastic, and for good reason. These would be cool to have injection molded like a powertool clamshell. Glass fiber reinforced nylon or whatever similar to yamaha oem airboxes. The long-term lifespan of this stuff is still unknown and I'm doing my best to make something that should last a few years and save a few engines from water induced deaths. Being able to make small changes either for a new gen version or for individual customers is very handy.
Time to gush over quality hose clamps. From mcmaster for only $2.60 a piece, you get a norma brand hose clamp from Germany. 304 stainless everything, rolled edges, and the smoothest turning clamp I've ever used. Purchased a new set of novi 48mm carbs and found the carb tops to be a bit different than the dasa/full spec/se carb tops I've seen. About 5mm taller, 0.5mm bigger in diameter, and a 0.25mm step about halfway down. I made a separate base that fits these well. However, I had to mill about 2.5mm of a flange that gets in the way of the hose clamp. Not a big deal for me but the alternative is only seating 2/3rds of the way down and trying to make that work. Now that I have the correct clamps in I'll be making the final design changes and getting some printed. In the next couple weeks I'll be attempting to make a poor mans flow bench for testing some of these bases and covers. More or less an arduino nano to convert an analog 0-5volt mass airflow sensor data to cfm on an lcd screen. By no means will it be accurate but it will be precise and repeatable. My big concern is if there is a restriction using the low profile airbox covers and how these airboxes compare to the industry standard "cone filters" being used right now. Stay tuned.
Time to gush over quality hose clamps. From mcmaster for only $2.60 a piece, you get a norma brand hose clamp from Germany. 304 stainless everything, rolled edges, and the smoothest turning clamp I've ever used. Purchased a new set of novi 48mm carbs and found the carb tops to be a bit different than the dasa/full spec/se carb tops I've seen. About 5mm taller, 0.5mm bigger in diameter, and a 0.25mm step about halfway down. I made a separate base that fits these well. However, I had to mill about 2.5mm of a flange that gets in the way of the hose clamp. Not a big deal for me but the alternative is only seating 2/3rds of the way down and trying to make that work. Now that I have the correct clamps in I'll be making the final design changes and getting some printed. In the next couple weeks I'll be attempting to make a poor mans flow bench for testing some of these bases and covers. More or less an arduino nano to convert an analog 0-5volt mass airflow sensor data to cfm on an lcd screen. By no means will it be accurate but it will be precise and repeatable. My big concern is if there is a restriction using the low profile airbox covers and how these airboxes compare to the industry standard "cone filters" being used right now. Stay tuned.
