snorkel and airbox

[Exrider434]

What is the purpose of removing the snorkel, and is it necessarily bad to ride with no airbox lid?

[Pipeless416]

Originally posted by Exrider434
What is the purpose of removing the snorkel, and is it necessarily bad to ride with no airbox lid?

removing the snorkel will basically just give your machine a cleaner look. also, a lot of people do this when they run with no airbox lid and then they block off the hole for the snorkel. running without a lid is not "bad." just be careful of where you do this as it will be vulnerable to mud, water, and extreme dust.

[gcart2]

hes right^^^ also to plug the hole... use a spray paint can lid. sticks right in there.

[Exrider434]

i already have the snorkel hole plugged, but i saw someone else on here reccomended to wrap my k&n in foam because theyre real bad in dust

[Ace Sixx]

Get an EHS Racing Airbox Lid. (http://www.ehsracing.com/products/400ex_airbox_EHS.htm) It breathes really well and offers some protection against water and dust.

[EX LONERIDER]

not a good idea to remove the lid or snorkle if you ride in areas where you may ancounter lots of water or mud. that mod is more suitable for dryer places like dunes...

[Exrider434]

i ride mostly dry and dusty, occasional puddles

[NacsMXer]

Originally posted by Exrider434
What is the purpose of removing the snorkel, and is it necessarily bad to ride with no airbox lid?

Riding with a snorkel/airbox lid and without them is the difference between breathing through a straw and a wide open box :blah:

Provided you rejet for an open airbox, much larger gains in power can be had by "opening up" the intake tract. More air + more fuel = more powaa :devil: It's that simple.

Also not necessarily bad if you don't run in a lot of water and have a good filter in there ( I prefer foam in dusty conditions).

[rafjr00]

I second the EHS Lid.

just dont remove the snorkel and not block it off. It makes your engine seem like your trying to breathe while going down the highway doing 70mph with your head out the window lol

[CarGuy7a]

Originally posted by Exrider434
i already have the snorkel hole plugged, but i saw someone else on here reccomended to wrap my k&n in foam because theyre real bad in dust

check out the thread titled "K&N users please look" it'll show you how to make a foam prefilter for your k&n.

i run it on mine without any problems. heck i did the write up.

i also 3rd the EHS lid.

EHS lid you can basically make yourself.

K&N outerwear aibox cover .......$18.99
OEM airbox lid ............................$11.25
$7.00 in shipping from Motosport.com and saving $67.76 priceless

[Exrider434]

yeah i was going to say the EHS lid looks easy enough to make myself, and carguy7a, i saw that thread, it looks like a great idea, my uncle runs that on his gocarts and he said it works great