DIY Stage 3?
 

I've noticed just now, that theres a few XTX air boxes on ebay (UK) going for silly money, �40 ish.

Now, with the help of a dremel, filters and whatever else needed, could there be a possibility for a DIY Stage 3?

good luck

Oh Fran!

I'm not that daft just yet!!

Though it is very tempting! :pottytrain2:

Perhaps these pics will open your eyes :D

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...EKITLOWRES.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...ASTAGE3ALL.jpg

Quite straight forward then. lol

Hoho!!

Don't... I've got to get myself a Stage 1... but seeing them like that,
for the �40 for the stage 1, I could get myself that airbox and cut it up and open it right up!!

Not just drill holes but actually open the airbox right up, very much like the stage 3...

Even with the standard original paper filter, that'd still be a huge increase in airflow. With a stage 1 cheapy K&N filter, would mean that it could be left open...

Gah... the engineer in me wants to do it soooooo badly!!
But my bank is saying otherwise... despite the nice lump I just got :pjrlaugh_61OD3G:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=390117246284


Damnit... at that price, I just had to!!


:pjrlaugh_61OD3G::pjrlaugh_61OD3G: :pjrlaugh_61OD3G::pjrlaugh_61OD3G::pjrlaugh_61OD3G :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12mm-Mini-Moto...item4ceb472130

Bosh!

Breather filters too :tazdevil:

Best looking at getting hold of these too, as you might not know what damage can be done by modifying an airbox without a safe enclosure... when in doubt, "Ask Kev" I am not a mechanic

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-XT660-X...item3a53477cd8

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Prox-Pisto...item19b7fd61e9

haha!

Well, essentially, by opening up the standard airbox, cutting the sides off appropriately, fitting 12mm breathers to crankcase hoses, you are just allowing more airflow to the intake and stopping the restriction created by the stock airbox.

Also, with having my autotune, it should make up the difference for the extra airflow...

EDIT:

Can anyone confirm what size the breathers are on the Stage 3? Are they 12mm?

I guess the best way is to just check the hoses on mine... DuH!

i suppose you could make your own stage 3 filter by gutting a standard airbox the only problems would be finding the correct size main cone filter and link pipe and making sure the airflow is not obstructed from getting into airbox
i find leaving things like this to the experts is the best bet you could spend weeks building one spend a few hundred quid and then find it is no better

Well, there are hundreds of thousands of filters and flexible hoses available on ebay, most of them come with dimensions.

With a bit of elbow grease and some hot glue, im sure something could be fabbed up for little price.

It's a project anyway...

Hi dazmatic!here are pictures of a gutted stadar aibox much like stage 3 here are some pictures from a bike a guy made
http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/j...lag_db7afb.jpg
http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/j...TheFlag_19.jpg
its not hard to make i think

That looks very similar to what I want to do. Thing is, with a dremel, you can do anything :icon_albino:

Thats right:icon_queen:the only thing missing is the dimention of the filter(i think maybe a little bigger than this of the foto may fit better) and the dimentions of the link pipe,also i think that side plastics of the airbox should have big holes to have maximum possible air

Well, all you really need is the Outside diameter of the throttle body intake, a link pipe with the same ID, a conical filter with the outlet OD being the same, and adjust the cut out of the airbox to suit.

Obviously have some sort of measurements there so that you know roughly how much to cut out, but its all certainly possible, and for a reasonable price too looking at the amount of "Universal" induction kits and filters on ebay.


EDIT:

Bosh! Straight from the homepage...

The size is 14mm and you need 3.

Cheers,

Dino

Aw, cheers Dino!

I'll look into it.

Had my airbox turn up a couple of days ago!

However, with my current situation, I'm not going to have time to do anything with it just yet :(

How did this go? I am thinking to do the same thing .... Like the idea of getting rid of as much of that ****e plastic as possible :-).

Ps agreed re Dremel :-).