factory pro velocity stack install/review

[Dave]

came home from work today to find this lovely little box just chillin on my doorstep

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open her up and inside are my new shorter stacks and a couple of stickers

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quick inspection reveals that these guys are made from the same quality plastic as the factory ones, sweet. looking a little closer i can see where someone hand sanded off any trace of casting flash. good, attention to quality is hard to find sometimes now lets go compare them to the stockers

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good lawd! are those intakes or the business end of a pipe organ? these guys are held in place by three screws and its a gasketless design. should be easy but you know how that one goes :whistle: 4 out of 6 screws were extra loose, yikes! of course, the hard to reach ones in the back are on gorilla tight...****ers...some wd40 later and we get em out nice and easy. now we can do a nice side by side comparo

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signifigant differences here, the FP stacks are shorter so they ought to move the meat of the powerband further up the rev range. sounds good to me, but wait! look at the #4 stack from the stockers! half the damn trumpet is missing cause of clearance issues with the stock airbox. looks like my honda came stock with only about 3 1/2 cylinders worth of airflow.

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new guys in, nice and tight. bolt everything back together...check my work and its time for a test ride...woohooo! first impressions, the motor is running smoother...lots smoother, and shes feeling more powerful everywhere as well, specially on top! best part though is the sound, its subtle but shes taken on a more even scream under throttle, sounds ferocious, gotta be cause the stacks are even height. huge grins all around. anyway, in summary:

price: $200 shipped...decent
fit and finish.............excellent
power increase..........good
sound change............awesome
bling.........................minimal
install time.................15 minutes
satisfaction................lots

great mod, i'd highly recomend it to just about anyone. well, with a 954 anyway. results may differ with other bikes :dthumb:

[2drStunner]

bike felt great nice. Pulled good throw all gears.

P.S. Watch out for the ducks on that 954! Apparently there attracted to it.

[driftingrx5.7]

lol the ducks???..lol

i was thinking about getting the stacks for my r1 did it really do that good of a change for you? i just put a k and n filter on mine and it made a difference already! i am going to have to look into the stacks now!

[2drStunner]

lol the ducks???..lol



i was thinking about getting the stacks for my r1 did it really do that good of a change for you? i just put a k and n filter on mine and it made a difference already! i am going to have to look into the stacks now!

Yea I hit a duck last night on his bike! Almost went down lol!

My boy has the same bike as you(year and model) He raves about his new stacks. He says it made a decent power increase but mainly smooths the power out all through the rpm range!

[driftingrx5.7]

yeah i think i am going to order it! let me find a way to get the money of the account with out the wife knowing :D

[Dave]

yeah i think i am going to order it! let me find a way to get the money of the account with out the wife knowing :D

check ebay first cause marc from factory pro usually has a few sets on their at a massive discount. site lists mine @ 260 but i got em for $200 shipped

[driftingrx5.7]

i will wait for the pay check next week then i will order it!

[Dave]

sweet! so worth it!