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First off, I've been trying to get in contact w/the site owner to be a sponsor for nearly 2 weeks w/no response yet and I want to get my service out there. So if you know a better way to contact the owner or can hook me up w/a sponsor spot here I will gladly do so. I am not going to be unfair to paying sponsors.

I have completed three different intake designs that are awaiting dyno work but are looking to be a big increase in airflow. Each can be matched w/a stock, aftermarket foam, or K&N. One design is a near direct mount to the system of the filter, another w/a longer tube leading to the original filter area but much larger diameter, and one last one which I think will be the biggest puller: a stainless constructed tube w/filter, but until it's dyno'd I will leave that idea off as it's something I have yet to hear of and don't want it to be a fluke failure in people's quads. It's the only one that has not been tested on the quad as it was finished late last night. Looking for around the $100 for airbox adaptor kit to run w/out lid and slightly more for the ones w/the airbox removed altogether and velocity tube setups created. The newest design if it works as hoped will be a little more as it's more costly to build but initial flow tests on it appear to be a higher flowing design than currently on the market. The Dyno will tell the story.

I have also completed two stages of porting and awaiting the dyno graphs to be emailed to me from the shop. VERY promising results but I won't start getting the big claims until the graphs are in. W/nothing but porting I have seen more power boost than adding an exhaust to say the least, at a lower cost while keeping noise down. Mild vs high porting varied by about 2.5 max hp on the dyno and picked up a lot harder in the upper rpm's around 7000+.

I will start taking on head porting work this week. $275 for mild work and $400 for full-on. Take off $20 if you disassemble the head first. (Valves, springs, etc.) Can be done here no problem. The intakes I am waiting back on the final cost for each before putting them out there. None have been dyno'd there yet but two have been tested w/the high porting and a difference is easily noted when riding torquewise. Nice roaring sound underneath too.

All in all the top end alone is putting out a lot more power. I am quite surprised how well it responds w/the stock piston/cylinder even. Can't wait to see a high comp setup in it on race gas. Porting/air intake will be a MUST for racing though. The stock top end isn't even comparable. Dyno sheets coming soon! PM for more info. Can design around MX, XC, dragging, etc. The tested designs have been done for max power in the mid to upper RPM's for MX racing to fix the lagging top end on the track.
 

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I haven't dyno'd one w/the intakes yet but will in the near future. At $75 an hour it isn't bad but only a few pulls can be done b/c of switching the intakes and also working w/a power commander. You MUST adjust the efi settings if you do any intake or porting work. W/out it you will have major bog downs. A power commander or dyno tune is a must!

I'm hoping to dyno the intakes sometime in the next week once I have a final price on them. As for the porting. Awaiting the charts to be emailed as said and hoping to have them when the shop opens sometimes on Monday. Last run was Friday and very successful w/the porting.
 

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The place that did the dyno work had a system failure and lost the dyno graphs. Luckily we'll be re-dynoing the setups here early in the week but getting behind. Photos when we get them done again. I have designed 4 seperate intakes though mostly designed around an open airbox. Only one allows use of the stock airbox and it's hugely restricted, though MUCH more free flowing than stock. For MX riders the other setups are great.

One which I have yet to try and will probably be a big flop is the craziest bling intake item I've seen in awhile, but who knows. I'll let the pics speak for themselves soon as I'm still needing to fit a few pieces properly and more secure/different bend. Might change the way it mounts as well. Will be mainly a show or drag item.

And I will offer the porting service right now for well below any average cost. Thanks to those who have shown interest and for such I will offer full "your style" porting on the KFX. This includes disassembly of head, extreme porting for what you want, reasembly, and shipping back to you. All of that for $300. Mild porting I'll drop to $200 for the same, just less extreme. I have also contacted a vendor to look into some better cam profiles and better valves/springs. The stock cams suck and the valves/springs, though decent quality, are not high performance and heavy suckers.
 
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