although it still turns the air the 90 deg from the side intakes

Quote from: Veloce-Fino on August 16, 2011, 03:06:13 PM
Yup, it's definitely the best of the intake kits that retains the stock air box.

I also tried to reinstall the stock air box lid when I installed mine, instructions (which I didn't read 'til after) never made any mention of it.

I did exactly the same thing. Bike was running pig-rich with the Termi ECU until I pulled the cover off, but I'm really impressed at the difference it makes over stock, that's for sure.

Quote from: asherrick on August 16, 2011, 05:23:23 PM
Thanks, guys! I shipped my ECU out to Anthony for reflashing today and ordered the MWR filter. Unfortunately it's backordered, so I'm not sure how long my bike will be down. 

I finally got around to installing my MWR filter today. I've been running a flashed ECU with the stock filter and exhaust in the mean time. Ironically, it still ran way better than stock. With the MWR filter installed the bike pulls a bit harder and the throttle response is quicker. You can also hear the engine breathing at idle. You also get more engine noise which sounds pretty nice at WOT. Overall, a solid upgrade!

I looked at the dyno graphs and the 1-2 hp/ft-lb gains don't indicate the stock airbox/filter is that restrictive? I understand 1-2 hp can be "a lot" when talking about a 696 cc engine, but 1-2 hp could be dyno error as well?

Quote from: Raux on April 06, 2011, 10:04:35 PM

the amount of air an engine sucks in per cycle is limited. question is ... is the stock airbox larger than that volume?

and finally, the MWR has a least one advantage I see, reducing the amount of turbulence around the intake horns.
I hate how close the stock filter sits to the intake horns. that cannot help air flow during an intake cycle even it's a K&N filter.

so... as long as the MWR is allowing enough air into the airbox based on flow and surface area, then it should have an advantage. If the surface area isn't sufficient then it may actually limit the airflow

Very interesting.
The MWR set up attempts to create some space between the filter and intake stacks/horns, so they have tried to address the problem. I wonder if there was a way of affixing a panel filter at the very top of the airbox?