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Yoshi Style Velocity Stacks revisited


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So I was just re-reading this old thread, wow was it that long ago ?  I forgot to add some good reference material, for those frustrated engineers.

 

Old thread is here

https://www.vfrdiscussion.com/index.php?/forums/topic/80640-yoshi-style-velocity-stacks/&page=3

 

Additional tech info here http://profblairandassociates.com/pdfs/RET_Bellmouth_Sept.pdf

Which explains why I did this, the pulse bulges out of the open pipe/velocity stack end & the dual stack upper catches the pulse & carries it up its own pipe, hence the spacing between the upeer & lower is critical as demonstrated by HighSideNZ's adjustments.

 

The calc for runner length is 84000/desired RPM for a result in inches, times by 25.4 to get it in mm.

So 84000/9000=9.33” or 237mm, the 5th gen actual is 225mm (rough measurement by me) which gives peak torque at 8600rpm. So it’s a fairly close estimate for 4th reflection tuning length.

 

Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

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Engines are very sensitive to intake changes, and velocity stacks, and neck openings are something all their own.  If you look at some of the older first generation Honda 750 - 4's  ( not the VFR ) you will see that the velocity stack stuck out well into the stock airbox.  Any changes to their length affected the engines performance.

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Yep correct, shorter makes more HP, longer more torque, these get the best of both worlds 👍😀

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I’m still amazed by how well thought-through your trumpet setup is, Mohawk. 

 

A lot of engines are now running variable length length stacks powered by servos and clever ecm programming. Yours achieves the same result with a clever and frankly simple double-stack design. 

 

Very elegant. 

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Not as elegant as one may imagine.

I imagined "variable" to be some arrangement that infinitely varies the intake tract length over a range, based on rpm and throttle position. But it's not like that.

At a specified high rpm, regardless of throttle position, the upper stacks pop up.

I've done lots of individual runner velocity stack R&D.

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Some bikes use a form of factory dual stack now & others dual length. The problem with the dual length is they are really on/off not variable, but variable is very hard to do as there is always a step & the step disrupts the pressure pulse & also hurts the airflow around the circumference of the runner. 

 

At at some point this year I hope to try out a modified Throttle body & see if that improves things. 

 

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On 3/5/2019 at 10:12 PM, marc99 said:

Not as elegant as one may imagine.

I imagined "variable" to be some arrangement that infinitely varies the intake tract length over a range, based on rpm and throttle position. But it's not like that.

At a specified high rpm, regardless of throttle position, the upper stacks pop up.

I've done lots of individual runner velocity stack R&D.

I meant that Mohawk’s design is elegant in its simplicity. 

 

The stacks stay in the same position but airflow changes as the engine sucks harder. No moving parts to break and no disruption to airflow as changes occur. Perfect! 

 

It’s really very clever. 

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Here ya go

 

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I’ve just updated this setup but still working on the fuelling.

I have replaced my Y2K TB’s with a set of reworked 1999 versions. I have taper bored each intake to 42mm to remove the step left by the removal of the plastic trumpets from the intake, you can see this lip in the first picture. I used a spare airbox & have done away with the mushroom lips on the intake, which reduces the intake length by 10mm. I have rounded the airbox to intake & matched them, so now have a runner length of 185mm from valve to base of airbox, plus the dual stack. 

 

I have not not taken pictures of this yet as I like to test my work before releasing it. But I have to play with the fuel pressure regulator, so will take some pics then.  So the intake at the base of airbox is a 42mm opening tapering to the butterfly at 36mm. According to intake testing data I’ve seen this is close to the perfect intake configuration for taper. Once the fuelling issue is sorted I’ll get it Dyno’d & see what the result is.

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Just a quick. note to any UK VFR owners, if you want a spare airbox top to try a big airbox mod. I find that I have two, happy to ship in UK for postage. 

 

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They have been de-flapped already. 

 

For others info here's a pic of a foam cast I took of of the area above my airbox top filter.

 

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This is the area where the flapper & snorkel bulges live, but it my case the whole area is now the space above the filter. 

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So having forgotten to take pics of the Mk2 airbox, I was fitting a new FPR today & remembered to take some.  Pics above show Mk1. Below id the Mk2. I used a spare airbox & rounded the intakes to a 6mm radius, which is the minimum recommended intake radius. I then adjusted the dual stacks to suit the new intake height.

 

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This is matched to reworked throttle bodies which now taper from 42mm to 36mm. matching the optimum intake taper angle. These are fitted with CBR929 4-hole injectors, which require 51psi at idle or 4bar (58psi) peak. 

 

I will put a few miles on the bike to get the fuelling sorted for the new setup, then get it dyno'd & see what we have. 

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I put a radius on the inlets at the base of the box, so they are effectively the short or primary stack. The dual or secondary stack is the one above with the mushroom lip. So still dual stack. Plus the inlets are wider now & tapered to the butterflies, so should widen the torque curve further whilst improving top end flow & the new injectors should provide a better atomisation at all rpm, which is supposed to help torque, power & mpg. 👍

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Mr. Mohawk,

 

Owning a carbed bike, I've never messed with injection. Having wrenched on my own stuff for over 50 (!) years, I'm curious as to why you are using CBR 929 injectors with only 4 holes when most conversations are about the advantages of the 'newer' 12 hole vs the 'older' 6 hole.  

 

Thanks for your response.

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So the 5th gen VFR only has a single pintle injector. The 4 hole is a major improvement over this & the CBR929 injectors are a drop in fit. The 6th gen uses 12 hole injectors, but the research I have done seems to indicate from empirical evidence that the change from 1 to 4 hole is really good but the step from 4 to 12 less so. The later larger hole count injectors seem to be more about reducing emissions than improving performance. 

 

If there was a readily available 12 hole that would fit then I would have tried them. There are some rather expensive ones designed to fit Hayabusa's which used the same single hole injectors as the VFR. but $500 seemed a bit steep for an experiment !  Maybe if the 4 hole prove to be a good upgrade then I might entertain those expensive ones but not if they don't at least double the gain from the 4 hole injectors.

 

I just did about 50 miles today & as per the last time I used s zero map on the RBR  the bike was very fluffy at the beginning. After the 50 miles of O2 auto fuel correction, the seat of the pants feel is really good. I'll get another 50-100 mes on it then get it dyno'd. Looking at the fuel correction tables, where the stock fuel pressure was adding up to 35% more fuel, the new setup has reduced many cells, so injector delivery is working as intended now. But importantly the cells that matter in the mid range to highend are adding or not removing fuel duty cycle, so more air must be flowing. The bike picks up really well now in any gear from any revs in sny gear, where ss with the lower fuel pressure it always seemed to lag a bit ! 

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Whats the difference between the 954 and 929 injectors?

And how did you radius the bottom of the airbox?

 

And this is brilliant work, mohawk. Im filing  away more info for the next aussie winter.

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Radius

Keef,  zoom in on the second last pic above and you can make out the rounded over edges on the bottom right side of the right stack and same on the left.

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11 hours ago, keef said:

Whats the difference between the 954 and 929 injectors?

And how did you radius the bottom of the airbox?

 

And this is brilliant work, mohawk. Im filing  away more info for the next aussie winter.

CBR929 & CBR600F4i are 4hole & the same size as our 1 hole injectors, plus they are practically a drop in fit, a small piece of plastic needs filed down & the plastic cap removed. The single hole fires a tight stream of fuel at the intake valve divider bridge, the 4 hole fires in a split V 2 per valve and a finer mist so the fuel aims at the intake valves missing the bridge. Both CBR’s use 51psi fuel pressure at idle, VFR’s use 36psi.

 

The CBR954, moved to 12 hole injectors similar if not the same as the 6th gen. A few people have fitted 6th gen throttle bodies & air-boxes to the 5th gen & have told me they get better mpg & it fuels nicer. No power figures to back that up though.

 

I’ll be off to the dyno this week to see what we have.

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Interesting as always Mohawk. I'm betting the dyno shows some gains. 

 

Factory Pro has a chart that shows which injector was fitted to which model. The 06+ 6th gen shares an injector with the 04-07 CBR1000RR only they run at 50psi (also, the next model CBR has some crossover with the 7th gen).

 

I've read a few old threads from people playing around with fuel pressure as a substitute for a modified fuel maps. I think that's a bit of an oversimplification, but I imagine that if your map includes a lot of enrichment throughout, there may be some benefit to running at higher pressures and running with less duty cycle in your fuel map. Obviously, this requires another round of tuning to be effective, but if you've done enough mods to flow enough air, it might be worth playing with. 

 

Edit: this is just a few musings of my own, not really aimed at anyone in specific... Obviously Mohawk knows what he's doing without my help! 

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So I got the bike dyno’d the other day. Was a bit of a waste of time, due to it running really rich at around 12-1 AFR. Max power was 117.3 which is within one HP of the best run back in 2015 where it made 118.5. Dyno guy recons with the fuelling sorted it would pick up a few hp. So overall no net gain, but no losses either. These bikes still lack compression which will be my next winter project, plus a little intake porting.

 

In response to Marvelicious my fuel adds with the stock injector setup had more duty cycle everywhere, with max numbers around 25-30% which is quite high. The new setup still adds some in the biggest areas, but crucially it reduces duty cycle in many areas, which shows how much fuel this setup can deliver. I just need to get the fuelling tuned properly now.

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