M series air intake mods?

[kosovojoe]

What are you trying to accomplish?? Are you looking for power or battling clogging in the deep??
For power, stock is best. IMO the BEST route is stock airbox and a mesh hood....so clogging and best power. I tried several and always ended up back at stock.

X2, IMO..I listened to this advice from WB a couple years ago.
I use the DS supplied duct and the stock box. No motor hiccups! Even when submarineing her in 5+ feet of premium cascade gagger! I have 2 buddies that have run aftermarket boxes, both have gone back to stock as well.

 

[dogtownbutcher]

I have been throwing the idea around about making some vents for the airbox. This will alow for more airflow and no more bog from a clogged intake. I still need to test it out and see if it helps or not. If anything just use the stock plenum and use the two vents for the sides for a little extra flow.

snowbound, that looks really good, BUT , I tried the almost same exact thing last year on my M1000 and it bogged like a Mutha fudger!! I went to a timbersled, i like it, but a bit loud for me!

 

[Frostbite]

I was wondering if a vent like the one pictured below could be used on the nose of the sled instead of drilling all the small holes BDX wants us to drill for their airbox kit.

http://snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85865

Still, it seems to me that depending on vents on the front of the belly pan as an air source for a heavily laboring engine just doesn't make much sense. I know when I am riding the entire nose of the sled is oftentimes under the snow.

I was wondering if I could use the Speedwerx larger diameter airhorn with the SLP type air inlet?

However, when I asked the SLP techs about this, they said, although the volume of air did go up when they tried this, the velocity of the air through the airbox actually decreased netting no horsepower gain and actually a HP loss.

 

[vdog0531]

i just do NOT understand putting holes in the part of the sled that is pushing all the snow. how is that going to help?? i could see it being helpful on a trail sled but definately not a mountain sled