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I'm interested in finding out what difference forced air induction, or ram-air systems are making to the overall power of my motorcycle. My friends and I have been arguing about the various techniques used by different manufacturers and the massive gains they all purport to make as a result of their differing approaches. My argument is that although using ram-air systems undoubtedly make a difference to the performance of an engine, it's not going to make all that much difference. If this sort of system only makes gains at high speed (approaching 200mph) then below this the effects would be negligible so make little difference to everyday riding. It would be interesting to find out though the use of hard science, rather then just guesswork, how much difference forced air induction is making to the performance of our machines, and how fast we have to be going before it makes any noticeable difference at all.
Re: How to calculate the increase in HP of an engine with forced-air induction?
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