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Reply #15 - 04/07/09 at 12:26:31

I've got the same as Gort. Well, I switched to it I should say. I did have the little red, non-tapered cone with a nipple that is slightly smaller than the ID of the tube. A clamp solved that. Then I started thinking about how small that little hole is in the nipple. So I went and got one like Gort's. It may not necessarily be better but I think it is. If nothing else, it gives me peace of mind that the puffing is unobstructed which I didn't get with the little red one.

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NewThumperGuy Full Member Offline Lets Ride!!!! Posts: 119 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: Air box removal question Reply #16 - 04/07/09 at 14:19:03 Thx Gentlemen, more great knowledge for us newer savage owners to absorb.
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Wolf Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 140	Re: Air box removal question Reply #17 - 04/19/09 at 14:57:01 My lil breathercone is Red! I'll add pics here but looks almost exactly like Gort's! It now makes my K&N look a faded red... I also left the rubber jacket on the "Magic sh!t box", zip tied to the bike frame underneath the seat. Easy to get at and secure. Wolf
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Air box removal question Reply #18 - 04/19/09 at 15:49:55 That's Magic sh!t box to you junior.
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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: Air box removal question Reply #19 - 04/19/09 at 17:36:52 verslagen1 wrote on 04/19/09 at 15:49:55: That's Magic sh!t box to you junior. Dang right!
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Wolf Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 140	Re: Air box removal question Reply #20 - 04/20/09 at 06:30:13 I read in an earlier thread that someone used the muffler support to mount both the MSB and the "rectifier"(sp). Any concerns with this location... wet, dirt, no issue.... It does take awhile to dissasemble to get at the airbox, but you gotta do it sometime... Not bad if you have the Savage CD companion and a Clymers... Wolf
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Reply #21 - 04/20/09 at 07:08:27

The horizontal plate that is part of muffler support is always dirty on mine. In my riding environment I wouldn't mount either of them there. My rectifier is close to that area but it's mounted on the part of the rear fender that faces the stock battery box. I've got a frame-mounted cover that protects the rectifier that is shaped to capture and direct fresh air up towards the intake.

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Re: Air box removal question
Reply #22 - 04/20/09 at 17:18:49

Wolf wrote on 04/20/09 at 06:30:13:

I read in an earlier thread that someone used the muffler support to mount both the MSB and the "rectifier"(sp). Any concerns with this location... wet, dirt, no issue.... It does take awhile to dissasemble to get at the airbox, but you gotta do it sometime... Not bad if you have the Savage CD companion and a Clymers...

Wolf

Well not to counteract anything that Jim has said but if you look at a lot of bikes the rectifier is right on the front of the bike. Either up by the headlight or right smack where the tire dumps garbage right on it. Putting some dielectric grease between the connections will keep them clean and working great. Although somewhere safe is not a bad idea.

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Reply #23 - 04/21/09 at 04:40:43

SA, you are correct. I have seen it in several different locations on bikes that exposes it to the elements. Good call on that one.

What is everyone's opinion on the need to mount the rectifier flush against metal (to enhance heat dissipation capability) vs. mounting the rectifier to plastic, adding rubber under/behind it to prevent vibration noise or some other way that inhibits direct heat transfer to a metal support?

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Reply #24 - 04/21/09 at 15:08:22

I'm going to have to ride my bike around and see how hot it actually gets. I think that just the fact that it isn't under the seat (on my bike anyhow) it gives it a TON more air exposure. So possibly needing to not be mounted right to metal. I don't see how it would hurt to have airflow 360*. Plus with anything heat sink wise I've messed with at work on machines had heat sink compound which really helps in getting the heat away because it is making a solid contact.

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Rogue_Cheddar Serious Thumper Offline Hang up the phone and drive! Posts: 725 Haverhill, Massachusetts Gender:	Re: Air box removal question Reply #25 - 04/21/09 at 15:52:20 "rectifier"(sp)." We always called it rectumfrier in shop class. I know, Iknow, how juvenile! Go ahead, say it, you know you wanna!
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Air box removal question Reply #26 - 04/21/09 at 16:46:17 Rogue_Cheddar wrote on 04/21/09 at 15:52:20: "rectifier"(sp)." We always called it rectumfrier in shop class. I know, Iknow, how juvenile! Go ahead, say it, you know you wanna! I guess that's why it's under the seat... waiting for you... to scoot back just a little more. Buhaha... Bwuhaha.
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