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A.FreeMan
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PostPosted: 17:09 - 29 Feb 2016    Post subject: Volume of Kawasaki gpz500s airbox Reply with quote
just a quick question, does anyone know the volume of the kawasaki gpz500s airbox? i'm trying to measure it with water but the water keeps leaking everywhere there are so many gaps!

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mrbox
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PostPosted: 17:41 - 29 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
using jelly would be more suitable.
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A.FreeMan
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PostPosted: 20:38 - 29 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
using jelly? as in the tasty desert? might try salt i guess would work better
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 20:46 - 29 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Block up the main holes with gaffa tape. Fill a bucket with water to the brim and place it inside a bigger, empty bucket. Fully immerse the airbox in the water.

The volume of water that is now in the bigger bucket is literally the displacement of the airbox.
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A.FreeMan
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PostPosted: 20:59 - 29 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
doesnt account for the thickness of the casing ^^
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Nobby the Bastard
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PostPosted: 21:03 - 29 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
A.FreeMan wrote:
doesnt account for the thickness of the casing ^^


Fill it with jelly. Take jelly out. Use Stinky's method using the jelly.

Edit: Sand or similar would be better because it would be less likely to leak. The fact that it's not in the shape of the airbox when you stick it in water is irrelevant as you are looking at the volume of sand, which wouldn't change.
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 21:34 - 29 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
A.FreeMan wrote:
doesnt account for the thickness of the casing ^^


Why do you need to measure one that accurtately anyway?

It's the shape, inlet trumpet lengths and baffle positions rather than the overall volume that's the important part. The volume is just to give everything space to happen in.
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Evil Hans
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PostPosted: 21:38 - 29 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
A.FreeMan wrote:
doesnt account for the thickness of the casing ^^


It does if you repeat the exercise without the holes blocked up to find the volume of the casing alone.
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