MWR Air filter kit Vs velocity stacks - Ducati.ms

dimitrinassis001 · Jul 24th, 2011, 12:03 am

Was thinking about getting some more power out of my hyper and was wondering if anyone has installed a MWR airbox cover and how does something like this compare with doing velocity stacks. From what I see the MWR box cover costs 150 and the velocity stacks are about 300. I do not want to compromise the filtering of air into the bike and would prefer to do it on my own. I hate letting anyone else touch my bike (dealer) cuz they dont care for her like I do. Any advice or recommendations?

joelpatrol · Jul 24th, 2011, 5:08 am

I fitted the MWR. Combined with Zard headers and SilMoto pipe. Also race cams ecu but have yet to fit the cams altho I have them, just not done it yet. Bike runs awesome as is but I guess a bit rich as anyone who can keep up says they can smell fuel.........I guess that should fix itself when the cams go in. Induction noise is LOUD. Ear plugs are a must for me.......unless your just luggin round town.

dimitrinassis001 · Jul 24th, 2011, 8:52 am

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Originally Posted by joelpatrol

I fitted the MWR. Combined with Zard headers and SilMoto pipe. Also race cams ecu but have yet to fit the cams altho I have them, just not done it yet. Bike runs awesome as is but I guess a bit rich as anyone who can keep up says they can smell fuel.........I guess that should fix itself when the cams go in. Induction noise is LOUD. Ear plugs are a must for me.......unless your just luggin round town.

Was it hard to install the MWR? I have the leo vince cat delete and gonna bring my bike to my local shop and hit the dyno and have my ecu tuned. Figure that is the best way for me to get my bike how I want it but seriously considering the velocity stacks too.

craighjr · Jul 24th, 2011, 9:47 am

The MWR is a great idea it keeps the bottom of the air box with the factory intake runners but cuts off the top of the restrictive box. I dont know if it matches the velocity stacks hp. My only gripe is you can't go back to stock with the MWR.

velocita · Jul 24th, 2011, 7:54 pm

This (some of it) thread has some good info on the MWR top half.
MWR air filters

Personally I'd like to see some comparisons between their replacement lid and drop-in filter.

joelpatrol · Jul 25th, 2011, 2:06 am

Fitting the MWR lid was pretty straight forward. Had a little trouble getting the top of the old box off, but after warming it up with a heat gun I was able to cut through the glued joint with a trim knife quite easy. No reason you couldn't glue the old lid back on if you wanted to.

krisnet55 · Jul 25th, 2011, 8:29 am

I have the drop in filter from MVR. Its a big improvement over DP air box. I would say its in between the DP cover and stacks. After reflashing my ECU I rode with the DP air box and then switched to the MVR, big difference. I came to realize that the DP cover alone (without lower hole mod) is a joke. I also get a slight intake noise at around 4-5k with the drop in MVR but very minimal.

In conclusion I would say that if ur looking for more power over stock but not to an extreme and mind the noise from intakes get the MVR drop filter, its really bigger then it looks and gets lots of air. Ive also heard that if you want better drivability the drop in would be better, I would assume this is without dynoing the bike.

dimitrinassis001 · Jul 26th, 2011, 2:54 pm

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Originally Posted by krisnet55

I have the drop in filter from MVR. Its a big improvement over DP air box. I would say its in between the DP cover and stacks. After reflashing my ECU I rode with the DP air box and then switched to the MVR, big difference. I came to realize that the DP cover alone (without lower hole mod) is a joke. I also get a slight intake noise at around 4-5k with the drop in MVR but very minimal.

In conclusion I would say that if ur looking for more power over stock but not to an extreme and mind the noise from intakes get the MVR drop filter, its really bigger then it looks and gets lots of air. Ive also heard that if you want better drivability the drop in would be better, I would assume this is without dynoing the bike.

Whats your opinion on the quality of the drop in? Does it look like it actually filters the air? It does look like a great solution for its simplicity but it costs quite a bit compared to the kit that replaces the whole top of the box. I mean performance per dollar wise.

desmocrat · Jul 31st, 2011, 12:23 am

I have the big MWR (top replacement) running with full termi 2-1 and race cams with ecu. The bike makes tons and tons of power all the way through the rev range, but runs a bit rough and surgey in the lower rpms. (I have not ridden many other hypers, but it sounds like a lot do anyway)

I have not ridden a bike with stacks, but I will say the MWR is very loud! At first I loved it, but now I always wear earplugs, and find the tone just under 5k rpm and about 1/4 throttle almost annoying. a bit buzzy.

I'm going to leave my Paul Smart stock air filter wise now. don't want to cover up my exhaust note or go deaf!

dimitrinassis001 · Aug 4th, 2011, 11:52 pm

Well I found a whole bunch of posts with the velocity stacks and it looks like too much work so my question to those of you that have them. Is it really worth it?