Snopczynski

Yes there is a pattern, why?

I can't remeber, but they can coat used pipes.

Mine are ceramic coated.

IS it a mid-top dune port, Drag port, trail port, mx port????????

In almost all cases of someone running a single pipe that I notice, it involves someone moving from a stock exhaust, or a fairly unmatched pipe for the persons motor, over to the single pipe. This passes straight over the pipes developed for the persons desired riding style. Example: Average Joe member comes in and says I just switched from FMF Fattys over to the single pipe on my stock bike with a pod for trail riding and it has tons more bottom end. One of the correct first pipe choices in my eyes is the FMF Gnarley for a low-mid pipe. The Fatty is meant as a midrange-top end pipe in the FMF line up, of course it is not suited as a low-mid pipe. However, the FMF Gnarley was developed for this exact instance (low and midrange power emphasis). I do not tell someone to build as exactly I did. I suggest what I would do based on my opinion and hours upon hours of testing and tuning with the components DEVELOPED for the particular power range they are trying to achieve the most emphasis in. I run pro circuits, but you will find me suggesting pt mids, fmf gnarleys, and pro circuits as a low-mid range pipe to try. I run Mikuni TM 28mm carbs, but you will find me suggesting 28-30mm pwk's, lectrons, and TM's for a low-mid range carburetor. Shearer makes a true drag pipe, but the cpi setup is meant as a mid-top range pipe from the testing I have seen and from the info I have acquired on them. So it does not suprise me that you are happier with shearer pipes as a drag racing pipe. I would suggest a cpi in a mid-top pipe choice. I would suggest a Shearer over that pipe for someone looking to drag race. If you have a lot of specific information on something that is backed by lots of testing, tuning, and has been cross analyzed with different setups, on different motors, then yes you should tell people they are wasting their time and money in the direction they are going. Another thing with single pipes on sleds is this. Snowmobiles typically operate in one rpm range and use clutching from the cvt to obtain the desired power delivery, acceleration, and engine braking. A banshee uses an entire rpm range and requires direct clutch lever application, and gearing choice to obtain desired power delivery. That is another reasone (besides fitting the pipe under the hood) that single exhaust choice on a snowmobile is not as critical as it is on a trail ridden banshee. All too often someones opinion on here is based on using 1 or 2 singular products and basing a result off this. Not many people feel the need to test more than 2 options on something because of the obvious time and money requirements to do so. When average Joe member comes in and says " Hey my 2 into 1 pipe works awesome" it is based off of the limited testing they have done. All to often you hear, well my bike hauls ass, or rips, or runs great. Im sure it does based off of the parts those individuals have picked. Had they optimized their choices correctly for what they are doing, they more than likely would have seen even bigger and better results from their setup. I.E. picking a set of low tensions carbon fiber reeds for a trail motor over a set of vforce reeds which are meant for max intake airflow and not max intake velocity (desired for faster acceleration with less peak rpm).

I feel sorry for his post too!

1. How does this not interest me? Did I say that? 2. I have done extensive dyno testing with single pipes, and single carb intakes. The setups were also ridden and tested by my seat of the pants dyno. Then the same bike had twin carbs installed, and then also twin pipes, and then was once again tested both ways. 3. I will admit that I have not tested a shearer pipe, but I will also admit that I dont think it will beat out a set of pro circuits or pt mids hp wise or torque number wise. I would also admit that I think the bikes with the twin pipes will rev up faster than the single would. There is a reason the single pipes never caught on, they suck. The Single shearer was developed for turbo motors, and people are just running them on NA motors for some reason now. The truth hurts! Ask some of the old school members on here, I used to be a huge single pipe and single carb fanatic. Hard numbers, dyno testing, tuning, and research changed my mind.

I dont think you guys understand that 2 into 1 pipes are bullshit. They don't make more low-mid power than twin low-mid pipes make. So, yeah I understand completely, and I dont have real high expectations about the shearer 2 into 1 pipe. Especially after the conversation I had with Matt shearer about it. My bike is built for low-mid power, so I am interested in what adds torque, hp, and has a good torque backup down low. The Shearer pipe (or any 2 into 1 pipe) in my opinion would choke the shit out of a serval, probably make a worse looking dyno chart than a T5 does already.

I have already played with it a ton, and I have owned both the single pipes that are available for the banshee. I have twin pipes now that make more low end power than the singles ever did on the dyno or riding out in the sand.

I run 4,100 lumens of lighting off a stock stator with a DC conversion and a battery.

Who is working on that motor?

Nope, this is mostly Green.

CPI and T5's are aimed at the same power range, the CPI works better in that range. That is why T5's are junk. I dont run CPI pipes on my bike either, so that plays no role in my opinion of them. My opinion of them is based off of testing on the dyno and riding bikes that had the pipes on them. Right now I am at work sitting 30' feet away from a bike that has T5's on it, a bike that has CPI's on it, and a bike that has PT mids on it. I have ridden all three, and 2 of those bikes have had the competitors pipes on them at one point. Bolting a set of CPI's on a bike that runs T5's will not get you a few extra thousand RPM on the same motor build just by doing a pipe swap.

In my opinion T5's are garbage and there are better pipes in that power range if you want that kind of power delivery. If I was you and was riding trails, then I would aim for a low mid pipe like the pro circuits, pt mids , or fmf Gnarley. By no means do I feel the T5's have an advantage over the cpi's for lower end pull.

The T5's wish they could be CPI's. So if you want a mid top pipe, pick the cpi's and never look back. You will get the same engine life out of either pipe.

thats usually pilot circuit and needle adjustments.

Do you think you need to rejet?

FMF pipes are designed to make the most power in combination with the silencers.

Sell both those pipes and buy an actual set of low mid pipes for the bike. Matt shearer developed that pipe for a turbo, not a naturally aspirated banshee. There is better pipe choices out there for what your trying to do.

Fmf makes 3 different sets of pipes for a banshee, Which one did you think the dynoport twins power curve was aimed at?

Those pipes I mentioned will make more power than the 2 into 1 everywhere. Even more bottom end power.

Try a set of pt mids, fmf gnarleys, or pro circuits on it. Those are real low end pipes.

I hate that Sloryder guy too!