Toomey T5s Vs FMF Fatties

[4stroker]

i just finished swapping my fmf fatties and power core2 system with toomey t5s and silencers.

 

i wont have time to ride it properly until the weekend but i took it for a quick strap up the road and my first impressions are:

 

1. it is EXCESSIVELY loud! the system is second hand and i havent checked the muffler packing yet, im assuming its shot... although these are meant to be a bit louder than the fmfs yeah?

 

2. the power hits later but lasts longer... pretty much confirming everything ive read about them.

 

do you guys think i will need to rejet? the bike was jetted perfectly for the fatties before the swap.

 

will do a plug chop on the weekend just to make sure.

 

thanks, mark.

[WALLACE84]

Your packing pry isnt shot. T5's are just loud. Its going to be a world of difference going from shitty fmfs to T5's

[4stroker]

really?? i was under the impression that there wouldnt be THAT much difference, i just got these for my RZ conversion coz they were cheap and uncoated so i can put the dent in them for the RZ barrels and then get them jet hot coated, instead of having to do that to my FMFs...

 

anyways thanks for the reply i guess i will see how they run this weekend...

[BansheeKid15]

what was your jetting at for the fmf's? altitude also... I know i had to rejet mine when i made the switch a couple weeks ago from fmf's to t-5's

[98'banshee]

i just finished swapping my fmf fatties and power core2 system with toomey t5s and silencers.

 

i wont have time to ride it properly until the weekend but i took it for a quick strap up the road and my first impressions are:

 

1. it is EXCESSIVELY loud! the system is second hand and i havent checked the muffler packing yet, im assuming its shot... although these are meant to be a bit louder than the fmfs yeah?

 

2. the power hits later but lasts longer... pretty much confirming everything ive read about them.

 

do you guys think i will need to rejet? the bike was jetted perfectly for the fatties before the swap.

 

will do a plug chop on the weekend just to make sure.

 

thanks, mark.

I would check the packing, mine was excessivly loud to when I got mine but now it is quite tame with the new packing. I also have the powercores with T5's

Edited July 17, 2007 by 98'banshee

[XxMeltIcexX]

I have a bike laying around with fmfs on them, sounds like a damn jet ski, i would never own those things :shoothead: Good choice in changing, until youve heard drag pipes t5s arn't loud at all :biggrin:

 

Eric

[4stroker]

well i got a chance to have a decent ride on the weekend, and i really like these pipes!

 

even though i didnt get to compare with my mates bikes (there bikes werent running on the weekend!), i think this thing definitely has more balls then when it had the fatties on it.

 

i got the mufflers apart before i went for a ride to check the packing and it was fine, so i guess these things are just bloody loud! i dont mind though, it sounds tough, and where i ride it wont bother anyone.

 

i did a main jet plug chop with new plugs and got a nice tan colour. i threw another set in and did some slow/mid throttle riding and checked them again with the same result, maybe its a little rich off the bottom but it was like that before anyway. i know it sounds like dumb luck that i dont have to change the jetting but i was kinda expecting that anyway.

 

so anyway the moral of the story is buy t5s!

 

thanks, mark