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"The small boxes just after the collectors" - What's the Proper Name?

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4 years 1 week ago #28251 by rdurost
What are they called, and has anybody ever cut one open to see what's inside?

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4 years 1 week ago #28252 by biltonjim
Maybe Lare could chime in here. I recall he mentioned these parts when he showed us the superb stainless exhaust systems which his friend Ari manufactured. His systems used his own design of collectors.

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4 years 1 week ago #28253 by scotch
"Resonators"

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4 years 1 week ago #28255 by rdurost
That could certainly be what Kawasaki called them, but the only use of the term I'm familiar with is the straight-through, fiberglass-packed "Cherry Bomb" style mufflers used near the end of the tailpipes on American cars in addition to chambered main mufflers. I think they may have been there to stop the "drone" (exhaust system resonance).

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4 years 1 week ago #28266 by LareNurminen
I do not know what they should be called. Kawasaki spare part book calls them "muffler complete". This refers to the nr 1 or nr 6 downpipe with the integrated middle muffler.
Aris solution was to make the downpipes into units with 3-1 collectors. These are connected together with a balancing pipe which also works as a muffler. The balancing pipe then connects to the original mufflers.
Aris son in law, also stainless pro, is re-starting production under Aris guidance so the stainless versions will be available in the future.
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4 years 1 week ago #28267 by Phil
Power chambers or expansion chambers? In the dim & distant past I seem to recall someone cutting them open & reporting them being empty, save for the outlet pipe which entered the box & did a 90 degree bend with an open end inside the box.

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