Do V&H Quiet Baffles take away HP?
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Do V&H Quiet Baffles take away HP?
I've never heard of it before, but I'm wondering if anyone has found that installing the V&H Quiet Baffles has reduced their HP at all?
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When I had a softail with a cam the quiet baffles did seem to help the tq.
When I did a hot 95" build the stock baffles were better. I could of had it remapped for the quiets but chose to keep the standards.
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It all depends on what you are after. If the biggest hp # on a dyno sheet is what you want, then yes over 5500 it will likely drop a few. On the other hand torque is your friend for normal riding. I choose torque. Since I set the limit on my softail to 5800 rpm, I'm ok with the quiet baffles effect on lower end torgue. This is on a stock engine, so a different build may behave differently.
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HP is reduced but TQ is increased. That is why drag pipes dont have baffles on real drag bikes. They use high rpm and only need HP and not TQ. I has rush slip ons and lots of TQ, then went to hookers and have lots of HP. I could feel the drop in TQ. I added quiet baffles and if it ever stops raining i will let you know if the TQ went up as i wanted it to be.
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