DragBikeMike
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I'm with you SCS40, love K&N filters. Been using them close to 50 years. Always have worked great for me. When I flow test them they always kill the competition. I've never had any sort of failure that could be attributed to the air filter, and I certainly don't wear out rings or valves.
I've been doing a lot of testing over the last month and it centers around K&N filters. I've found that the K&N Flat Panel filter works best in the stock airbox on the stock carb. Try that airbox setup with a VM or PWK and it doesn't work so good. The aftermarket carbs need more air than the 25 square-inch flat panel can provide. Conversely, the stock carb doesn't much like a larger filter. Install a K&N RD-0710 (55 square-inches) and the stock carb does not run as good as it does with the flat panel filter. It's a mystery that I'm still trying to figure out. I think it's related to the CV feature, pressures above & below the diaphragm, etc. Bottom line, the CV carb likes the smaller filter element.
If you run a hi-flow filter on the stock carb, the needle and needle jet combination just can't deliver enough fuel. With the stock needle, it runs grossly lean with that big filter (even with a #205 main jet). If you modify the needle, you can get it to run good, but it still won't match the performance of the stock carb with the flat panel K&N.
Donkey Wonkey, a 2" ABS street elbow works good to adapt a K&N RD-710. It will practically be a bolt-on installation, but if you run the stock carb you will have to modify your slide needle and increase the main jet a whole bunch. A lot of that will depend on what exhaust your are running. This is the setup, simple & cheap.
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