Still want to use an unshielded cone filter?
If you do you should make your own heat shieldORYou can install a drop in panel filter:Drop in K&N helps a bit but again the biggest restriction is the elbow through the fender – remove that before you invest in a drop in (pull the stock airbox and you will see the black plastic elbow). If you take the air box off to work on the elbow you will see that the elbow will actually come off without cutting! It takes a little shimmying to get the sucker off, but it WILL come off without any cutting.Here’s what Dave Chang did: I cut open the air passage on the stock airbox and used a propane torch to seal the cut seams. Then I used a3″ PVC attached to a rubber coupling joint inserted into the hole in the fender to force the airbox to breathe air outside the engine bay. Running the K&N panel filter for stock airbox.http://club.vmag.com/ubb/Forum39/HTML/000623.
If you do you should make your own heat shield OR You can install a drop in panel filter: Drop in K&N helps a bit but again the biggest restriction is the elbow through the fender – remove that before you invest in a drop in (pull the stock airbox and you will see the black plastic elbow). If you take the air box off to work on the elbow you will see that the elbow will actually come off without cutting! It takes a little shimmying to get the sucker off, but it WILL come off without any cutting. Here’s what Dave Chang did: I cut open the air passage on the stock airbox and used a propane torch to seal the cut seams. Then I used a 3″ PVC attached to a rubber coupling joint inserted into the hole in the fender to force the airbox to breathe air outside the engine bay. Running the K&N panel filter for stock airbox. http://club.vmag.com/ubb/Forum39/HTML/000623.
