cone filters and sheilding

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ollielsd
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Post Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:26 pm

will a large (very decent quality) cone filter and a heat sheild (airbox type affair) and no inner headlight see any gains over std?
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Brianmoooore
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Post Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:31 pm

Unlikely to produce anything you can feel. Will wear your engine faster though.
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Post Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:35 pm

"Will wear your engine faster though"

expand a bit pls?
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Post Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:46 pm

A good induction kit will see improvements. Forget the heatshield, you dont need it unless you want to have full power in traffic.

Once on the open road the air temp is the same inside the standard airbox as it is right outside it.

Just make sure the induction kit you get has a built in trumpet otherwise you'll lose torque.
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Post Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:50 pm

yeah its got a trumpet in it, very much so lol winkeye