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Rick

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Chopper Dave said:
Yeah Hoat....he's got that Doherty Power Pac.......Gas ordered the same one too! When I get my carb XXX next year...I am going to get that Doherty Power Pac set up too! it really makes the XXX carb look great!
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Don't mean to copy everyone, but I just bought the S&S Desp. air cleaner, and the Power Pacc, and the XXX. Looks like a great set up can't wait for it all to arrive.:bang:
 
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Rick

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Would like to see pics of the S&S duel.

My God Mario how many bikes do you own? I see two dogs in your garage.
 
117bigdog

117bigdog

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I had bad luck with the spike air cleaner. I had it on my 05 chopper with work done to the motor, it wouldn't flow air for shit. I sold it to a guy that didn't care about performance and when he put it on his bike and had it dyno'd to set the carb up it lost HP.
 
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Rick

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So what are all the models you own? I have two bikes adn I am shooting for three so I can call it a collection. Thanks again for giving up the cam, that was mighty white of you.
 
Chopper Dave

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Rick said:
Don't mean to copy everyone, but I just bought the S&S Desp. air cleaner, and the Power Pacc, and the XXX. Looks like a great set up can't wait for it all to arrive.:bang:
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all one big happy family Rick!:cheers: don't forget about pic's of your new set-up when you get it...
 
J.T.

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A local guy got a S&S dual also. looks great. I'm prolly gonna grab one here real soon
 
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desldog said:
I've had the D&M Raptor air cleaner on my K9 for about nine months, I really like the way it looks, that's one of the first things people say about my bike...cool air cleaner...it was a bitch to dial in though...still don't have my carb exactly the way I want it, I go though sparkplugs about every 300 miles...too rich...I had the larger Red Shift cam installed, port & polished, stronger springs...so all this in conjunction with the new air cleaner has me all screwed up...
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You may as well have left it stock with that air cleaner. You will never get it pull up top to it's full potential. I bet it fouls the front plug?
 
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I really like the Spike air cleaners. I had a cheap (non billet) one on my Harley and I did notice a seat of the pants improvement over the stock air cleaner.

The only draw back is above 70 mph in the rain, the motor would cough a little from water making it in.
 
reloaderbmg

reloaderbmg

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hoat said:
Thinking about replacing the stock air cleaner with something else. Figured you guys may have some ideas! Post up so I can spend some $$$

If you have one that you suggest would you please give me the pros and cons.

Thanks
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buy this months issue of american iron mag. january 2008. great story on air filters!!!
 
toomanybikes

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There is an article on the improvements that are gained by using the Doherty PowerPacc. There is also an article on tuning the S&S carb. The issue is definitely worth the price.
 
Milkbone

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Like others here I run the S&S Desperado. Don't bother with the extended air filter -- uncomfortable against the inside of your right knee and provides no real noticible increase in perf.
Bone
 
Alicat

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Hoat, I'm also running the dual cone S&S over the chrome XXX and I really like it also....
Al
 
Black Dawg

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Milkbone said:
Like others here I run the S&S Desperado. Don't bother with the extended air filter -- uncomfortable against the inside of your right knee and provides no real noticible increase in perf.
Bone
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I'm going to have to disagree. First, the stock size filter only flows in the mid 200cfm range. I read in an article that a 117ci engine needs about 310 cfm. The S&S Big filter is rated at 325 cfm. Granted, on a 100% stock bike you may not notice the higher rpm gains since the stock cam and exhaust are such MAJOR restrictions, but with my 600 cam and pipes there is a major gain in seat of the pants power with the extended filter.

I'm planning a dyno tune probably this week. We'll see what the A/F looks like across the entire rpm range to determine this filter kit's effectiveness.
 
desldog

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Vegas said:
You may as well have left it stock with that air cleaner. You will never get it pull up top to it's full potential. I bet it fouls the front plug?
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Hey Vegas,
You are right on...the front plug fouls big time while the rear plug is almost perfect...I like the look of the spike air filter, any suggestions on how to correct my front plug issue?
 
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waternazzi

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Aircleaners

Hey F-okie, that S&S dual intake you have how much was it?And did you see any change in any of the ranges(topend,mid,bottomend)?let me know thanks.
 
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