It seems odd to cut a piece out of my engine air filter so it fits over the accelerator pump. I am looking for other solutions.
One possibility is to make a spacer that lowers the air box 3/4 inch so it clears the carburetor obstacles.
The questions are:
Is there enough room to do this or is a shorter filter needed?
If a shorter filter used, will it be able to supply enough air to the engine?
According to my calculations the reduction of air filter area goes from 34 sq inches. to 19 sq. inches (41% reduction of air filter area).
Also, the the cowling opening and air box schnozzle is vertically misaligned by 3/4 inch. A modification would be needed to match this.
The other, less elegant, solution is to offset the air filter horizontally to the left it by 1/2 an inch so it clears the obstacles on the carburetor.
Question, does anyone have any advice on either of these solutions?
Thanks in advance
One possibility is to make a spacer that lowers the air box 3/4 inch so it clears the carburetor obstacles.
The questions are:
Is there enough room to do this or is a shorter filter needed?
If a shorter filter used, will it be able to supply enough air to the engine?
According to my calculations the reduction of air filter area goes from 34 sq inches. to 19 sq. inches (41% reduction of air filter area).
Also, the the cowling opening and air box schnozzle is vertically misaligned by 3/4 inch. A modification would be needed to match this.
The other, less elegant, solution is to offset the air filter horizontally to the left it by 1/2 an inch so it clears the obstacles on the carburetor.
Question, does anyone have any advice on either of these solutions?
Thanks in advance