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Where's the air
I replaced the paper Screaming Eagle air cleaner element on my '07 Ultra with the K&N one. I had almost 10K on the original so I figured what the heck. When I took the paper element off, I got perplexed because it appears to be very restrictiive. I took some pics below. Where does the air enter the engine? The plate at the back seems fixed. The only passage I can see is that tiny hole at the top of the opening. I could have sworn on my '01 that it had a much larger openeing. Is this normal? Did they change the design?
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I was thinking that, but shouldn't I be able to push it open with my fingers? I couldn't, it didn't move at all which made me scratch my head with my oily fingers
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I am not sure how they work. I am not a knower of stuff. But a good guesser of some stuff and I would guess it works off a vacuum.
That plate / butterfly would have to open and allow air in to equal the exhaust. |
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Notice that there are two black plastic 'plugs' as well as two screws on the silver plate.
What is not apparent is that there are two miniature spider monkeys, one behind each black plug. When you start the engine, each comes out from under his plug with a small phillips head screwdriver and removes a screw from the silver plate. They then manipulate the plate to control air flow as you make throttle changes via the electrodes implanted in their brains. Quite simple, really.
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Dayum! I would have never guessed about the monkeys..
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i just bit my tongue
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With the new TC96, the aircleaner assy is just there for nostalgic "decorative" purposes.
The air is actually drawn in through a big snorkle under the tank. It is then routed through the frame tubes to the back of the transmission, through an internal passegeway to the cam chest, then up through the pushrod tubes to the heads.
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The '07's and '08's, run so lean, that they seldom need "new" air. You are supposed to "check" the air filter every 5000 miles. When you remove the cover, it replenishes the air supply with enough new oxygen to last another 5000 miles. If you have an SE, Genuine Harley Davidson Syn-Air 3 is reccommended.
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Don't forget the whatcamacallit. Although not clearly visible to the untrained eye, it is in fact quite powerful in this particular case. (It comes into play when one of the spider monkeys gets tired)
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I think you're on to something with the monkey thing. It could explain a lot of things that have happened
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Me thinks we have the makings of a new cyber club...
Let see, uhhhhhhh The Air Spiders or maybe The Butterfly Monkeys hmmmmmmm......
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I like the old cyber club.
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Old being the key word in Mega's statement
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