New Exhuast project '95 FLHTCU
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New Exhuast project '95 FLHTCU - 3/19/2008 7:09:14 AM
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buddabelch
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Hello All,
I started out this past winter looking at my exhaust as it was rather loud. Well when I took a good look I have a break in the header pipe...No Biggie...I will just take it off, weld it and all will be back to where it should be...Well by the time I took of the heat shields and found all the other cracks, I said the hell with it..Ripped off the whole exhuast and decided to purchase a new one...I chose the Reinhart True Dual system and it should be arriving any day now...Got it thru Eastern Perfomance Cycles....They said 2 days, so I am looking at tomorrow hopefully...Great price also...
Now I figure I will get much better sound and performance out of this unit, but I need to add one more piece and needs some advice and recommendations...The stock air cleaner on this bike is one original, and 2 a piece of junk. HD does alot of things right, but then at times seem to loose thier minds for simple things like this. If you look at the attached picture on the top right and left corners, you will see to tabs/breathers....This is the only places air can get into the carb....They are about the size of a nickel....After having it tuned at the Dealer twice, it still backfires quite a bit, especially on the down shift or when I just let off the gas.....So my take on this is that the system is not getting the airflow it needs.
Now here is where I am looking for some help, advice and recommendation on what to do next....I know I need a new air cleaner.....I have heard different folks say different things...Eastern is recommending the Arlen Ness Big Sucker setup... Any thought on this? Or do you have a better recommendation...Let me know....I would appreciate any help I can get and have looked through HD Forums for answers before and am pleased with what I read and hear...
Thanks,
BuddaBelch
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RE: New Exhuast project '95 FLHTCU - 3/19/2008 10:58:52 AM
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jwe226
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Alot of the backfiring through the exhaust was probally caused by the cracks in the exhaust header. If you want to replace the air filter anyways the big sucker is a popular choice among many and seams to work well. If your replacing just because of the backfire then I would wait until you put on the new exhaust and see if the issue resolves itself. You might get more responces if you put this in the evo classic section.
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