solid intake manifolds- anyone using?
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solid intake manifolds- anyone using?
Just wondering how you guys are making out over time.
I put a solid Bartels intake on in 1990...seen S&S and Ramjett manifolds.
or are you doing ok with the "compliance fittings"
mike
I put a solid Bartels intake on in 1990...seen S&S and Ramjett manifolds.
or are you doing ok with the "compliance fittings"
mike
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From: la la land jerzey
haha - trick question complaince mounts are a thing of the past - the solid mount works for a while then also leaks - its the reason harley went to the tapered rings - its called expansion - it works better then the other set up the rings
in theory the complaince rubber blocks should have worked but they did not - tryed all of that in the late 80s none of it was the real fix till the harley change to tapered rings
in theory the complaince rubber blocks should have worked but they did not - tryed all of that in the late 80s none of it was the real fix till the harley change to tapered rings
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Compliance fittings were last used by the factory in 1989. They would crack and leak, and they were expensive.
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From: la la land jerzey
like many 2 stroke bikes that have a rubber manifold head to carb - but harley used 2 front and rear heads then a alloy manifold into that plus gaskets for the heads to complaince < they called the rubber part this -- plus 2 hose clamps and the 4 bolts - in the end it did work for a while and it did make S&S rich because everyone was blaiming the keihin carb so they could sell you a money maker super E
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like many 2 stroke bikes that have a rubber manifold head to carb - but harley used 2 front and rear heads then a alloy manifold into that plus gaskets for the heads to complaince < they called the rubber part this -- plus 2 hose clamps and the 4 bolts - in the end it did work for a while and it did make S&S rich because everyone was blaiming the keihin carb so they could sell you a money maker super E