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

 

Got a picture?
I use an S&S manifold myself.

 

I have used the Ramjet manifolds in the past with the butterfly Keihn. It is a good manifold,sure beat the heck out of the compliance fittings,

 

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

 

Swithed the carb out on my 88 FLSTC to a CV with the solid compliance mount. So far, so good.

 

I use J.E.T.(Johnson Engine Technology) not to be confused with RAM JETT

 

How does a solid intake manifold different from a stock manifold?

 

Compliance fittings were last used by the factory in 1989. They would crack and leak, and they were expensive.

 

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

 

Thank you for the explanation! !!