Sorry, this is long...

OK, the job is done!...(almost)

installed the pipes - no prob there except the one allen screw on the right stock pipe that had too much teflon on it - had to dremel the head off because the receptor (female part) on the pipe was spinning with the allen screw after about 1/2 way. anyway, i digress.

first, let me say: THANKS DINQ! those instructions for rejetting are great!

so I installed the following:

SS long pipes
132 mains
45 pilots (followed Dale's - from SS - advice instead of Dinq's instructions since Dale said the pilots were the most important part of the rejet job)
drilled paper air filter and airbox (2 X 1" holes - broke my hole saw on the last hole so I couldn't do 3) - waiting on Uni Filter
removed snorkel (couldn't find the two that are supposedly in the holes toward the carbs??)

i've been riding, tweaking, riding, tweaking, etc. gradually went from 3.0 to 4.0 turns on the mixture screws and the decel popping (and throttle-on lag) seemed to get better as it got closer to 4. then, to confirm my thoughts, I turned them back to 2.5, and got what seemed to be more popping on decel, and more lag when throttling-on (my test for that was 5th gear @ 50 MPH - 4 turns seemed to be best setting). I have them out to 4.25 now but haven't tested that setting.

there's still a fair amount of popping during decel. I just don't know how many turns I have left - pretty soon those mixture screws are going to be full-open.

anyone got advice to get rid of decel popping and get better throttle-on response? I figure i've got three options:

1. replace 45's w/ stock pilots
2. replace stock needles w/ TBS (maybe also shims? i don't know much about what i'm talking about here obviously)
3. completely drill out filter and airbox instead of just 2 measley 1" holes - i.e. more air

any suggestions much appreciated. the new mufflers sound great (if a little loud) and I could actually live with the way it's running now, but I want to get it as good as it can get of course!

thanks for all of y'alls help so far. I'm going to have to contribute to the future fund now since i've guilted myself into it. haha.