Hi Joe, JR, Ken, Dan and Al,
I appreciate all your answers here (and some questions). I am around 600 feet above sea level, so I might as well be on the coast. I was Looking at Dan's mods yesterday morning. I have been getting a little popping on decel and wanted to check my mix screws. While idling, I started to turn my screws in and noticed my carbs taking turns squishing against the rubber manifold adapters. Like they were dancing to the beat of the exhaust. I asked myself why? There must be a lot of vacuum and resistance to cause this. I decided to go ahead and yank my inner snorkels and used a 1.5" hole saw to punch the bottom of my UNI, then used that as a guide to drill a matching hole in the airbox bucket - got my shop vac and cleaned the area well. Fired it up, took it of the jack and after it warmed up, I tried it out. The carbs lay almost still now in their little rubber cradles, and the bike runs like a scalded dog. Smooth as silk and slicker than snot on a gold tooth! Smooth power band and the exhaust note is much deeper and smoother. The roar of the intake is only slightly louder but it is nice and deep too.
My bride said, "Honey, that's enough, it's starting to sound like your old Superglide." (The HD was an '87, so it wasn't that old.)
Thanks again for mellowing me out. My Grin-O-Meter was pegged out all afternoon!
Ride Safe,
Dennis
