Drilling the bottom of the airbox helps a lot, but don't think it's as good as pod filters. I've never had the pods but the calculator says I need 138 mains with a drilled 'box and 160s with dual pods, so the pods must flow more.
Steelheart- '03 Speedmaster Black/Yellow
The Hayabusa Killa
16" Shorties/140 mains/Airbox drilled
Procom CDI
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