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      03-30-2012, 09:21 AM   #5
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Well that explains it. What a great design...if you want to limit airflow. Having the air double back on itself and exit the same way it came in is a good way to slow down the speed of air entering the engine and to limit the amount that actually gets through. And integrating the MAF into the airbox is going to make it challenging to undo some of this. That explains why they bolted the airbox shut, so that owners didn't screw up with the MAF while trying to change out that weird filter panel thing, which also can't be modified or replaced with an aftermarket part. Those are some real mod-blocking moves.
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