K&N Proposal (Xtreme top lids)

[RedBarchetta]

Originally posted by joea


More important would be to get them to manufacture the correct diameter lid (8.5) for the Stellings and Hellings.

Joe, good point, but I believe that Stellings and Hellings should be the ones to approach K&N. Someone has to foot the bill for the tooling to stamp out the 8.5" rings (vs. the current 9"). I doubt K&N would go for the expense.

It is far easier for K&N to simply take the existing 9" outer rings and skip the anodizing process and send them straight to the polishing department.

Can anyone who has one of these lids tell me how the filter element is attached to the outer ring? I'd imagine it's some form of press fit whereby you can't separate the components without messing up something. But according to the pics above, you can see there is an inner lip that the filter element rests on.

I joked with the K&N rep yesterday that if I was Boyd Coddington calling him asking for a custom outer ring, they would do it without hesitation. And he agreed....