airbox for water protection

[badlarry]

I currently ru no lid on the airbox. I was wondering if leaving the lid on w/ 12 vents in it and cutting off the back three inches of the lid will affect jetting. something tells me no. I think this will add a small amount of protection as i am paranoid about sucking in water from a two foot deep mud hole i might need to go through to keep up w/ my buddies on there two wheelers?? how about that outerwear cover for the air bow?? is it water repellant??? call me paranoid but I'm jetted for no lid and the shee pulls like a freight train and i don't want to jet down and put the lid back on entirely because i feel like i lose 1000 rpm's and 5 horsepower at least. the plus side is more bottom end grunt w/ the lid on. any suggestions???????????

[Banshee169]

The lid with the outerwear is a good way to go. Those lids repel just about everything. I cannot remember who makes it but I would run that lid setup over the drilled holes if you are worried about protection and keeping power. I run a pod filter with an outerwear as its only protection and I have yet to encounter a problem. Hopen this helps.

[KRMit]

I'd love to have an Outerwear cover for the airbox, but have no idea where to get one. K&N makes an expensive lid, but I'm not paying that much.

 

You're probably best off leaving it as is. An outerwear or those airbox filters will let water through like crazy. If you cut the back of the airbox you'll be in worse condition than you are now. If this mudhole you're talking about comes over the airbox you probably just need to find a way around it (you probably wouldn't make it through anyway). The only way to safely make it across would be to go back to airbox lid + snorkel and make sure everything is watertight, but that would be damn restrictive.