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Old 05-19-2004 | 12:52 PM
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Has anybody used the K&N flame arrestor for merc 496 HO will it make any difference compared to stock?
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Old 05-19-2004 | 01:42 PM
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My personal experience was it did absolutely nothing and was a waste of time because the stock arrester is max free breathing. In fact i made one pass without an arrester at all just to sanity check the concept and got nothing when I had my single 288. But the K&N is very cheap compared to a 502 version, so it might be worth it just for cosmetics...

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Old 05-19-2004 | 09:50 PM
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At the very least it filters the air... with twins there is plenty of "belt dust" that can get in there so I say get them since they are so cheap. FYI - it's provides no performance improvement but it will make the "hissing" noise from your induction disappear and offer filtration which the stock flame arrestor will not.
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