Friday February 10th 2012

Can I replace my airbox with individual air filters?

1981 Suzuki GS850G. Has four carbs. Each carb has rubber boot that goes from air intake on carb to the airbox. Can I replace that setup with individual air filters (one for each carb)? If yes, will I then need to retune the carbs or anything since the airflow is no longer restricted?

5 Comments for “Can I replace my airbox with individual air filters?”

  • jumbobret says:

    Yes K & N make them.

  • Choppy C says:

    yup you can do dat! K and N makes em,or find some cool velocity stacks to use. Intake doesnt effect your jetting. If you use velocity stacks I would get some foam inserts for them.

  • Fast R says:

    yes you can but you will have to re-jet the carbs
    if you are going to do this you might as well replace the stock exhaust with a good 4 into1

  • bikinkawboy says:

    You’ll get a whole lot of “intake honk” which translates into noise. Loud exhaust can sound cool but loud intake noise sounds really crappy.

  • Firecracker . says:

    Yes, it can be done. You will want to at least check the tune. It may or may not require re-jetting. Only checking will show for sure.
    You may (possibly will) get more intake noise.

    I did this with a ’79 GS425L. The smaller motor was a twin, intake noise was not noticeable. I used Emgo filters. They come with their own rubber attachment. The entire boot and airbox part of the system was removed.


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