On the other hand,
Right below Sean's note is one from someone named "Steve Laifman", which
expands the issue from the filter rubber mold I.D. to the actual K&N
Stocking Number E-2859, and includes the dimensions.
There are additional notes about other manufacturers with filters that
can be reformed to fit.
Again, that was the TigersUnited Forum portion of
http://www.TigersUnited.com
Steve
Steve Laifman wrote:
>Actually, Theo et al,
>
>The exact K&N part number is on the TigersUnited.com Forum (top black
>bar), and can be found with the separate Forum "Search" function for
>"air filter".
>
>Our good buddy Sean (Dr. Moonstone) Ford published:
>
>K and N filter for the Tiger is part number E-2859
>
>Sean "Dr. Moonstone" Ford
>
>Happy Tigering,
>
>Steve
>
>Theo Smit wrote:
>
>
>
>>There is a K&N close (or exact?) replacement element for the Tiger air
>>cleaner. I don't know the part number - probably a search on
>>TigersUnited.com will give that answer. Probably the reason a lot of
>>the OEM air cleaners got tossed over the years is because the airflow
>>capability is dismal, especially for an uprated engine. There are a
>>couple of 'rules of thumb' for air filter sizing, and most of them say
>>to calculate the effective area by taking the filter circumference,
>>multiplied by the effective height, where the effective height is
>>taken by subtracting some allowance for the filter top and bottom,
>>from the actual element height. If you apply that to the Tiger's air
>>filter element, then you end up with pretty much zero effective area.
>>Obviously the situation is not completely unworkable, because Tigers
>>with stock air cleaner setups go pretty decently, but it becomes a
>>bigger problem as you increase the performance potential in other
>>parts of the engine.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Theo
>>
>>
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