The air box is made up of 3 chambers so it does not mater if anything falls in & you are running an oil base air filter the first chamber has a water drain. Everytime the air bends before entering the throttle body it is slowed down, we have proven on the Dyno these XT660 motor want lots of fast high volume moving air, the difference between a completely standard air box to a stage 3 DNA air box is around 7hp.
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