New to forum! need stock airbox for kz400

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New to forum! need stock airbox for kz400

16 Aug 2016 17:16

recently picked up a 78 kz400, going to rebuild carbs but p.o ditched the airbox for pods and from what I understand this will be a bitch to tune. Any info or links to an oem airbox would be awesome. Thanks.

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Re: New to forum! need stock airbox for kz400

16 Aug 2016 17:19

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Welcome and good luck. Tried eBay?
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Re: New to forum! need stock airbox for kz400

16 Aug 2016 17:23

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Thanks! Saw one on ebay but the boots were cracked, is this a fixable problem? I know that the whole point of the airbox is the vacumn.

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Re: New to forum! need stock airbox for kz400

16 Aug 2016 17:40

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Upstateofmind wrote: recently picked up a 78 kz400, going to rebuild carbs but p.o ditched the airbox for pods and from what I understand this will be a bitch to tune. Any info or links to an oem airbox would be awesome. Thanks.

If you cannot find an OEM airbox, you could always swap carbs. Mikunis will be worlds easier to tune with pods compared to the the OE Keihins.

I know that's not exactly what you asked but consider it a plan B.

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Re: New to forum! need stock airbox for kz400

16 Aug 2016 17:45 - 16 Aug 2016 17:46

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They seem hard to come by. I took off my 28 mm carbs and installed 33's. I made my own boots.
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16 Aug 2016 17:50

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I might end up going that route and getting some new mikunis if I cant get them to run properly. I also heard that somehow restricting the pod air flow with tape and such could help. Also Steve how did you make those boots?

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Re: New to forum! need stock airbox for kz400

16 Aug 2016 18:06

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Silicon hose. If the ID to the carb is right, the OD of the boot will fit snugly in the box. Cut a little longer so you have a velocity stack effect inside the box. Mine don't look like that now. The insides still do but the outsides don't. Next time I'll use radiator hose like I did 17 years ago.
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