| Right, but...
Let's say that the air intake is a simple pipe. The amount of air that can go through the pipe is limited to the crossectional area of the smallest point (actually, there are other forces at play so this isn't exactly true - but we're simplifying here!). If the smallest area allows 10 units of volume to pass and the air filter allows 100 units of volume, replacing the air filter with one that allows 1000 units to pass does absolutely nothing.
Imagine blowing through a hole in the wall. If the hole is a pinprick you can't force very much air through and making it bigger will help. If the hole is the size of your head, making it the size of an Excursion won't make a lick of difference. Make sense?
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Jeff
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