Thanks Bill. No, that's not crazy at all.
In fact, that's what it's supposed to do.
I would still like to hear some other folks confirm
this, but I think I'm destined to go to intake number... (lost count) eventually
to try to regain this lost power. The good news is that I don't need
to be in any hurry, and can forget about the filter for now.
I'll just tell myself that I will incorporate that into the new intake
design. The downside is getting keyboard whipped by Leon in the
mean time :-)
Rusty