You might be ok, my breather element is only 2.25" and aftermarket lid doesn`t have much of a peak in center. Lid close to top makes perfectly good sense, it would suffer airflow. secondaries are a lot lower, no problem. I think I have plenty intake "area", Just that lid is too close to choke tower as stated. Do you have a ritch idle That can`t be adjusted out? Follow this thread. Even with more "area" I still may have to resort to drilling air bleeds in throttle plates to lean this Idle circut out. One thing at a time.
