02-24-2011, 08:22 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: No city...only 118 residents in Manter,
KS
Cobra Make, Engine: Cobra Auto Works body, Ron Godell Racecars chassis, 1989 Mustang GT 5.0 HO (converted to carb), W/C T-5, 3.73's in a Ford 9" Traction-Loc.
Posts: 812
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by PDUB
What about using a drop-base setup, Dugly?
|
I thought about that, but there is a size limitation on the diameter of a drop-base air cleaner. It must be of adequate diameter to allow the fuel bowls on a Holley to fit within the "drop" area and still allow area for the filter to seat against the base and the top....and that diameter seems to be at least 14". That is too great to allow the air cleaner to sit up inside the hood scoop on my replica. To get enough room to allow a drop-base air cleaner to fit under the hood would require waaaay more lowering of the engine than I can imagine.
Not long ago one of our members designed a flat base for a Holley that would accommodate a 9" K&N X-Stream Filter setup.....that would gain me about half an inch, maybe only 3/8" from my current setup. I do like having the air cleaner up in the scoop where it can receive a fresh shot of cool air  (although, I must admit, I wonder about the contribution of the filter-top on the X-Stream assembly since there is only about 1/4" between it and the underside of the scoop)!
Quote:
Originally Posted by boilerrat
I have one that I need to sell. Less than 300 miles on it. Torqued down once.
Too tall for me.
Intake Manifold, Performer RPM Air Gap, Dual Plane, Aluminum, Natural, Square Bore, Ford, 351W
|
Damn, I'd be all over that if only it were for an 8.2"/5.0 SBF!!
Cheers from Dugly 
__________________
YD,E./PNB
No names were changed to protect the innocent! 
Last edited by YerDugliness; 02-24-2011 at 08:25 AM..
|
Hybrid Mode
