Stellings & Hellings w/ K&N airflow

[Chaplin]

Originally posted by decooney


Chaplin,
You'll want to measure your ERA as compared to the Unique setup mentioned. Different height provisions. The motor in my Unique sat 1.5 to 2" lower and 3" back further than my current ERA; so a shorter filter is in order for your ERA as to what is mentioned above. You can also trim the lower base unit on a 9" to gain another 1/4" or so/ May need to trim a notch for the float boal screws and your base plate will be indexed from there on.

I have the top and bottom from K&N now and trying to squeeze in a nother 1/4" height. Very close. You also need to watch the top of the air cleaner to scoop clearance during motor torque. The motor on the ERA sits over just a bit, so the top is not dead center with the scoop. You can use small blocks of wood to test the heights. Use a flashlight to look in into the scoop with the hood closed. Can't check now, but I think mine is 2.75 tall now, trying to go to three if they still make the 3" high. Not sure yet about that combined with the K&N top yet. I'm running no carb spacer, but 2 alluminum separators and 3 gaskets which adds 1/4 too on top of the Edelbrock Performer FE intake.

Duane- You are absolutely correct. I bought the 9" xstream filter and top and no good- it's tool tall. I bought a cheap 9" filter base which sits a little flatter than the K&N base and it's close but still doesn't fit. May need to trim little off of it.'

Rick, et al., interesting note. The 9" K&N xstream lid fits snugly in the 8.5" s&h air filter. If you look on the bottom of the 9" xstream lid it is recessed and fits perfectly in the s&h size filter. So, until I can find a base low enough to allow me to run the full 9" xstream filter and top, I've just stuck the xstream lid on top of the s&h filter.