I want a 235 in my T and the one I have has a big oil bath air filter. Very effective I know but very, shall we say, ugly. I'd like to replace the unit with a dry filter type but not those tiny 5 inch ones. Something about 9 or 10 inches in diameter would be nice. I saw the perfect unit but found out the owner fabbed it himself with a CNC machine which I do not have access to. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.
Yep, O'Reillys, Summit, Jegs, Speedway, Honest Charleys, etc. Don at DonsRods has a couple of killer ones on top of his 2x4 setup....
If your handy with a plasma torch and a roller, you could always make your own with a little imagination....
Sorry, wrong car.... look at BenT's under the Ford Motor post. Finned air cleaners.....cool!
Dyno'ing in a motor, just came into the office to eat Pizza....blame me for sniffing the exhaust gases....Hahaha....
olblu Do you have a place around there that has a water jet to cut the aluminum to the round ness or shape that you won't? If not try Ron at RPM Im sure he has away to do it cleanly and reasonable . The pic you put up looks like some thing easy to make. Just need air cleaner size and carb size hole and check to see if it will need to raise it up off the carb little bit . Best thing about it is you will have a custom part that no one else has and thats what we all wont .
Look at the complete K&N catalog. They have lots more than is listed in JEGS or Summit. You can probably find the right combination of base, height and diameter that you want.
I've have a '57 Chevy 235 with a Rochester BC carb in my T-bucket. I adapted a Spectre air cleaner (measuring 6 3/8 inches in diameter) that I picked-up at Auto Zone (Spectre part # 4780) using a Spectre Air Cleaner Riser and Adapter kit (Spectre part #4950, also available at Auto Zone). To make it work on the smaller throat opening of the 1 bbl Rochester BC carb I went to a local hardware store and found a thick rubber ring gasket thing in the plumbing section and expoxyed it to the base of the air cleaner riser. Then of course it's all held in place by a wing nut and a threaded stud that comes up through the center of the air cleaner. I'm sure it would be real easy to mount a larger diameter air cleaner with this set-up.
Thanks for the ideas. I know its not rocket science. Sadly I know of no one who has water jet or a CNC machine. I suppose a plasma cutter would do but would take some finishing. A good project for the winter (already!!).
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