<VV> stock air cleaners

Jim Davis jld at wk.net
Thu Jul 19 17:35:23 EDT 2012


I bet those tricks work especially well on FCs or 65 with A/C :-)
Jim Davis

On 7/19/2012 11:37 AM, Dave Keillor wrote:
> A cheap change that helps a lot is to used a piece of tubing/pipe to raise
> the crossover that goes from the air cleaner to up off the carb throat a
> couple of inches.  It helps smooth out the sharp bend that the air needs to
> make as it enters the carb throat.  Or, just go to the Otto or similar air
> cleaners as previously suggested.
>
> Dave Keillor
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Paul <paulm at tdl.com> wrote:
>
>> Okay, tell me how this works: I spent a lot of money on the performance
>> carburetor modifications done by our friend Mr. Young to improve airflow, I
>> spent more money on the custom three angle grind on the valve seats to
>> improve airflow, I installed, at great expense, the "slant" exhaust tubes
>> and custom equal length headers to improve airflow. Now, I'm looking at the
>> intake system and I find two small "snorkel" intakes on the stock air
>> cleaner. The cross-section of these intakes appears to be less than half of
>> the total area of even the stock carburetors. It seems to me that this
>> would be kind of like a marathon runner trying to breathe only through his
>> nose. What was the General thinking when he came up with such an apparently
>> restrictive air intake?. Would I be better off replacing the stock (but
>> attractive looking) air cleaner? How about just removing the "snorkels" and
>> perhaps putting some more holes around the perimeter of the stock filter?
>> Is there a recommendation for a
>>    low restrictive air cleaner on a 140? Thanks for your help, I am always
>> amazed at the depth of knowledge on this site.
>> Paul Michalczyk
>> 65 Corsa Convertible, just completing a 10 year restoration project
>> (that's two years working on it, eight years thinking about it and saving
>> up the money)
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