<VV> Air filter for breather

Marc Marcoulides hharpo at earthlink.net
Mon Nov 26 14:36:21 EST 2012


I got mine from lscorvairparts.com

it allows me to run K&N's

I got them from Larry too, better breathing means better fuel economy


-----Original Message-----
>From: Sethracer at aol.com
>Sent: Nov 26, 2012 11:20 AM
>To: gmdenamur at itol.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Air filter for breather
>
>Gary - I do not recommend running any open breather in the engine  
>compartment. Any fumes which come out of that breather will be ingested into the  
>cooling fan and into the passenger compartment via the heater. First, you 
>could  try tapping into the carb tops or the air-filter adapters. If that is not 
> feasible, then put a hose on the end of the tube and run it outside of the 
> engine compartment. There are several small "breather" type filters 
>available,  try Summitracing.com or other automotive suppliers. You must filter 
>the end,  because air could be pulled into that hose under certain running  
>conditions.
> 
>Seth Emerson
> 
> 
>In a message dated 11/26/2012 11:05:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
>gmdenamur at itol.com writes:
>
>I put my  47 year old California Custom (Chrome Pot) air cleaners on my '65
>Monza  110hp 4 speed car that I've owned since 1998 (43,000 actual miles  on
>it).  I am looking for some sort of "air cleaner" type device to  put on the
>end of the crank case breather tube.  Am looking for  reasonable ideas as to
>how to handle this.  I love the way they look  and they sound nice to.  I 
>run
>the stock 140 exhaust system on the  car.  Help!
>
>Thanks, Gary L.  DeNamur
>
>
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