air cleaners

[Enigma]

I was wondering what most of your run for air cleaners on your 350 powered '40's?
I'm in the process of shedding the Holley on mine to a Qjet and while I'm at it should out a proper air cleaner on it. Currently it has some old rusty chrome filter housing element. Part of my problems are the fibreglass flip front end I have that has no fender wells. thus it has a tendency to get water splashed up there.
I do plan on goin back to a stock steel front clip one day, but until then..
I suppose a stock chevy truck air cleaner housing would work decent..perhaps not look the greatest, but function over form right!

 

[E-TX-TOYOTA]

air filter

you can try something like this. I use this on sandrail dunebuggies. I is a 2 stage filter.

 

[camcruiser13]

i run the same type of filter as that except 5x bigger. but i dont mud bogg and i have fenders

 

[1973Guppie]

go poke around a junkyard. I founds so many types of air cleaners that would work. Finally used one from an old honda I think that pulls air from top and bottom, kinda a oval shaped one, anyhow, you could find a pipe to fit to the throttle body and relocate the air intake to a place in the engine compartment that doesnt get water, did the same thing but my reasons were to not bring in hot air from the headers.

noah

 

[65swb45]

Of course, my answer again is old-school, justl like me. I went to the boneyard and dug up a dual snorkel air cleaner from a mid '60's Oldsmobile so that I could have the benefit of balanced air flow in a sealed air cleaner housing.

I HAVE seen first-hand where an open element air cleaner has caught on fire, so I would NEVER recommend one.

 

[Enigma]

Of course, my answer again is old-school, justl like me. I went to the boneyard and dug up a dual snorkel air cleaner from a mid '60's Oldsmobile so that I could have the benefit of balanced air flow in a sealed air cleaner housing.

I HAVE seen first-hand where an open element air cleaner has caught on fire, so I would NEVER recommend one.

Thanks for the info guys. The Oldsmobile one sounds interesting, gotta pic perhaps?

 

[cruzerman350]

i got one from edelbrock. it is the triangle fowm one. i forgot the name of it but it is the one that the whole top is foam and just has asome expanded metal over the foam. i love it. it flows like over 1000 cfm and the faom can be washed in soap and water. almost never need to buy a new element.

 

[65swb45]

i got one from edelbrock. it is the triangle fowm one. i forgot the name of it but it is the one that the whole top is foam and just has asome expanded metal over the foam. i love it. it flows like over 1000 cfm and the faom can be washed in soap and water. almost never need to buy a new element.

That is ONE of the ones I have witnessed catch on fire!

I spent the better part of an hour rewiring a heep at Pismo that caught fire with one of those. Fawker wouldn't even pay to have my fire extinguisher recharged! We kicked him out of the club for that.

 

[cruzerman350]

well that makes me more worried thanks. ive already had two electrical fires and i hate fire (when it is on my car)

 

[65swb45]

Here's a pic of one like mine that is FS on ebay right now:

 

[Adventure Teq]

Here's what I run, havn't decided if it's all that great yet but it does the trick. MOROSO or sumthin.

 

[iaqdix]

I think most of air cleaners on your 350 powered '40's? i got this... Google Image Result for http://gawain.membrane.com/~thornton/images/OAIassy.jpg hope this help a little...




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[pb4ugo]

I've tried a # of different aircleaners & most had issues w/mud or water spray, except for stk GM. I use a stk air cleaner w/a single snorkle, but I cut an opening across the back of it(firewall side) for added air flow. It stays clean and dry. Mine came w/a factory 1 1/2" collar so the aircleaner is raised slightly, which I like. IIRC, I think it came off a chev van.