Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup.
 

Im a few days away from running my truck, and for the life of me, i cant pick out an air filter setup. Nothing looks good. Anyone been through this before?? lol.

Post some air filter setups. I have a quadrajet on it with a 454.

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Batwing

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Heres my options that i like so far. is this triangle air filter the one that every says is like a birds nest and catches on fire??

http://static.summitracing.com/globa...e/edl-1002.jpg

Then these other two... Just so weird that there is millions of these, all the same..
http://static.summitracing.com/globa...-60-1470_w.jpg

http://static.summitracing.com/globa...e/edl-1222.jpg

heres my engine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/DSC04147.jpg

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http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...n/IM002779.jpg
Ball milled aluminum. What valve covers are you running? Edit: You posted while I was posting.

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oooh, thats kinda cool...

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Its a repop from night prowlers http://www.thenightprowlers.com/retroairfilter.htm a little pricey but cool caddys and olds ran them in the 50s

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http://www.parts123.com/PartFrame.as...n_Products_Inc some other cool retro cleaners When the page loads type in air cleaner and there's some batwing aluminum styles also original batwings come up on ebay sometimes

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one more

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Billet Specialties with matching valve covers and a k&n filter....

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DUAL SNORKEL

http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/q...AirCleaner.jpg

chevy had a very nice one on their musclecars, but i think this an olds




or



this

http://www.holley.com/64280.asp

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OHHHHHHHHHHHHH.. tell me thats your truck...

that harness cover you have on the wiring. I WANT IT.... i was going to make a plastic cover, but that is perfect.. PLEASE tell me what you did there.. Thats so nice.

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I saw that.. But, thats a bit out of my price range. Kinda cool looking though...

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http://static.summitracing.com/globa...e/edl-1002.jpg <-------- DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!
That filter is a fire waiting to happen. The stories you hear are not BS, they are very true.
I have one I use as wall art packed away somewhere since the move. Even having one, I would (and have) drive with NO air filter before putting that POS on top of my engine.

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Ahh, i knew i heard that somehwere, i just couldnt remember.

What is it that makes them so dangerous? I decided im just going to go with the k&n triangle filter. Not the dangerouse one.

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I am a ball milled fan...

My 94 had it...

http://hubgarage.s3.amazonaws.com/ph.../x3_detail.JPG

And my Dad's 76 has it too..

http://hubgarage.s3.amazonaws.com/ph...851_detail.jpg

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the foam in those will trap gas spray. Every time you pump the throttle to fire it up, a little sprays upwards and into that foam.
All it takes is the slightest of a backfire... just a hickup, and it can light up.
I ignored everyone on this and learned my self.

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Yes that is the engine in my truck.....That harness cover you see there is nothing other than an A/C vent tubing that we ran the harness thru all the way to the fender. The body shop was supposed to smooth the harness hole also as we were going to put it on the left side at the bottom of the floor and then they did not do it and the firewall was painted we had no choice but to rig this to make an attemp to cover it up as best as we could.

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Holy crap... Thats crazy. I will take your word on this one. ;)

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Ac vent tubing huh... That is much better then stock. lol.

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http://images.search.yahoo.com/image...sigb=12h2ldebo

Hilborn anyone?
prolly wont fit under the hood, but its still cool

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I totally agree with longhorn man. I had one of those , it came with my c-10 68, the next day it went into the trash.

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funny how everyone hates foam but every dirt bike known to man has no fire issues and they all have foam. trophy trucks and offroad buggies too

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I had one that caught on fire on my Chevelle, I try to warn everyone that has one about it, but they usually don't listen.

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I think you should run 2 filters. ;)

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Big Mike... I was one of those guys at one point.
At least the paint on the hood was already burned before I ignored the guys that knew more than me. I burned quite a bit of paint and ruined a nice leather jacket putting that fire out.

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its not like your buying shoes to match you purse, dress or hat.

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But it is. Spend all this time getting it how i want it, then just throw a ****ty loooking air filter on it. bah. I figured what i wanted to get.

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Heres mine..Plain and simple

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These are nice but pricey RAM AIR BOX I will buy one of these some day, I had one of these on my 71 longbed with a 454BB and I definitely felt the difference when I put it on..
http://www.ramairbox.com/index.html

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That's advice we can use! The PO of my 65 installed on eof those... Looks like it gets the AXE!

Thanks for the advice!

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Mine is wall art as well, learned about 15 years ago that a back fire is all that was needed to :devil:

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Actually, it's almost just like that. You need to try to stick with a theme through the whole engine bay. I like the ball milled air cleaners, but without ball milled valve covers, or some kind of milled aluminum, it would look like socks on a rooster.

lyrikz, you have chrome steel valve covers with the CHEVROLET emossed letters, so my suggestion would be a chrome steel air cleaner lid. Something with no lettering or with the same style lettering as the VC's if possible.The tiangle style air cleaner you have picked should look great. My only suggestion would be lettering choices like I mentioned above.

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Thanks.

IM thinking of changing the whole setup, but the budget isnt allowing it. lol

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I have the same as Petey-Pablo.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/...a9812fb53e.jpg

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Here my old one, I dont know if you have seen these but it matches you valve covers.

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Here you go. My setup (sure hope it fits under the hood...)

http://gallery.lisaandmike.org/album...k/PICT5817.jpg

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I don't see why it wouldn't :)

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As a public service announcement, i feel i should present my story concerning the edlebrock "triangle" air cleaner.

But first, let me say that i think Edlebrock is a great company and i use other edlebrock products. But i think they dropped the ball concerning this type of air cleaner.

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/sm...p?topic=7169.0


In another instance, i used that exact same air cleaner on another car and the engine had a backfire and the engine physically blew the air cleaner off the engine about 20 inches in the air. (the latch mechanism for this air cleaner is also maybe not the best design out there) i had the hood up when this happened.

b) the other concern is that the foam may be too close to the top of the carb and/or bowl vents. This can cause problems with fuel metering.


Now, as far as what styles of air cleaners i do like are the dual snorkel type that alot of hi-po gm cars had. In this way, you're getting high volume air intake when needed while still getting maximum mpg.

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chevy mike i like your style.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...Picture377.jpg

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Yep... like stated before... fire waiting to happen but no one listens. I had one on a V-8 chainsaw... yep, you read that right... a V-8 chainsaw... back fire in the carb caused a heck of a fire...

Here it is in action... that's the bed of my Dad's 1970 C/10 on the left...

That's me on the left...

http://www.arboristsite.com/attachme...9&d=1180447323

Gary