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Old May 9, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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Thinking about trying to get some cold air to my carb on my 70 LT1 car. I have seen closed element breathers with dual snorkles that guys have attached flex duct to to pipe in some cold air but was wondering if there was a drop base version of that dual snorkle breather as my factory breather is a holley style drop base for hood clearance.
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Originally Posted by L Holmes
Thinking about trying to get some cold air to my carb on my 70 LT1 car. I have seen closed element breathers with dual snorkles that guys have attached flex duct to to pipe in some cold air but was wondering if there was a drop base version of that dual snorkle breather as my factory breather is a holley style drop base for hood clearance.
I was interested in this too. When I did my research, the biggest problem was the hood clearance and the restriction of any adapter fitting on the carb. My 71 has the standard hood. If I used the 1 or 2 snorkel air breather, the steel breather would heat up the air going into the carb.

Last year when I was looking, I just couldn't find anything that would work.

I'd appreciate it if you would share when you find something that would work.

A friend told me that Nitrous is a good way to introduce cold into the inlet air. It is suppose to come out of the nozzle at 30 below.
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My 77 had the dual snorkel ,in plastic though.would that work ?The air came from in front of the radiator.
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