i have a Barry Grant carb and an Edelbrock Performer intake and im lookin around for an air cleaner alternative...

i would like some suggestions...
pix please???

thanx...

 

 

i'm walking down this same path and so far have determined that guys are using drop base air cleaners to make this work...let me find the post and i drop it in through an edit...let me know what you are doing ny engine goes back intoday....need to go get some coffee and then it starts........bob

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=966351

 

I'm running a 66 drop base which the only thing that you would have to do is plug the hole used for crankcase ventilation.. kinda of pricy but it works well. I only had to cut the holley aligning tabs at the front... Dave..

 

Look up on summit the K&N Xstream with the 1.25 drop, probably the best performing drop you can get.

 

Here's another picture of the Corvette brop-base. On my '64 with a '67 BB hood, I use a 4" element with plenty of extra room to spare.

I THINK that if you get the L-88 version, there is no hole for the crankcase gas inlet.



If you look closely in the pic, you will see some modifications I've made to smooth the airflow in this critical area. If you look at the top of the Holley where the air cleaner stud goes in, you will notice a small machined "nose cone" similar to the idea used on the plenum inlet of the the L98 and later fuel injected engines. This covers the flat stud pad easing the transition around the stud.

My real pride is the gasket that fills the void space between the carb and the air cleaner base. If you look at the way the stock Corvette base is pressed, you'll note that there is about a 1/8" gap between the curvature and the base of the carb where the air SLAMS into the base of the carb creating turbulance above the throats.

I used a piece of 14 gauge direct burial low voltage wire and stripped it in two. I cut one side to the perfect length to fill in this void space and sealed it to the air cleaner base using black gasket sealer. The wire is then just a fat O-ring, and afterwards, when I was picking up chlorine, it dawned on me that I probably could have gotten an O-ring at the swimming pool supply store! The gasket snugs up against the carb real nice and the top is just above the carb body smoothing the air flow.

Another mod is the use of the sealed-in flat fender washers to cover the breather hole replacing screen assembly internal obstruction. I run valve cover breathers.

Not earthshaking, but recognize that at these flow rates, every 2 cfm equates to about 1 hp at the wheels. CarCraft found a 10 hp difference on a BB by changing the air cleaner/carb transition area.

 

ok...first of all, thanx everyone for the input...

however...i think that i did not make myself clear...
my dropbase is not a problem...

i am looking for a COOL LOOKING LID...
NOT a base...

im just bored with mine and dont want to go to plain chrome...
most of the shinet stuff on my engine is alum...

i see that K&N makes a cool looking carbon fiber lid...

 

You did not make yourself clear enough ...carbon fiber is cool. What about the K&N filter lid? It's a lid-filter combined...more airflow.

 

Opps.. I guess I need to read a little bit better... CF is cool on new cars.. I just can't get into it on these older cars... Chrome is king..... Dave...

 

The K&N filter lid is really cool but expen$ive. Nice way to cap off your engine compartment though. Plus, it has some functional use too.

 

ya...i like that one too...

 

I bought a drop base from a local speed shop on Friday. It was the only way to get my hood back on. When we got to the register, the K&N filter lid was $75 by itself. I traded it for a chrome lid along with the skinny K&N filter and the base. The total for all that was about $80.

I'll get a filter lid someday, but the ancillary costs of the engine swap are adding up.

 

Yeah, im surpised the prices some of these drop bases sell for. I had to buy a moroso drop base and get a thin air filter to get the hood to close. The only place I could find any on such short notice was the local speed shop; Had to buy the moroso one. It cost me something like 55 bucks.

 

isosceles, if you want to take back that drop base and lid, you can have my moroso stuff for free. Just come pick it up. Dont need it anymore and dont feel like selling it. The lid looks nice, but has some scruffing along the edges from rubbing on the hood. PM me if interested.

 

My car has allways run the dual snorkel "Stock" aircleaner of a 73. but the 73 has the rubber baby bumper between the aircleaner and the hood with the kick down vent in the rear. My 4 bolt 350 corvette engine has the edelbrock "Torker" manifold and a Holly 600 single pump. The reason I put quotes around my air cleaner is because its chrome. That wasn't stock. I'm wondering though what it would cost to get the lid rechromed, Any sugestions for good triple plate chromer? These are small enough not to cost too much to mail around.

 

adding up!!!!!!! Geez its like the "song that nevers ends" except its like the cost that never ends.....and tell me why i need a $60 fuel line from fuel pump to carb...oh yeah its to match up to my $50 Speed Demon fuel line......send somebody with the white coats i've lost all perspective..........

 

I hear ya.

 

Just how unusual are you willing to go...................................... ....
I went with the dual sidedraft to go with my hood !!! Rick

 

thats cool.......

 

This pic is over a year old and there has been a few changes, but not the air cleaner set-up.