Re: TOY: Weber 32/36 carb installed -got some Q's

["John Cox" <johnccox@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are quite a few air filter adapter kits available.  I used a Redline 
adapter and just re-used my old Toyota air cleaner dish (I like to play in 
the mud -- it keeps it out pretty well).  You will have to pull the studs 
out of the valve cover because they will be too short with the adapter.  I 
used a couple of longer metric bolts and some 1/4" ID heater hose as a 
vibration damper / support for the dish assembly.  Mine fits under the hood 
just fine, though.

You can also get a K&N kit for the webers that has a remote mount filter / 
snorkle hose.

John


>Those little filters that are made for them are too
>small and too short to get a proper air entry radius
>into the carb. I know things are tight in there
>though. Have a look at the whole filter can found on
>Olds 403's and 455's in Toronados. This has a fairly
>short carb flange to lid dimension while also having a
>14" x ~2" diameter fully enclosed filter element.
>FWIW, MISF runs one of these on a 392 ci in his Scout,
>ducted to the cowl with H2O diversion baffles. His K&N
>rarely needs cleaning and he has never seen dirt in
>the intake.
>Another junkyard option would to build a remote filter
>adapter and use the filter can assembly from a Fiero
>V6.
>I built the adapter on the DB. It starts out with the
>DGV's (32/36) filter flange, comes straight up to the
>top of the air horns, then tapers off to a 2.5" tube
>in about 5". No hood clearence issues there. My bowl
>vent tube comes up even further. It's always an issue
>to not twank the tube when I'm putting the adapter
>back on, but I've never had a fuel slosh problem so
>it's worth it.

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