Hello David,
i had thought about something like your first method, using the
stock elements and cans, but hadn't figured out how to keep the
filters in place while i bolted the cans to the base plates..
maybe some (light) glue? .. just to hold them there... would
then have to also seal the original holes in the stock cans
with (tape? silicone?) something... afraid that would look
HOKEY tho.. thus the idea of K&Ns. ..
ease of installation, and looks, being important too!
DL> Bill,
DL> Yup, that was what prompted my questions.
DL> I have decided that if I should end up in your shoes, I would drill a new
DL> set of holes through the base plates out near the inside edge of the filter
DL> elements, insert the bolts from the back, slide the sleeves onto the bolts,
DL> bolt the stacks to the face of the carburetor, through the base plates of
DL> the air-cleaner housings and then drill matching holes in a pair of quart
DL> paint can lids (or similar, to fit) and attach them with nuts to the end of
DL> the bolts. Wing nuts, maybe. I would hate to lose the lovely big filter
DL> elements (yes, they are K&N).
DL> If I got the stub stacks that APT sells, I would use a piece of all-thread
DL> through the stubs into the carbs with a nut to hold the stub down and
DL> another nut to hold the filter together. Or else just do it the first way to
DL> minimize turbulence near the carb mouth.
DL> David
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Best regards,
Bill mailto:pythias@pacifier.com
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