[Fot] Spitfire air filters

[TR4 Tony]

Beware ITG filters with the big foam airboxes ... They catch fire .....

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On 21 May 2012, at 15:52, "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have you thought about itg filters and short stacks?
>
> http://www.itgairfilters.com/raceair.asp
>
> itg makes filters specifically for Spits plus they have a variety of shapes
& sizes.
>
> I have their dome shaped one on my TR3 with DCOEs.  There is almost no space
for a filter for the front venturi but the dome itg filter fits.
>
> Air conditioner filters & shop vac filters?  At least check out their
offerings for Spitfires.  Unless of course your thing is to have vacuum
cleaner filters on the intake of your carbs & "Mity Vac" written on the side
;)
>
> Teriann
>
> On 5/21/12 7:33 AM, Tim Pettenati wrote:
>> Jim,
>>
>> With velocity stacks not much room for a filter unless you are running
>> the
>> really short stacks, or no inner fenders.
>>
>> I'm using 1/4" wire screen
>> wrapped around the lip of the horn to secure.  Topped
>> with air conditioner
>> foam filter material (ace hardware) secured with aluminum
>> tape.  I'm sure it
>> only keeps out the big particles, but better than open
>> stacks.
>>
>> Photo
>> attached.
>>
>> I run the shop vac over the foam between race weekends.  Has worked
>> fine for a
>> couple years.
>>
>> Tim
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