[Land-speed] On Topic, lol... Air Box for Filter Questions

[Skip Higginbotham]

I'd ask K&N.

Skip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Mayfield" <drmayf at mayfco.com>
To: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 09:10
Subject: [Land-speed] On Topic, lol... Air Box for Filter Questions


> The Sunbeam has a very tight engine compartment especially when the 
> turbo plumbing is in place.  I always use an air filter on either the 
> turbo inlet or on the mass air flow meter for the normally aspirated 
> version.  I am currently toying with th enoion of putting the filter 
> into a box hat can get its air from just over the top of the hood, up 
> front, where a tiny bit of dynamic pressure can be recovered.  My main 
> question is: is there some rule of thumb for how big a boix must be or 
> how close it needs to be when enclosing the filter?   If the filer is 
> say 6 inches in diameter then what diameter should the enclosure be on 
> the inside?
> 
> Any thoughts on this from anybody?
> 
> Yes, I could just grab the air directly, but, I like the notion of the 
> air filter keeping salt particles out of the engine.
> 
> mayf