[Land-speed] On Topic, lol... Air Box for Filter Questions
Skip Higginbotham
saltrat at pahrump.com
Sun Apr 8 11:29:10 MDT 2012
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
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