[Tigers] Air cleaner & horsepower

Carlo Bernardino crbdino at me.com
Thu Jul 5 10:12:12 MDT 2012


That will fit under the stock hood? I bet that plus a cold air setup from the air horn would work nice. 
Rob

Carlo Rob Bernardino, MD FACS
Oculoplastics and Aesthetic Surgery
Vantage Eye Center
Monterey, CA

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On Jul 5, 2012, at 8:28 AM, "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:

> If some of you are serious about gaining HP over the stock look ( and
> you can always keep a stock housing in the trunk for car shows ),
> I strongly recommend using a pair of K& N conical air filters with a
> relocation kit like this one.
> 
> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SPE-771/?rtype=10
> 
> 
> Michael Shortt
> 
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Dave Munroe <dave at munroe.ca> wrote:
>> Hey Bugz:
>> 
>> That shouldn't have been a surprise. With more than double the surface area
>> of the K & N filter, the Edelbrock
>> should have flowed a lot more air. The question is: can you squeeze a 4"
>> filter under a stock, no-bubble bonnet?
>> 
>> If so, pretty cheap horsepower!
>> 
>> It would be interesting to see a head-to-head comparison of the 4" Edelbrock
>> with a 4" K&N....
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rense, Mark (GE, Appl & Light)"
>> <mark.rense at ge.com>
>> To: <tigers at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 11:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Air cleaner & horsepower
>> 
>> 
>>> All,
>>> I built a fairly mild 5-bolt 289 (Performer 1.90" heads, 500 cfm 4bbl,
>>> F4B,
>>> CompCams XE262, Eagle rotating assembly, 9.5:1 compression, Pertonix in
>>> dual-point, stock exhaust manifolds) for B382000991 about ten years ago
>>> and
>>> when I ran the car on a chassis dyno I tried several air cleaner
>>> combinations.
>>> The best run was with a standard Edelbrock air cleaner with 4" element and
>>> the
>>> car peaked at 273 HP at 6200 RPM. I put the stock Tiger air cleaner on
>>> with a
>>> K&N 1 1/2" element. The flow was so restricted I had to open up the carb
>>> and
>>> drop in a leaner set of secondary jets. The best we could get out of that
>>> setup was 254 HP at 5800. So, the 20 HP loss is reality.
>>> 
>>> I just finished another 5-bolt 289 with a 332 kit and it is scheduled to
>>> go on
>>> the dyno tomorrow for break-in and set-up. I plan to run a couple
>>> different
>>> carb/air cleaner combinations, so I will include a stock Tiger air cleaner
>>> if
>>> I have time. I have both 1 1/2" and 2" K&N elements.
>>> 
>>> Bugz
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