[Tigers] Air cleaner & horsepower

[Tony Somebody]

I would love to see a pic IF anyone is running this dual filter air intake- I
like it and obviously it would increase everything including gas milage and so
pay for itself' !!!! ANYONE ???
 
 

Tony Lang (TtT)
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> From: "michael at michaelshortt.com"
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>To: Dave Munroe <dave at munroe.ca> 
>Cc:
tigers at autox.team.net 
>Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 10:28 AM
>Subject: Re:
[Tigers] Air cleaner & horsepower
>  
>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
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>
>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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>Michael L. Shortt
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