[TR] TR3 Air Filters

spook01 spook01 at comcast.net
Sun May 17 21:45:45 MDT 2009


i just happen to have a pair of new k&n's for 40 bucks...i bolted them on a 
car (not a tr), and the supercharger didn't work with them.  for the h6 like 
on the tr4.  i had planned to put them on ebay.
i don't know if they fit under the hood of a 3.
Best,
Ray

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <terryrs at comcast.net>
To: "Michael Lang" <mlang99 at comcast.net>
Cc: "triumph list" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Air Filters


> >I have run across pictures on web showing cars with a band of filter
>>foam wrapped around the stock TR3 air filters. It looks like a good
>>idea, but I haven't figured out where to buy the foam filter material.
>>Any suggestions?
>
> For several months I ran my stock TR3 air filters with an oilsoaked foam 
> wrap
> as you describe, Mike.B  Maybe it's because I drove every day, or because 
> my
> driveway is three hundred yards long and dirt, but the next time I pulled 
> the
> air filters, I actually wiped grit with my finger from the intake inlet 
> just
> in front of the piston.
>
>
>
> Imagine that getting into your engine.B  Switched immediately to paper
> filters.
>
>
>
> Your experience may vary and all that.
>
>
>
> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
>
> New Hampshire
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