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<DIV><FONT size=4>I also was in the college mode in 1958 and bought my first new
car a 1958 MGA in April of that year so thought I must have seen the article
after that rather than 2 years before it, because I did build a nice little box
for the MGA. There was a left over part of it still around for a while, so I’ll
look hard for what’s left so can give you the dimensions. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I can tell you this..It was a bought Radio Shack aluminum
chassis box, with an aluminum backing plate made for closing up the air box. The
backing plate screwed on to the box from the open or fender side away from the
motor to close things up for pressure retention. The chassis itself was cut with
the holes to allow it’s installation on to the carburettor air intake side
instead of air cleaners, then the cover backing plate was installed with sheet
metal screws and a small bit of sealant.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The carb fuel overflow pipes were routed into the airbox and
sealed with tubing bulkhead fittings to equalize the air pressure on top of the
float chamber to avoid the float being pushed up by the positive air pressure
into the floatchamber bottom and shutting back fuel flow. Pretty sure I
got this idea from someone else, so guessing I saw it in a mag too. My box
looked a lot like the one found on the old LeMans A.Healey 100-4 motor from the
factory.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I think the biggest gain came from routing cooler air to the
carbs rather then some slight positive air pressure increase at 70 mph or
above.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Wombat</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=arch.boston@twc.com
href="mailto:arch.boston@twc.com">Arch Boston</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 17, 2013 9:39 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=zmagnette@autox.team.net
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Zmagnette] Cold air /ram air box
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<DIV>Think you started wrong years.... In '58 I was in college and not was
still playing with cars but cars were on back burner. There was an
article, didn't dream it. Might have been in sports cars
illustrated. But, definitely published. 1956 1957<BR><BR>Sent from
my iPad</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Nov 17, 2013, at 9:06 PM, "Wayne & Isabel Hardy" <<A
href="mailto:gwhardy@suddenlink.net">gwhardy@suddenlink.net</A>>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Well I went through 1958 thru 1960 issues of Road &
Track today with no sign of an article on building a cold air box for your
car. Got sick looking at car prices, especially used sports racer types, and
had a lot of fun looking at old racing photos from places like Eagle Mtn. Lake
in Ft.Worth, and Galveston Tex. and Mansfield La. tracks all of which I worked
on and even drove a lap or two on. Worked as corner flagger, pit steward, and
traffic control... All way back before the earth was cool apparently, about 55
or so years ago.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Anyhow NO info on building your air box. Wait to see what
Kelvin’s elves at Moss have to offer. They sure did a bang up job on the
supercharger kit.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Wombat</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Wayne
& Isabel Hardy<BR>936-829-5427<BR><A
href="mailto:gwhardy@suddenlink.net">gwhardy@suddenlink.net</A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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