Technical Air Cleaners

link to the calculator

https://www.secondstrike.com/Technical/AirCleanerCalc.asp

 

here's an analysis using that calculator, on the filters I posted above

 

Yeah, it is right there, on the first (17) page...

 

I don't use acrobat to read pdf files, so the calculator in the file doesn't work for me.

 

Here's a real world experience I had that was solved by going to a larger air filter element. It's a long read, so to summarize it, I was finally able to solve an occasional "stunble" problem by going to a 4" element, replacing a 3" one. Along the way, I had tried a K&N filter, which made the problem much worse.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...-help-no-longer-needed.1163830/#post-13234361

 

One neat thing about paper elements is you can stack them! I have always figured the larger the air cleaner the better. On my old 55 Ford with a 436MEL I had tons of hood clearance , so I just got a longer rod and put two stock air cleaner elements on it! No actually tests, but it felt like it had more power.




Bones

 

I did that back in 1980....

 

And don't forget to flip your lid on those stock air cleaners... It is worth a couple of extra ponies...

 

Ha! Me too around the same time frame with a BBC in a TF truck to boot!

 

That's what makes this such a 'cool' site!!!!!! AND swade41's great avatars!!!!!
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