Hi Price,
I bought the LongFlos and faced the same dilemma. As the backing plate is thin
sheet steel--albeit chromed--there is no really good, solid way to mount an
adapter. Mine came with holes, one 90deg adapter and a plug but the adapter
was too small and caused excessive pressure buildup in the crankcase (resulting
in a leaky valve cover--pretty much a disaster). Cutting a straight length of
steel tubing and carefully welding it to the backing plate--at an angle--might
work, but unless you've a TIG it would be ugly.
I eventually got a set of K&Ns with short stacks (sorry, these were a one-off
and I couldn't get the maker to do a production run). I put a PCV valve
between the crankcase, T-fitting and the intake manifold per Norman Nock's
instructions. Not only did this solve the crankcase venting problem, but all
but eliminated the blue smoke I would get after a long downhill, engine-braked
run.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "R. Price Lindsay" <price@advocateadvisors.com>
> I have ordered new LongFlo air cleaners for my BJ8 and realize that the
> connection for the breather hose is not part of the new parts. How do I
> make this connection from rear air cleaner to the "T" on the valve
> cover?
>
>
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> R. Price Lindsay
>
> Executive Vice President &
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