Oh, no. This could be the beginning of a filter battle.
A few comments.
I think when shortening the spacers, you also have to shorten the
manifold studs too, or they hit the carb bodies. This if I remember is a
bit involved.
I am very lazy and prefer bolt on bits, particularily since many of
the people I seem to deal with have difficulty with basic instructions.
I'm not a fan of the ramflo, I had one melt down my carburetor
(downdraught) and have seen many with melted elements from backfires. Most
of my early MGB experience involved high speed dirt road driving and the K &
N filters performed extraordinarily well, so I am biased.
Last and most important reason to bring up the K & Ns, is that I
researched them, sourced them, got em stocked and got them in the catalog.
so there! sticking cyber tongue out.
Seriously, it sounds like the shortened spacers and ramflos' will do
the job. I think the K & N is a better filter, but it is much more
expensive. What price cool?
Kelvin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrie Alexander [mailto:Lawrie@britcars.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 10:39 AM
> To: Dodd, Kelvin
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: SUs
>
>
> But, since the modification to the heat shield (with HS4s) or
> to the linkage
> (with HIFs, and that's just grinding off the ends of the "lost motion
> levers", shown as illustration No. 45, p/n 373-690 in the
> Moss catalog) is
> so simple, why buy "bloody expensive" K & Ns that still hit the brake
> booster when the short spacers and Ram-Flos work very well?
>
> Lawrie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dodd, Kelvin <doddk@mossmotors.com>
> To: Lawrie Alexander <Lawrie@britcars.com>
> Cc: mg@autox.team.net <mg@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 9:59 AM
> Subject: RE: SUs
>
>
> >Lawrie et al:
> >
> > My ladys' 80 MGB had Hiffies on it and I was never happy with the
> >air filter situation. I did some digging in the K&N catalog
> and came up
> >with the filters that Moss has listed as 222-985. These are
> a tapered
> >filters that just clear the booster. They are bloody
> expensive, but short
> >of building an air box with velocity stacks seem to be the
> best filtration
> >for the application.
> >
> > The tapered filter is 5 7/8" X 3 1/2" and is 2" tall. The fit is
> >tight and I have had one complaint of the top cover touching
> the servo, but
> >this may have been due to sagging mounts. These will fit
> without modifying
> >the insulating spacers.
> >
> >Kelvin.
> >
> >btw. Nice post, the info on needles is a keeper.
> >
> >
> >> In order to fit air cleaners that don't hit the brake
> >> booster, you'll have
> >> to use a thinner spacer block, Moss No. 372-325. The
> >> preferred air cleaners
> >> are Moss Ram-Flo, available either round or oval. I prefer
> >> the look of the
> >> oval ones. They are Moss No. 223-220, while the round ones
> >> are 223-230.
> >
>
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