$200!? K&N's should only run you about $100 at best!
I'd do the K&N's...it'll breathe better.
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
--- Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Seems like I always replaced the big can on my chevy
> 283's with little,
> CHEAP, chrome cleaners that had almost no elements.
> They sounded
> great, too.
>
> So, would I be better off to:
>
> A. find (where?) real cheap replacement elements for
> the stock cans?
> 2. drill out the bodies of the stock cans? (what,
> 1/2 inch holes?)
> c. both?
> 9. none of the above?
>
> chuck
>
> Frank Clarici wrote:
>
> > Chuck Ciaffone wrote:
> > >
> > > Been playing with the Midget in this wonderfully
> warm
> > > weather. Got in from a ride today and decided to
> fiddle with the
> > > SUs a little. As I began pulling the stock air
> cleaners, the
> > > idle started to rise. By the time I pulled them
> both, the
> > > idle was up 200 rpm. Howcum?
> >
> > >
> > > So ... wot's the answer? How best to improve the
> performance
> > > of stock SUs? I hate to spend $200 on fancy air
> cleaners (K&N?).
> > > Is there a better way?
> >
> > Nope!
> > But cheaper air cleaners (not stock and not those
> silly thin pancake
> > jobs) will make a difference.
> > Of course you can always drill lots of holes in
> the stock air filter
> > cans.
> > It works, I was 17 and even tighter back in those
> days.
> > Did you ever flip the air filter cap on your V8
> American car back in the
> > 60s/70s?
> >
> > --
> > Frank
> > Drive it or give it to somebody that will
> > http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/
>
>
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