Steve Semeraro wrote:
>
> I received the VB Winter sale catelog last night. My experience with
> these guys is the same as everyone elses', but they sometimes have good
> prices in these sale catelogs on things that even they can't screw up.
> I remember a couple of fellas picked up windshields pretty cheap a
> couple of years ago. Nothing so great this year. Distributor stuff
> maybe if you buy enough to justify the postage. They also have
> something called Longflow airfilters. They look nice in the picture and
> claim to have a washable filter. The paper filters have gotten so
> expensive; I'm thinking about these as an alternative. Has anyone tried
> them. At the sale price, their only about 2X the cost of paper filters.
> If you can really wash the filter repeatedly, it could be a good deal.
> Any advice? Thanks.
>
> Steve Semeraro
> Series V Alpine
> 1968 Marcos GT
If they're those foam things, I would say don't waste your money. I
bought some from them and put them on the car (dual Stombergs)...had to
re-adjust the air fuel mixture and make a special hole for the bypas
hose that connects to the oil filler tube. They also had a vibration
problem...when the engine reached 2500+ RPM, the metal screens resonated
at a screeming pitch...C sharp I think. I had them for about a year
although the car was not running for the last 10 months. After I got the
parts to fix the car and get it running again, I tried to start the car
and the air cleaners were so deteriorated that the foam got sucked down
the carbs! I spent the next weekend re-building the carbs and cleaning
out all that muck! The ones I would suggest, other than the originals,
are the K & N filters as used on motorcycles. They have a meatl mesh
inside a spot welded housing, much like the early Series air filters. I
don't know if they make them for the Alpines. If you can find some that
are similar, those would be a better buy.
Sergio
67 Series V 'AJNT 86'
still working on it!
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