Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

lyrikz · 01-26-2010, 12:02 PM

Im a few days away from running my truck, and for the life of me, i cant pick out an air filter setup. Nothing looks good. Anyone been through this before?? lol.

Post some air filter setups. I have a quadrajet on it with a 454.

bruceman1968 · 01-26-2010, 12:31 PM

Batwing

lyrikz · 01-26-2010, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bruceman1968

Batwing

oooh, thats kinda cool...

bruceman1968 · 01-26-2010, 12:40 PM

Its a repop from night prowlers http://www.thenightprowlers.com/retroairfilter.htm a little pricey but cool caddys and olds ran them in the 50s

bruceman1968 · 01-26-2010, 12:52 PM

http://www.parts123.com/PartFrame.as...n_Products_Inc some other cool retro cleaners When the page loads type in air cleaner and there's some batwing aluminum styles also original batwings come up on ebay sometimes

bruceman1968 · 01-26-2010, 12:57 PM

one more

lyrikz · 01-26-2010, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by lyrikz

Im a few days away from running my truck, and for the life of me, i cant pick out an air filter setup. Nothing looks good. Anyone been through this before?? lol.

Post some air filter setups. I have a quadrajet on it with a 454.

Heres my options that i like so far. is this triangle air filter the one that every says is like a birds nest and catches on fire??

Then these other two... Just so weird that there is millions of these, all the same..

heres my engine.

Sinister · 01-26-2010, 12:33 PM

Ball milled aluminum. What valve covers are you running? Edit: You posted while I was posting.

Longhorn Man · 01-26-2010, 05:21 PM

<-------- DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!
That filter is a fire waiting to happen. The stories you hear are not BS, they are very true.
I have one I use as wall art packed away somewhere since the move. Even having one, I would (and have) drive with NO air filter before putting that POS on top of my engine.

lyrikz · 01-26-2010, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

<-------- DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!
That filter is a fire waiting to happen. The stories you hear are not BS, they are very true.
I have one I use as wall art packed away somewhere since the move. Even having one, I would (and have) drive with NO air filter before putting that POS on top of my engine.

Ahh, i knew i heard that somehwere, i just couldnt remember.

What is it that makes them so dangerous? I decided im just going to go with the k&n triangle filter. Not the dangerouse one.

my67chevytruck · 01-27-2010, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

<-------- DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!
That filter is a fire waiting to happen. The stories you hear are not BS, they are very true.
I have one I use as wall art packed away somewhere since the move. Even having one, I would (and have) drive with NO air filter before putting that POS on top of my engine.

Mine is wall art as well, learned about 15 years ago that a back fire is all that was needed to

JWall · 01-26-2010, 05:32 PM

I am a ball milled fan...

My 94 had it...

And my Dad's 76 has it too..

Longhorn Man · 01-26-2010, 05:36 PM

the foam in those will trap gas spray. Every time you pump the throttle to fire it up, a little sprays upwards and into that foam.
All it takes is the slightest of a backfire... just a hickup, and it can light up.
I ignored everyone on this and learned my self.

lyrikz · 01-26-2010, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

the foam in those will trap gas spray. Every time you pump the throttle to fire it up, a little sprays upwards and into that foam.
All it takes is the slightest of a backfire... just a hickup, and it can light up.
I ignored everyone on this and learned my self.

Holy crap... Thats crazy. I will take your word on this one.

big mike71 · 01-26-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

the foam in those will trap gas spray. Every time you pump the throttle to fire it up, a little sprays upwards and into that foam.
All it takes is the slightest of a backfire... just a hickup, and it can light up.
I ignored everyone on this and learned my self.

I had one that caught on fire on my Chevelle, I try to warn everyone that has one about it, but they usually don't listen.

Dynomutt · 01-26-2010, 08:47 PM

I think you should run 2 filters.

Longhorn Man · 01-26-2010, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by big mike71

I had one that caught on fire on my Chevelle, I try to warn everyone that has one about it, but they usually don't listen.

Big Mike... I was one of those guys at one point.
At least the paint on the hood was already burned before I ignored the guys that knew more than me. I burned quite a bit of paint and ruined a nice leather jacket putting that fire out.

petey-pablo · 01-27-2010, 08:19 AM

Heres mine..Plain and simple

petey-pablo · 01-27-2010, 08:28 AM

These are nice but pricey RAM AIR BOX I will buy one of these some day, I had one of these on my 71 longbed with a 454BB and I definitely felt the difference when I put it on..
http://www.ramairbox.com/index.html

Leviticus · 05-13-2010, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by petey-pablo

Heres mine..Plain and simple

Nice lookin engine Petey.

But every time I see these open top filters I have flashbacks to my childhood to the old Tupperware lids. First time I saw one, my first thought was that someone improvised and stole Mom's Tupperware top

GASoline71 · 01-28-2010, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

Big Mike... I was one of those guys at one point.
At least the paint on the hood was already burned before I ignored the guys that knew more than me. I burned quite a bit of paint and ruined a nice leather jacket putting that fire out.

Yep... like stated before... fire waiting to happen but no one listens. I had one on a V-8 chainsaw... yep, you read that right... a V-8 chainsaw... back fire in the carb caused a heck of a fire...

Here it is in action... that's the bed of my Dad's 1970 C/10 on the left...

That's me on the left...

Gary

*lakeroadster* · 01-27-2010, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

the foam in those will trap gas spray. Every time you pump the throttle to fire it up, a little sprays upwards and into that foam.
All it takes is the slightest of a backfire... just a hickup, and it can light up.
I ignored everyone on this and learned my self.

That's advice we can use! The PO of my 65 installed on eof those... Looks like it gets the AXE!

Thanks for the advice!

lt704 · 01-26-2010, 06:48 PM

I totally agree with longhorn man. I had one of those , it came with my c-10 68, the next day it went into the trash.

*vegaschevy* · 01-26-2010, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by lt704

I totally agree with longhorn man. I had one of those , it came with my c-10 68, the next day it went into the trash.

funny how everyone hates foam but every dirt bike known to man has no fire issues and they all have foam. trophy trucks and offroad buggies too

*lakeroadster* · 05-12-2010, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by vegaschevy

funny how everyone hates foam but every dirt bike known to man has no fire issues and they all have foam. trophy trucks and offroad buggies too

If the foam is a secondary filter that is wrapped around a regular primary filter (to keep the dust and grime) the gas spray won't get to the foam, therefore the foam won't ignite.

The Edelbrock uses foam as the only filtering media...

01-26-2010, 12:02 PM	#1
lyrikz PITbut Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: monroe washington Posts: 3,052	Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. Im a few days away from running my truck, and for the life of me, i cant pick out an air filter setup. Nothing looks good. Anyone been through this before?? lol. Post some air filter setups. I have a quadrajet on it with a 454. __________________ New project. 1971 Twin Turbo blazer http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=676047 My new YOUTUBE channel.. Videos of my truck and a current walk around. Lyrikz74 Youtube channel *DONE! SOLD!* My 1971 stepside build thread My Build Thread UPDATED 6/11. DONE and sold.

01-26-2010, 12:31 PM	#2
bruceman1968 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 1,549	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. Batwing Attached Images __________________ CHEVY/GMC VIN DECODERS

01-26-2010, 12:40 PM	#4
bruceman1968 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 1,549	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. Its a repop from night prowlers http://www.thenightprowlers.com/retroairfilter.htm a little pricey but cool caddys and olds ran them in the 50s __________________ CHEVY/GMC VIN DECODERS

01-26-2010, 12:52 PM	#5
bruceman1968 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 1,549	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. http://www.parts123.com/PartFrame.as...n_Products_Inc some other cool retro cleaners When the page loads type in air cleaner and there's some batwing aluminum styles also original batwings come up on ebay sometimes __________________ CHEVY/GMC VIN DECODERS

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bruceman1968 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 1,549	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. one more Attached Images __________________ CHEVY/GMC VIN DECODERS

01-26-2010, 12:33 PM	#8
Sinister Between Trucks... Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA. Posts: 3,830	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. Ball milled aluminum. What valve covers are you running? Edit: You posted while I was posting. __________________ Beat it to fit, Paint it to match... Last edited by Sinister; 01-26-2010 at 12:35 PM.

01-26-2010, 05:21 PM	#9
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. <-------- DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!! That filter is a fire waiting to happen. The stories you hear are not BS, they are very true. I have one I use as wall art packed away somewhere since the move. Even having one, I would (and have) drive with NO air filter before putting that POS on top of my engine.

01-26-2010, 05:32 PM	#12
JWall Frequent Flyer Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 2,258	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. I am a ball milled fan... My 94 had it... And my Dad's 76 has it too.. __________________ - Justin 76 SWB C-10 - 98 SWB C1500 (x2) 1 Owner 1976 SWB

01-26-2010, 05:36 PM	#13
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. the foam in those will trap gas spray. Every time you pump the throttle to fire it up, a little sprays upwards and into that foam. All it takes is the slightest of a backfire... just a hickup, and it can light up. I ignored everyone on this and learned my self.

01-26-2010, 08:47 PM	#16
Dynomutt Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Texas Posts: 440	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. I think you should run 2 filters. Attached Images __________________ MARQ Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=446194

01-27-2010, 08:19 AM	#18
petey-pablo "THE GREEN GOBLIN" Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fremont Ca. Posts: 1,025	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. Heres mine..Plain and simple Attached Images __________________ Petey-pablo "THE GREEN GOBLIN" 1972 Cheyenne 10 Short Fleet Side Front 2.5inch Spindles with 2inch Springs Rear 4inch drop Springs. 454BBC TH400,Posi 1971 Cheyenne 10 Long Fleet Side 454BBC TH350,Posi Sold Drive it like you stole it! Petey-pablo@sbcglobal.net

01-27-2010, 08:28 AM	#19
petey-pablo "THE GREEN GOBLIN" Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fremont Ca. Posts: 1,025	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. These are nice but pricey RAM AIR BOX I will buy one of these some day, I had one of these on my 71 longbed with a 454BB and I definitely felt the difference when I put it on.. http://www.ramairbox.com/index.html Attached Images __________________ Petey-pablo "THE GREEN GOBLIN" 1972 Cheyenne 10 Short Fleet Side Front 2.5inch Spindles with 2inch Springs Rear 4inch drop Springs. 454BBC TH400,Posi 1971 Cheyenne 10 Long Fleet Side 454BBC TH350,Posi Sold Drive it like you stole it! Petey-pablo@sbcglobal.net Last edited by petey-pablo; 01-27-2010 at 08:29 AM.

01-26-2010, 06:48 PM	#23
lt704 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berkley, Massachusetts Posts: 235	Re: Im stumped on something silly. Air filter setup. I totally agree with longhorn man. I had one of those , it came with my c-10 68, the next day it went into the trash.



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