Ideas for an air cleaner?

[Denee007]

Hi! Car gatherings (Nifty50ee's) will soon to be here (thank goodness!), I'm not going to buy another carburetor, so, I'd like to at least have a nice air cleaner system to compliment my engine compartment.
I've spent way too much time this morning scouring the internet for possibilities. I just picked the one below cause it was different. but I was leaning towards Cold air Intake system? I had noticed last year during the HOT days, the engine didn't run nearly as well as the cool time we're having now, that's why I considered cold air.
Any ideas are certainly welcome!
dne'

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPECTRE-761-...item461a89149f

[whitedog76]

It looks like you have plenty of hood space. Maybe a thicker carb spacer or even a velocity stack would help with the hot underhood temps.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...ier=92449_0_0_

I kind of like this type of cold air setup vs. the conical one you posted. It looks more like a hot rod setup.

http://www.jegs.com/p/Spectre/Spectr...rPage=90&pno=1

[Denee007]

I did look at this, the one you mentioned~ would it go to the front radiator support or through the fender wells? Actually I'm not sure it could make it to the front radiator support due to AC. The Alan Groves brackets put the AC/alt really far out. I'll look in a little bit to see what kind of room I have there.
thanks!
ps; kind of reminds me of Roby the robot

[48 GMC BURB]

50's Caddy Bat Wing ..Vintage $$ or $125 repo looks sweet with a little pinstripe!!

Originally Posted by Denee007

I did look at this, the one you mentioned~ would it go to the front radiator support or through the fender wells? Actually I'm not sure it could make it to the front radiator support due to AC. The Alan Groves brackets put the AC/alt really far out. I'll look in a little bit to see what kind of room I have there.
thanks!
ps; kind of reminds me of Roby the robot

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by 48 GMC BURB

50's Caddy Bat Wing ..Vintage $$ or $125 repo looks sweet with a little pinstripe!!

I agree with 48 that would have also been my suggestion.

Marc

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

I agree with 48 that would have also been my suggestion.

Marc

Personally, this is just taste we are talking here, just opinion. (I have to say that sorry). But I don't think the Caddy one would work. Because it looks good by it's self, doesn't mean it looks good on THAT engine (I love the Caddy and had an original my self once). If you were to change the valve covers to early Vette, and put black plug wires and remove the braided lines, PERFECT, the Caddy fits and would look awesome!

Again, personally, that is what MY trucks engine compartment would look like if I was running a V8. I love that look and there is nothing better on a small block than the early Vette covers. Hell, I have no intention what so ever of running a small block (not my thing) and I have a pair of those valve covers up on the wall of my garage as "art" which they are.

But in this engine compartment with the other things that are done, I vote no on the Caddy.

Again I have to say PLEASE take this as ideas being tossed out there and not a hit to anyone personally, please. I am a big believer in following a theme. If you follow a theme you just can't go wrong.

Brian

[rollinrooster]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Personally, this is just taste we are talking here, just opinion. (I have to say that sorry). But I don't think the Caddy one would work. Because it looks good by it's self, doesn't mean it looks good on THAT engine (I love the Caddy and had an original my self once). If you were to change the valve covers to early Vette, and put black plug wires and remove the braided lines, PERFECT, the Caddy fits and would look awesome!

Again, personally, that is what MY trucks engine compartment would look like if I was running a V8. I love that look and there is nothing better on a small block than the early Vette covers. Hell, I have no intention what so ever of running a small block (not my thing) and I have a pair of those valve covers up on the wall of my garage as "art" which they are.

But in this engine compartment with the other things that are done, I vote no on the Caddy. :

Again I have to say PLEASE take this as ideas being tossed out there and not a hit to anyone personally, please. I am a big believer in following a theme. If you follow a theme you just can't go wrong.

Brian

Love that setup!!!!

[Hot Rod Todd]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

I am a big believer in following a theme. If you follow a theme you just can't go wrong.

Brian

This man speaks the truth.

There are WAAAY too many projects abandoned because folk just buy the latest thing they see in a magazine, and then they update to the newest "latest" thing and it doesnt work with the other stuff they bought. And they have just spent their dollars twice....

Its like painting your truck with glue and backing it into the local parts shop and seeing what sticks.

It never works out well when you do that.

Looking at the OPs engine with the late model rocker covers, it looks like it could almost handle one of those custom covers which incorporates the aircleaner, but goes down and hides the intake manifold (think the Ridler cars from 2005 ish).

But I havent seen the rest of the truck, to see what its theme is at present.

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by Denee007

I did look at this, the one you mentioned~ would it go to the front radiator support or through the fender wells? Actually I'm not sure it could make it to the front radiator support due to AC. The Alan Groves brackets put the AC/alt really far out. I'll look in a little bit to see what kind of room I have there.
thanks!
ps; kind of reminds me of Roby the robot

I made something like this for my Buick Gran Sport years ago out of all stock parts so it looked original. It was pretty neat with scoops under the front bumper on each side, it looked pretty mean.

Brian

[crossfire84]

Originally Posted by Denee007

I did look at this, the one you mentioned~ would it go to the front radiator support or through the fender wells? Actually I'm not sure it could make it to the front radiator support due to AC. The Alan Groves brackets put the AC/alt really far out. I'll look in a little bit to see what kind of room I have there.
thanks!
ps; kind of reminds me of Roby the robot

Not roby but B9 from lost in space.

You can tell its been a L. O. N. G winter!

[Denee007]

Good job~ I couldn't remember the robots names, but I could have sworn there was a Robby/Robbie the robot. I use the expression from Lost in Space quite often! "Danger, Danger Will Robinson!" I Loved that show, but I was smaller and didn't know much, but we did have imagination back then, right?

Originally Posted by crossfire84

Not roby but B9 from lost in space.

You can tell its been a L. O. N. G winter!

[crossfire84]

Originally Posted by Denee007

Good job~ I couldn't remember the robots names, but I could have sworn there was a Robby/Robbie the robot. I use the expression from Lost in Space quite often! "Danger, Danger Will Robinson!" I Loved that show, but I was smaller and didn't know much, but we did have imagination back then, right?

you are correct, robby is the black one from the movie forbidden planet.

[Denee007]

there is a crazy amount of space beneath my hood! Actually I wish I could close the hood and take a few pictures under the hood with the hood shut!

[Denee007]

I had to look that up! Hm, have to think about that one, but I appreciate the suggestion! This is it right?

[Denee007]

Just some other pictures:

[55metalmonkey]

I've always liked this one, could always add a little ducting for the cold air intake. it's a custom version of a 50's era caddy. If you google '56 Ford Phatty' the article says what/ where it is from

[MARTINSR]

I personally don't think you should go to far. You have a nice engine compartment and to "fit" there would I believe what you have in the photo but bigger. A fresh air would be cool but not so fancy shancy, it wouldn't fit the rest of the picture. Don't over think it, something simple, and functional like the rest of the place, nice and chrome like the rest of the engine compartment. It will fit in and look great.

Brian

[Denee007]

Wow Brian, that's beautiful! Didn't realize how large it is! But it is gorgeous against that extraordinary engine!
I hope others may chime in~ no hurry here; however I have the urgency to buy something! lol

[MARTINSR]

Here it is on the Cad in 1955.



The factory two four Caddie had a cool one that I am going to loosely copy for my truck's air cleaner being the theme is a factory hot rod.



What does the rest of the truck look like? What is it's theme?

Brian

[OrrieG]

I do not think a cold air intake will reduce under hood temps, only the air temperature to the carb which will help with power. Engine will produce the same amount of heat either way. Getting rid of it will require hood louvers, inner fender louvers, or intakes to pressurize the compartment and force in out the bottom into the slip stream.

[MARTINSR]

I have to say that my cold air induction did nothing for performance and I think it actually hurt it. I had the Fremont Drag strip here in town at the time and I found that the car didn't turn as good a time with the "cold air" induction. What I believe was happening was the scoops were down just a few inches above the street and the pavement is so hot the air off the top of it was hotter than the under hood temp!

Brian

[skip99]

Nothing to do with air cleaners, but figured ya would like it.

[MARTINSR]

I do!

Brian

[mr48chev]

Actually what you have fits in with the rest of the shiny stuff pretty well just as the painted Caddy air cleaner on the hot rod's engine with Corvette valve covers fits it's theme pretty well.

Chevrolet Performance has a pretty decent looking chrome air cleaner one of the engines on the cover of their 2014 catalog that would look great with the rest of the goodies on your engine and shoudn't be a bank breaker but look a lot better than the parts house low buck one.

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

Actually what you have fits in with the rest of the shiny stuff pretty well just as the painted Caddy air cleaner on the hot rod's engine with Corvette valve covers fits it's theme pretty well.

Chevrolet Performance has a pretty decent looking chrome air cleaner one of the engines on the cover of their 2014 catalog that would look great with the rest of the goodies on your engine and shoudn't be a bank breaker but look a lot better than the parts house low buck one.

Exactly! That would look great.

Brian