Anyone seen one of these ??

[hessian18]

I found this on a 86 suburban yesterday at the yard.


It was on a small block 350, mounted directly to the fender and plumbed into the stock air inlet.

Its obviously a water seperator for your intake, and the added "tornado" fin ahaha

For 10 $ I figured what the heck ahaha

Anyone know who makes it ??

Pics..

[powerdriver 1958]

That really looks like big truck or construction equipment stuff.I could be wrong but i have seen an filter Assembly on air compressors look like that.

[babyJay]

Looks like a dust particle separator for earth moving equipment. Only needed if operating in extremely dusty areas. Should be a wafer filter inside there too.

[hessian18]

Originally Posted by powerdriver 1958

That really looks like big truck or construction equipment stuff.I could be wrong but i have seen an filter Assembly on air compressors look like that.

Yea I have seen them on offroad race cars for years for extreme dust.

Originally Posted by babyJay

Looks like a dust particle separator for earth moving equipment. Only needed if operating in extremely dusty areas. Should be a wafer filter inside there too.

The only problem is it doesnt come apart, its solid. Both end caps are sealed.

Im guessing by the way it has the bottom dump outlet with the rubber neck, its to let water escape the housing and not continue to your air filter...


Im going to look at it some more to see if it does come apart or have a way to put a filter in it.


Im just wondering if it was made for chevys, because the way the bracket sat on the inner fender well was perfect.


***EDIT***

Yea it doesnt come apart...there is no way to get a filter in there ahahahahaa

[85Bowtie]

Maybe it was a military vehicle?

[Keith Seymore]

I designed engine air induction systems for GM truck (the GMT800 model, specifically) and I've never seen one of those...



However, I have heard my cohorts talk about them. I suspect it probably is a SEO (Special Equipment Option) dust/water separator, available through GM.

I didn't used to worry about dust so much (because my filter systems were pretty heavy duty) but worrying about water ingestion used to keep me awake at night. Too much water in an engine is catastrophic....

K

PS - I'll shoot that picture to one of my buds and see if he is familiar with it.

[hessian18]

Cool great information.


I liked it, I figure it will end up on something ahahaha

[pokethesmot]

i want one so bad now

[pokethesmot]

also MORE PICS

[hessian18]

I will get it cleaned up and take some more pictures.

[dieseldr4]

yeah that looks like something we would find here in the desert... hey hessian18, just think of where we are and the amount of tweakers around here, theres no way to tell where it came from.. ha ha.. ive found some pretty sweet things at the local pull your part yards up here, alot of "creativity".. yeah ... have a good one man.. gotta love the hd huh?

[hessian18]

Originally Posted by dieseldr4

yeah that looks like something we would find here in the desert... hey hessian18, just think of where we are and the amount of tweakers around here, theres no way to tell where it came from.. ha ha.. ive found some pretty sweet things at the local pull your part yards up here, alot of "creativity".. yeah ... have a good one man.. gotta love the hd huh?

Ahhaahah NO doubt about that !!


I have seen some stuff at the New Hesperia Sante Fe Pick a Part that I have Never seen ahahahah



I try and go pretty much every weekend..nothing new lately though.