<VV> Raising Air Cleaner

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All,

There was a webpage that was posted a while back describing how to do this
with some PCV pipe. Anyone got that page?

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> From: Matt Nall <patiomatt at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Raising Air Cleaner
>
> I first noticed the benefits on dunebuggies using the "desertair" ?pkg.
on their engines...few a around.. so I made my own risers.
>
> Warren LeVeque reported in 2000 ?that he had come to the same findings on
his 140 ?with bored carbs......engine fell flat at higher rpm...yet stock
140 air cleaners is big enough for a 350 ci engine.
>
> ?It's the sharp / restricted "corner" just above the carbs. ?It must
cause turbulance or stratification. ?Putting the bend at a further distance
from the carbs "mouth" solves the problem.
>
> I put my unit on a street driven stocker 95 hp ?engine, and noticed a
"seat of the pants" ?improvement at 75 mph on freeways... ?What sold me on
it was a 2 mpg ?mileage increase...no other mods
>
> Matt Nall
> Charleston, Oregon
>
> In a message dated 5/14/2009 7:43:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> patiomatt at aol.com writes:
>
> Air 
>   Cleaner crossover was raised 3"
>
> I keep hearing about the benefits of raising the air cleaner.? 
> Smoother air flow?? What is the benefit and what is the basis for doing 
> it?