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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / May 2006Air cleaner ideas for a Mercedillac?
What do you guys like for low-profile air cleaners where hood clearance is an issue? It's on a Chevy 305 with a Holley 4160 in a 1972 Mercedes 280SE. It looks like anything over a 2" filter on a standard assembly will cause the wing nut to rub on the roof. If i go with a dropped base, will the throttle linkage will get in the way? I'd like someone to tell me it won't before i spend the money. Or is there some place online that has a good return policy? What do you guys use? Thanks, Jeff I've had good luck cutting up stock air cleaners. I make a " tootsie roll " out of clay, put it on the carb body, close hood. Open hood and inspect clay. Take the Carb Air Cleaner Stud out first ! Shoe Box Chevelles [ 64 - 67 ] had a very simple flat, air cleaner. Consider the top from one air cleaner, and the bottom of another. Replace stud with clamps from a foreign car air cleaner [ Toyota ] Use stud to secure bottom to carb, use clamp to seal top to bottom. Hope this helps Paul You do have the option of having a remote aircleaner like they use in most modern cars. Just a hose from the carb to a box for the air cleaner. Just another idea. The late 50s Mopars (hemis and polysphere engines) had a similar arrangement. The aircleaner was hung over the exhaust manifolds. If you do a search on ebay for item #: 4635021385, you'll see a pair of aircleaner housings for a 57 Chrysler 300 for dual 4 barrel carbs. > I've had good luck cutting up stock air cleaners. I make a " tootsie > roll " out of clay, put it on the carb body, close hood. Open hood and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > clamps from a foreign car air cleaner [ Toyota ] Use stud to secure > bottom to carb, use clamp to seal top to bottom. Hope this helps Paul How do you get a good seal where the two halves meet? >What do you guys like for low-profile air cleaners where hood clearance >is an issue? It's on a Chevy 305 with a Holley 4160 in a 1972 Mercedes [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >to tell me it won't before i spend the money. Or is there some place >online that has a good return policy? What do you guys use? If it were me I'd use two of the 6 cylinder air filters made for that car and plumb them out of the way at the front.  SignatureNeed Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net The twin 6 deal sounds great ! Saw on TV an intake setup where air enters in bottom of front fenders, could ducting be snaked through fender / inner fender ? I can picture a dual snorkel style ' adapter ' with oval shaped tubes connecting it to fenders. Try the Ram Air box http://www.ramairbox.com/product.html Here's how I did mine for my 54 Pontiac: http://www.cadvision.com/blanchas/54pontiac/scoops.html > The twin 6 deal sounds great ! Saw on TV an intake setup where > air enters in bottom of front fenders, could ducting be snaked through > fender / inner fender ? I can picture a dual snorkel style ' adapter ' > with oval shaped tubes connecting it to fenders. |
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