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    14" air cleaner on Weber DGV

    Not a fan of the cotton gauze filters, they just don't do as good a job keeping dust out of the engine. If you want more air, more surface area and a paper filter is better for longevity in my opinion. I had a 14x3" edelbrock kicking around that I adapted to bolt to the top cover of the Weber. Little bit of crude hot-rodding, but it works. A 10x2" probably would have been better. I want to shroud the element with a snorkel that runs to the cowl for cool air. some day.
    The steel that edelbrock used was full of contamination. I Oxy-Acetylene welded everything, and the edelbrock steel burned like a sparkler. Was tough not to blow through.
    Not pictured is the bar I pop riveted across the inside of the filter housing. This gave me something to put a stud in for holding down the top cover.
    I set the Weber filter on top in the last pic for a size reference to the amount of filter media area.
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    Finished product looks Nice ! No hood clearance issues ???

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    The stud in the center was hitting under acceleration. I trimmed it flush with the wingnut and it was fine. I have new motor mounts that I was planning on putting in when I rebuild the front end. Hopefully that doesn't lift the engine up to much. I've got another half inch or so downward before i'm on the valve cover. I may redo this with a snorkel box setup that also bolts to the valve cover for a little more support. Feed it from the cowl area and wrap it in a foil insulation.
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    Or you could have used this adaptor: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Redline-Ada...53.m1438.l2649
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    Quote Originally Posted by pennyman1 View Post
    Or you could have used this adaptor: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Redline-Ada...53.m1438.l2649
    Well that looks a lot easier! I think I'm going to order one of those, and a 10" filter housing. I'm going to use the 10" and 14" to make a sealed box and then route it to cold air.
    Thanks for the link Pennyman!

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    No problem - there is also an adaptor to convert the DFV carb to use the stock air cleaner that can be adapted to use the bigger air cleaner
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    Whatever steel Edelbrock used is stiff but brittle. The area around where I riveted the cross bar fatigued and cracked in less than a week. Looks like I'm on to the adapter.
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    first 3236 weber conversion was to a 1.8L(3TC) old corolla. Hacked up the stock air cleaner to muffle induction noise
    Later I trimmed around the oem filter element, and wound up with a 10 inch version of this edelbrock shown
    Nothing was wrong with the stock carb. Eventually tweaked em, to where it pulled harder than the weber

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    Here is another option - smaller diameter: https://www.ebay.com/itm/WEBER-32-36...53.m1438.l2649
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