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.
Giovanni
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