Air Cleaner

[Tim81]

What type of aftermarket air cleaners will fit inder a stock 81 hood with stock intake and carb? Thanks Tim

 

[6880 Mike]

What do you want? Most of the generic Q-Jet stuff will work.

The stock 81 set up is pretty good.

A stock 68-71 open element set up would look great.

 

[Tim81]

Mike, I want to get rid of the stock dual snorkel air cleaner in order to expose more of the engine and dress it up appearance wise...Tim

 

[RC81]

It may look better, but you will give up performance, as you are now breathing hot air and have no ram effect. Something no 81 can afford to lose!

 

[6880 Mike]

I agree with RC81; you may be inadvertently going the wrong way. Here's the 68-71 stock open element set up.

All the aftermarket providers carry these.

I supposed Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but this looks lovely to me.

 

[Tim81]

Thanks for the replies, Performance is not really a issue with me, I only drive the car about 500 miles a year. The pics are very helpful, I forgot what the orig looked like since the car has been apart so long, not bad..If I go with an open element what size drop base would I need?

 

[6880 Mike]

...If I go with an open element what size drop base would I need?...

Stock 68-71 would be my choice if I was actually going to make the swap. In this particular instance, I would polish up the chrome top and use the stock 81 set up.

I'm running an 81 chrome top on my 80 L-82. Looks good.