[DeTomaso] Fw: COOK ENT EFI INDIVIDUAL BILLET AIR FILTERS

[adin at frontier.net]

Mike is right on with this one.  I put those on my webers (thinking  
they would offer the least restriction ahahahahahahahahaha) - the car  
would hardly run.  Took them off and had a brazillion more hp!

Unbelievable.

DAvid



Quoting Mike Trusty <miketrusty at msn.com>:

> Yes the donut type that I was talking about are the flat type with two wire
> screens with foam between them.  Horrible restriction.
>
> An interesting idea that some of the GT40 guys are doing is taking tea
> strainers and adapting them to their velocity stacks.  That provides a domed
> screen that keeps out rocks and bees and actually looks pretty good.  The
> MUCH greater free area of the domed screen is much less restrictive than the
> donut.  Still a huge compromise.  Did I mention that I hate compromises.
> Anyway.  They have a window above their carbs/injectors.  A Pantera has
> clouds and rain not to mention the dust that is boiling up from below the
> car in the engine compartment.  Like taxes, filters are a necessary evil.
>
> Mike Trusty Engineering
> 15119 Gorgeous View Trail
> Little Rock, AR  72210
> Ph:  501-224-9013
> Fax: 501-421-0151
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Will Demelo
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:05 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Fw: COOK ENT EFI INDIVIDUAL BILLET AIR FILTERS
>
> """7.        The donut filters are the worse compromise of them all."""
>
> Do you mean the small flat "cap" type filters that snap over the top of the
> stack?
>
>
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