[DeTomaso] stock air cleaner wanted

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/26/08 12:31:35 PM, JJD1010 at aol.com writes:

> From the dumb question department, what exactly is the snorkel? I'd 
> also like to know where the flex tubing goes and where it ends on the side of the 
> engine for a 74 L.
> 
The snorkel is the part of a closed air cleaner that sticks out. On '71-72 
Panteras, the 'snorkel' stuck out backward and the flex tubing led to a sheet 
metal device caaled a 'choke stove' that fed hot air from around #8 cylinder up 
to the air cleaner thru an air-operated door underneath the snorkel. When the 
engine warmed up,   the air door closed (theoretically) and the engine then 
drew cooler air from the main snorkel, but from a relatively clean area so the 
air filter didn't suck tons of junk into the filter body. In later Panteras, 
the whole air cleaner seems to have been inexplicably rotated 180 degrees and 
the snorkel then pointed toward #1 cylinder- right into the area where most of 
the junk from underneath the car flows up and out. The same 'choke stove' and 
flex tubing were used. FWIW- J DeRyke



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