[DeTomaso] Dog Bone (B & M) air cleaner

Tue Mar 10 10:32:06 EDT 2009

Bwahahahaha!

Let me tell you something, you will look mo mahvelous if you are  
sideways with smoking tires.  Unless you are a hooker.

Quoting Brent Stewart <bjbstewart at yahoo.com>:

> In the words of the immortal Billy Crystal, "It's not how you feel,   
> it's how you look....and you look Marvelous!"
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> From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
> To: adin at frontier.net
> Cc: JDeRyke at aol.com; deTomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:48:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dog Bone (B & M) air cleaner
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> I really like my Holley HiTek/B&M "Dog Bone" type air filter assembly, thus
> far no complaints of being down on power with it, but no sustained 5,500 rpm
> jaunts either, I suspect as stated here that were I to do something like an
> ORR with the car that i would indeed add a 3/4-1" spacer between the bottom
> of the unit and the carb to simply reduce turbulence if nothing else.  On
> the street with my Yates tunnel ram intake, rear vision is already
> compromised, adding another inch would make the rear view mirror virtually
> useless.  If you check out my website (www.michaelspantera.com) you will see
> that mine started life as a polished unit new out of the box, while many of
> you like the "Bling" factor, I thought that it was simply too much for the
> car as it stole focus from the rear of the car.  I have always thought that
> a Pantera's best angle was from the rear 3/4 view where the rear fenders and
> low roof form that Cat-like "Pouncing attitude".  So I sanded the polish off
> using 400 grit sandpaper, sprayed it with primer for aluminum and then
> applied 3 coats of black wrinkle paint to make the unit match the valve
> cover finish, I also think it helps that my block is black and should the
> opportunity present itself, I may very well wrinkle or wrinkle powder coat (
> does that exist? ) the bell housing and ZF and use S/S acorn nuts to dress
> it up.  I like the Heavy Duty, High Tech appearance more than "Bling", but
> that's what great about our cars, they can be easily changed to suit ever
> owner, from stock, to Bling to Black to Gold Plated.
>
> I really like the Spectre unit referenced in an earlier version of this
> thread ( page 32 of the Summitt Catalog ) , unfortunately it looks like I
> can't use that either as a result of the intake being so tall. But that
> would look so sweet in black wrinkle.  I don't see why the same design
> couldn't be done easily in CF, that would be the best possible version using
> a set of conical K & N filters from a Mustang or Excusrion Hyper charger
> kit.
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> Michael in Savannah
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> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:14 AM, <adin at frontier.net> wrote:
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>> Jack, and all . . .
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>> Yes, the flow is not the filtration, but the sharp turn the air must
>> make.  Haven't we seen folks double up the filters (both sides 2x
>> elements)???
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>> As far as airflow is concerned: one cannot have tooo much.  this has
>> been demonstrated with the supercharged toyota (have you cut your
>> airbox, Jack?), the Kirkham w/ webers and now the 460 powered truck
>> (with 5" of vacuum it is a little sensitive to tuning).
>>
>> Personally, I'd let the motor breathe rather than have a cool engine
>> cover - just my OPINION.
>>
>> thanks for the note.
>>
>> David
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>> Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:
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>> > In a message dated 3/9/09 5:33:25 PM, adin at frontier.net writes:
>> >
>> >> Seems there was some question about the flow with these puppies . . .
>> >>
>> > Thats a question that's come up repeatedly in the last 10-12 years,
>> David,
>> > and the flow restriction is not the reuseable K & N filters on the ends.
>> It
>> > seems to be the 90 degree turn from the plenum between the two side
>> > filters to the
>> > carb throat(s). If the inside of of the plenum is too close to the carb
>> top,
>> > the turn is too sharp and airflow will be restricted. Some are and some
>> > aren't, according to their owners, and a lot of the flow restriction
>> >  will only occur
>> > at higher rpms. I've seen at least one type that needed a 3/4" high
>> spacer to
>> > allow 5500 rpms in one Pantera. If you drive sedately, any dogbone will
>> work
>> > just fine.   Besides this possibility, the B&M at least is a heavy
>> > cast-aluminum unit weighing over 8 lbs, with the weight about as
>> > high-mounted as
>> > possible. For comparison, a 14" Moroso air cleaner with
>> > sheet-aluminum top & bottoms
>> > weighs 1-1/2 lbs and has more filter area.... if you can make it fit.
>> FWIW- J
>> > DeRyke
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