[Joe Pappas]

Dan:

I had a similar problem with my 460 in an Everett-Morrison. I used a Blue Thunder dual plane intake along with my Blue Thunder heads. I had to cut about 5/16" off the carb plate to give myself minimal hood clearance for an air cleaner. At first, I fabricated an air cleaner to accomodate a K&N 10" x 2" round filter. That really was not good enough. The next step was to design an oval shaped air cleaner from scratch along with another friend. We had bottom castings made along with CNC billet tops. We designed it to be able to drop low over the carb and can machine them as required. The carb plate screws into the bottom casting and is safety wired into place. It also utilizes a K&N filter (15" x 10" x 2"). I know it seems extreme, but it works very well and packages like a dream. As always there is a hitch. We cannot accomodate vacuum secondaries or electric choke housings. I have never had a need for such stuff anyway... If you want to look into this further, contact me. I think I have about 8 or 9 of these air cleaners left.