[Michael C Henry]

My car is allready twentyfour years old. The Stelling and Helling air cleaners , I now have, with foam element are resrtictive. I'd like to move up to taller K&N elements or a cast Cobra aircleaner with a descent element. Ground clearence is allready limitted, so I feel dropping the transmission mount is not an option. The front third of the front aircleaner is up against the inside of the hood surface. The rear aircleaner is above the outside hood line. So to get taller aircleaner elements I'd have to bring everything upwards. The front would need to come through the hood the rear would also come up likewise. Most hoodscoops are open at the front and taper to meet the hood line at the rear. If I could buy an intake manifold that had the carb flange(s) were parralllel with the valvecovers, I might make a change there. Most pictuers of manifolds do not really show the angle difference in angles of carb flange(s) to valvecover. That picture would need to be taken from the side at a right angle and at a low. Thats why I'm asking.