Re: alfa-digest V7 #868 - Quadriflow Air Filter

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

In a message dated 7/8/99 8:13:37 PM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

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 Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 17:58:54 -0700
 From: Scott Fisher <sefisher@domain.elided>
 Subject: Cool, fast air
 
 <snip>
 And for a final question -- considering only the lengths of the runners
 from the outer end of the Spica manifold to where they terminate inside
 the stock airbox, *how long are they*?
 
 I think I'm going to do some peering under my hood with a tape measure
 before I call Ricambi with my MasterCard number...  I'll let you know.
 
 - --Scott Fisher
   '74 Spider
   '67 GT 1300 Junior
  >>
	The Shankle quadriflow has been around for a long time.  The earliest 
version had one air cleaner around the four ram tubes.  The front and back 
were red plastic with green foam in between - not exactly the most attractive 
thing to have under your hood.  Later versions had two air cleaners.  Cost 
was about $150 new, as I recall.  
	The advantage is that the Quadriflow makes more noise than the stock 
air cleaner.  The disadvantage is that it is not ducted to the front of the 
vehicle and thus draws more warm air than the stock filter.
	Why not just take off the front of the Spica air cleaner box?  Inside 
are the ram tubes you want and with the front of the box off, the induction 
noise is quite satisfying, in my opinion.  If it sounds better, it has to be 
making more horsepower, right?  Plus the opening is toward the source of cold 
air.
Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City

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