Anyone run an air cleaner on their drag car? If so, I would like to see some pictures if possible, so I can get some ideas for my car. I am running a huge ram air type like on the '68 dart and barracuda factory drag cars.
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Re: Air cleaner on a drag car
I run the Uni-Filter, seems to catch a lot of junk when you spray the supplied oil on it. The oil is very tacky so it catches the dirt real well. I have not had it on very long, but I notice that it is changing color from the dirt it has caught.
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I don't have any relevant pictures, but I know a couple of people who lost motors due to sucking in debris while going down the track because they didn't run air cleaners. One was a dragster with a 540" Reher & Morrison engine that sucked in an Allen wrench kicked up off the track. Lots of damage on a very expensive engine. I've got 2 little round air cleaners in the Hillborn-style scoop on my dragster. It's a tunnel ram with 2 Carter AFB's.
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I would suggest that you go to the track and do some testing with various air cleaner types and styles. Borrow some stuff from your friends and see what works best on your car and gives you the best trap speed.
On mine, I have a home made cowl pan and a 1-1/2" drop base with a good gentle radius into the carb. The top has a radius to match the bottom. I have hood clearance challenges so I had to play around to get something that would fit and work well.
BTW My car was faster with almost every air cleaner I tried when compared to no air cleaner at all.
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A Holley needs a base at least, and stay away from the K&N flow thru tops they will rob power from a Holley as they dont like air from the top only the sides, and a Nascar trick is to intall a triangle into the air cleaner to direct the air  :2007 SBN/A Drag Week Winner & First only SBN/A Car in the 9's Till 2012
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Originally posted by mopower58I run a 16 x 4 inch round K&N on my Dominator.
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