Swims350
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For anyone who has tbi or maybe a carter or edelbrock carb and wants to use like a stock style or aftermarket drop base air cleaner, they don't work.
Mine does not anyways. I bought a mr. gasket 9790 competition air cleaner setup with an aprox. 2 inch drop base. I bought it from streetsideauto(great company) and they did not list it as drop base, plus I figured it would work ok anyways with my tbi. I figured this because tbi has like a 1 inch spacer ring that has the nipple on back for the fresh air vent in the valve cover.
It did not fit. it would hit the bracket with the esc and such on it, it hit the vac. line for the MAP sensor, it was laying on the coil wires, and would not sit flat. I tried it with the factory tbi ring and it still would not sit flat without alot of modifications.
I tried it on dad's truck which has an edelbrock carb on it, it would hit the fuel line and not sit down on it flat.
The air cleaner dad had is a raised base alum oval shaped air cleaner. it works great for the edelbrock carbs or maybe even a flat base for you edelbrock guys. not realy sure. if not then a flat base and spacer would work for you. The factory 84 truck filter housing doesn't fit either. it's the same way a drop base and hits.
NOTE: with the use of a spacer or raised base air cleaner bottom you may need a longer air cleaner stud.
Now for tbi guys, I tried this 1/2 inch raised base air cleaner on the tbi, ir would not fit, was not high enough. The base plate hit the TPS plugin, now a round air cleaner with a 1/2 raised not sure if that would work or not, it may hit as well. I could use that air cleaner with the stock tbi spacer ring. it just needed a shorter air cleaner stud. Now they do make offset air cleaner studs for tbi's. or you could modify yours. Now I would think a flat base air cleaner along with your factory tbi ring would work and clear fine. You may need to modify or change the stud though. This problem could be solved by the taller air cleaners or filter elements, I think ours was 2 inch tall. I can measure if anyone is interested to be for sure. Now the 1/2 raised base would have fit and cleared if I had a 1/4 or bigger spacer under it. So if you can find a 3/4 or bigger raised base air cleaner that may work for you. I will let you know for sure soon. I am going order a summit raised base bottom for my current air cleanr as listed above. I also will order the offset stud at the same time.
Stay tuned for more updates in the next few weeks or so after I get the parts in and tr them.
offset air cleaner stud, made by spectre #4215
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SPE-4215/
3/4 raised base summit brand #SUM-G3000B
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G3000B/
The air cleaner I bought and trying to use is Mr. Gasket #9790
http://www.streetsideauto.com/p/mr-gasket-competition-9790/
I will let you know how these work with a tbi setup as soon as possible.
Mine does not anyways. I bought a mr. gasket 9790 competition air cleaner setup with an aprox. 2 inch drop base. I bought it from streetsideauto(great company) and they did not list it as drop base, plus I figured it would work ok anyways with my tbi. I figured this because tbi has like a 1 inch spacer ring that has the nipple on back for the fresh air vent in the valve cover.
It did not fit. it would hit the bracket with the esc and such on it, it hit the vac. line for the MAP sensor, it was laying on the coil wires, and would not sit flat. I tried it with the factory tbi ring and it still would not sit flat without alot of modifications.
I tried it on dad's truck which has an edelbrock carb on it, it would hit the fuel line and not sit down on it flat.
The air cleaner dad had is a raised base alum oval shaped air cleaner. it works great for the edelbrock carbs or maybe even a flat base for you edelbrock guys. not realy sure. if not then a flat base and spacer would work for you. The factory 84 truck filter housing doesn't fit either. it's the same way a drop base and hits.
NOTE: with the use of a spacer or raised base air cleaner bottom you may need a longer air cleaner stud.
Now for tbi guys, I tried this 1/2 inch raised base air cleaner on the tbi, ir would not fit, was not high enough. The base plate hit the TPS plugin, now a round air cleaner with a 1/2 raised not sure if that would work or not, it may hit as well. I could use that air cleaner with the stock tbi spacer ring. it just needed a shorter air cleaner stud. Now they do make offset air cleaner studs for tbi's. or you could modify yours. Now I would think a flat base air cleaner along with your factory tbi ring would work and clear fine. You may need to modify or change the stud though. This problem could be solved by the taller air cleaners or filter elements, I think ours was 2 inch tall. I can measure if anyone is interested to be for sure. Now the 1/2 raised base would have fit and cleared if I had a 1/4 or bigger spacer under it. So if you can find a 3/4 or bigger raised base air cleaner that may work for you. I will let you know for sure soon. I am going order a summit raised base bottom for my current air cleanr as listed above. I also will order the offset stud at the same time.
Stay tuned for more updates in the next few weeks or so after I get the parts in and tr them.
offset air cleaner stud, made by spectre #4215
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SPE-4215/
3/4 raised base summit brand #SUM-G3000B
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G3000B/
The air cleaner I bought and trying to use is Mr. Gasket #9790
http://www.streetsideauto.com/p/mr-gasket-competition-9790/
I will let you know how these work with a tbi setup as soon as possible.
I did the exact same mod to my '94 
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