This is how i bought it. Changed the air cleaner to an eldebrock and a breather is all. Im hardly home so its going to take me time to get this beauty where i want her to be. But i e waited this long just to say..... ****..... I own a bad El Camino!
Pride&Joy
Cleaning 20 years of sitting.
This is how i bought it. Changed the air cleaner to an eldebrock and a breather is all. Im hardly home so its going to take me time to get this beauty where i want her to be. But i e waited this long just to say..... ****..... I own a bad El Camino!
Gee I'm kind of hoping that you really meant to type in that you changed from the Edelbrock 'Triangle of Death' air cleaner :dontknow:. But that's OK...Not every single one of them catch fire 
nfire: or they wouldn't still sell them.
Welcome! And good luck with your clean up and restoration! :beer:
nfire: or they wouldn't still sell them.Welcome! And good luck with your clean up and restoration! :beer:
nice Elky Dave.. the 70s are the best.. fill up your garage with pics..
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yea them air filters do catch afire sometimes,, and they only filter out the big rocks not the dirt..
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yea them air filters do catch afire sometimes,, and they only filter out the big rocks not the dirt..
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I had never heard this before. I would have never thought they would catch fire. hmmm...... Now I am second guessing my decision on keeping that air cleaner :dontknow:
What happens is fuel evaporation while sitting , fuel slosh and any slight backfire or spitting backwards when cranking sends fuel into the foam that is the filter media in those things. So you basically have a fuel soaked wet sponge sitting on top of your engine.
All we need is an ignition source and we have a spectacular underhood fire. But don't worry about it,,, it's not like anything underhood is hot or causes sparks or anything like that.. <grins>
Edelbrock did change the media in the ProFlo filter to dry out and not be quite the 'wet sponge' of the original media. But the fact still remains you only have around 35-40 square inches of filter media for ALL of the air to enter the engine. Compared to nearly 150 square inches of filter surface of even a short 3" x 14" diameter round filter.
Also putting the filter media so close to the top of the carb inlet creates UGLY turbulences of the air entering the venturi (does nasty things to the consistency of the a/f the carb delivers)
All we need is an ignition source and we have a spectacular underhood fire. But don't worry about it,,, it's not like anything underhood is hot or causes sparks or anything like that.. <grins>
Edelbrock did change the media in the ProFlo filter to dry out and not be quite the 'wet sponge' of the original media. But the fact still remains you only have around 35-40 square inches of filter media for ALL of the air to enter the engine. Compared to nearly 150 square inches of filter surface of even a short 3" x 14" diameter round filter.
Also putting the filter media so close to the top of the carb inlet creates UGLY turbulences of the air entering the venturi (does nasty things to the consistency of the a/f the carb delivers)
After reading that last post...... There is nothing to think about. The factory one is going back on. Wish I knew this prior to buying it. Oh well.... Live and learn. Thank you for the heads up!
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