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unclebrad · 07-15-2023, 06:11 PM

A little update before the final product pictures, which are probably a couple weeks out.

(The air cleaner body is at the powder coat place. FYI, for powder coating, any epoxy must be a high heat type that is good for at least 400 degrees.
The guy strongly recommended JB Weld High Heat.
I bought two JB Weld High Heat epoxies - one being "Extreme Heat" - and, although neither is that great to work with, the Extreme Heat is very hard to work with.)

For anyone that might try to do this project - I jumped the gun a bit when I ordered the air cleaner element. I had seen one about the right size, at a good price, and bought it. It was about 12.75 " diameter, which left a good amount of room around the inside of the approx. 16" diameter body.
Turned out that it is hard to find an inexpensive 12.75" air cleaner base.
My answer to that was to buy a 14" base and cut it down, re-sizing the outer ring to fit.
Here is a little diagram:

07-15-2023, 06:11 PM	#15
unclebrad Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 128	Re: NON Automotive Parts used in your Build Lets See them Before and After A little update before the final product pictures, which are probably a couple weeks out. (The air cleaner body is at the powder coat place. FYI, for powder coating, any epoxy must be a high heat type that is good for at least 400 degrees. The guy strongly recommended JB Weld High Heat. I bought two JB Weld High Heat epoxies - one being "Extreme Heat" - and, although neither is that great to work with, the Extreme Heat is very hard to work with.) For anyone that might try to do this project - I jumped the gun a bit when I ordered the air cleaner element. I had seen one about the right size, at a good price, and bought it. It was about 12.75 " diameter, which left a good amount of room around the inside of the approx. 16" diameter body. Turned out that it is hard to find an inexpensive 12.75" air cleaner base. My answer to that was to buy a 14" base and cut it down, re-sizing the outer ring to fit. Here is a little diagram: Attached Images __________________ 55 Cameo w/ 409/700r4 Last edited by unclebrad; 07-17-2023 at 02:50 PM.