Intake too tall, air cleaner hits hood

bighammer said
I was actually worried about the possibility of a clearance issue when I picked out my intake. Sure enough, the carb sits up pretty darn high. Looks like I'm going to have to come up with some sort of solution; drop base air cleaner?

I want to run a factory air cleaner, I'm wondering if I could make it work with a different base (drop base) to make it clear?

What have you guys come up with? I don't want to cut the hood, cuz I'm going to run the dual scoops. The intake is a Weiand Action Plus. I could change it out, but I really want to keep it.

Are there any methods of altering a factory air cleaner to make it sit lower? Looks like I'll need 1- 1 1/2" drop. If I alter the base with some fabricating, will it mess up the air flow?

That intake can't be taller than the RPM Air Gap I run on my Duster and that fits under my stock hood. I just had to make sure to run one thin paper carb gasket; I added a thin aluminum heat shield to keep my Carter AFB from boiling gas but it still fits fine. What kind of factory air cleaner do you have? The "closed" dual-snorkel ones don't seem like they could be modified easily to drop more.

An easy way to check hood clearance is to put a blob of clay on the front edge (highest point) of the air cleaner and slowly close the hood down. When you lift the hood back up the clay will be smooshed down and will show you exactly how much clearance there is.