[astro932]

ok i know i ask a lot of pretty stupid questions ,but what is that black cover over my carb air filter and stuff fot? can i take it off? i want to really get out all the grease and clean up my engine make it look good and was wonder why they cover up a nice engine with that dirty black cover

 

[astro932]

dont know why picts hate me

 

[astro932]

That is your air cleaner,it holds your air filter in place.For about $ 20 ,you can buy a pretty chrome air cleaner & filter.:nanawrench:

ya i know it holds the filter but i want to take it off all together

 

[astro932]

well i know the filter has to be on but i dont want a huge thing covering the top of my engine i want something smaller

 

[astro932]

bigger is better on air filters, but you could try this if you are set on smaller

http://www.cobranda.com/stheaircl.html

oke:

well its more of a matter that there are all thous tubes and stuff hooked up to the filter housing thing. it a i want to be able to see the filter and not have to have all the air go through the small hole on the end of it

 

[astro932]

also what do i do what all the hoses and stuff that attach to the sides of it?

 

[astro932]

I went from something like this.....


http://playtoysclassiccars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/5745-Engine-3.jpg
http://www.autotraderclassics.com/images/b/2011/07/02/66352905/0_5739_Engine_2_AT.jpg







to this for about $40......
http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n539/chevykid95/0428121918.jpg

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n539/chevykid95/0429121603.jpg

the big air cleaner you got is easy to remove...
All you got to do is....
1.)take the heat riser off(the metal slinky lookin thing
2.)you can keep the breather from the valve cover, just face it torwards the new air cleaner

thats just about it. it makes it a whole lot easier to work on the car

ok so what do it do with the stuff attached im cornfuzed

 

[astro932]

Depending on your engine, there should be two lines connected to it. One is a breather and the other is a pvc valve. The breather can be replaced with a $5 standalone breather like on mine and 84conquista's (the small chrome circular thing to the right of both of our filters). The pvc valve, on my engine, is run to a port on my carb but you may not have one on yours. Try asking the man behind the desk at Autozone or Carquest for a good suggestion on what to do with your pvc valve.

what is what here?

 

[astro932]

not that i know of thouse on the front run into my carb and the blue thing in the back

 

[astro932]

Well, if your carb is ECM controlled, you need those things to make the carb function properly.

what?