air cleaner with hei

I have a 14 inch air cleaner with a big cap hei and it obviously will not work. what sizes are you guys running without being too small?

 

small cap dist...

 

tried that

 

I'm running a 13" Ford Racing air cleaner with my MSD distributor. I was also finally able to find a K&N filter to fit it. It was a replacement K&N for a '71 Comet with a 302 motor.

 

it's nuts how they want MORE $ for something smaller. a k&n 11 inch is $100!

 

I'm not running a HEI distributor, but I run a 13-inch air cleaner.
A friend of mine bought a HEI distributor for his 302 in a '66 Mustang, and it would not clear the Weiand intake manifold (the low-rise, not the Stealth) and he was not able to use it. He ended up going with a Pertronix setup.

 

Get rid of the big GM cap and won't have a problem. I'm running msd dis and 13" air cleaner fits great.same as z28 pic above

 

yea i had the problem too. it's that small cap hei. it wouldn't even work on the stock manifold. then i tried to return it and they ignored me.

 

What do you actually have, a Ford or GM dist???

Large Fords are Duraspark caps with separate coil, the GM HEI has coil mounted in dist cap...

 

I'm running an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake on my car.

 

I'm running a Ford Dura Spark ignition with a Weiand Stealth manifold, 1 " carburetor spacer and a drop base 14 " air cleaner. I have never been a fan of those huge HEI distributors on a Ford engine . Some HEI distributors are worse than others. An observer's eye goes directly to that huge cap and coil. With a GM rear engine mounting they are less of a distraction.

I have attached two photos as examples. The second photo is my Comet in an earlier configuration.

In addition, I have never liked an engine compartment with multiple color combinations as in the first example, i.e. red, blue, grey, black.

Just my opinion.

 

I like contrast in an engine compartment. Having everything monotone is extremely boring, and if the color is black, it makes it difficult to see leaks. Now one thing I have never liked is the red & blue anodized AN fittings that a lot of people use. I like AN fittings to be black or silver.

 

the red was before pic.
I went with the black cap MSD...

 

They both look good.

 

i love that first pic
the dist i am using is a gm hei. i don't really like it too much either, but it's a good proven ignition and without spending a ton of $ this is what i'm using.