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Default L-88 air cleaner base

Does anyone offer a reproduction L-88 base that will clear the secondary accelerator pump lever on a double pumper Holley?

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Anyone??? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]
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Hammer and a socket to make room for clearance. The ones I've had (even those claiming to be L88 bases) needed massaging.

And btw...it is possible to do a pretty nice job.....if you're careful. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]


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Default Re: L-88 air cleaner base

the original GM piece put on my car in 1972 has no base-to-valve cover tube so it wasn't an issue....




the re-pop (cuz I wanted the tube) has 'ever-so-slight' contact as seen by the mark here on the tube. I will have to give the tube a few hammer knocks to clear...


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Default Re: L-88 air cleaner base

Tracker1;

Excellent pics, thanks.

Your carb appears to have a 30 c.c. pump on the rear, the 850 I'm using has a 50 c.c. pump which utilizes a significantly larger accelerator pump lever &amp; spring assembly. Short of mangling it, I'm not sure I'm going to get the base to fit at all.
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With a REO kit, I'd be tempted to get a base from a Moroso 14-inch air cleaner and paint it black. They don't have the tube and they're close to the same drop as the OEM Chevy. Fit the Chevy top on it, use a push in breather on the valve cover and you're done [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

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Default Re: L-88 air cleaner base

Wayne;

That's the basic design I just tried and it cost ~15 HP and 10 lb.ft.

Here's what I'm looking at now: http://www.r2cperformance.com/
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That does look promising. Can you keep me in the loop if you dyno test it?

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Default Re: L-88 air cleaner base

Unfortunately I won't be able to get one here in time for the next round of testing on my 496 next week. However, I do want to pick one up and test it whenever it's feasible, and I do have another project coming up that will be more than suitable to do so. I'll cover that one in a new thread in my forum once I get it on the dyno.
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