Tripower air cleaners

[348sedan]

Having got my 32 sedan/348 on the road I realised that despite generally driving fine the performance was not as snappy as I thought it would be. Everything was running fine just a little lacklustre. I have been running the Mr Gasket louvred chrome air cleaners and tried removing them. As many of you will have guessed by now the car ran a lot faster. So what are accepted as being the best air cleaners for a Tripower in terms of performance? I like the look of the louvred ones but for me the performance is more important.

 

[Fathead Racing]

I don't know if any of these are better but there is a lot of choices here.

http://www.obrientruckers.com/ecom/category/239/2/

 

[62impala409]

This open element air cleaner has to flow plenty of air for a 348. http://www.show-cars.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=5661A

 

[348sedan]

Thanks for the guidance. We have a dealer for O Brien over here in the UK and he had some in stock so now ordered.

 

[poison ivy]

the stock tri power air cleaner with the stock filter element turned upside down works fine for me. it looks good and stock with additional air intake.

 

[348sedan]

I'm a great believer in factory performance parts but on the 32 Ford there is not enough room for a factory cleaner set-up.

 

[entourageguy]

you could make one

 

[348sedan]

Nice work!

 

[348sedan]

Just an update as I was able to give the car a good run today. It's transformed! I used O' Brien Truckers round cleaners with a cloth inset. Set the car up again and it was noticeable right from the off that it drove a lot better. It wants to just keep pulling in second now and carries on after the upshift. Before the change there was a nil excitement factor, now it just makes me smile. Job done nicely thanks.
If I could just get that oil filler tube cap to stay on now I'm driving it harder...

 

[dac62]

Get rid of the chrome oil cap and go with original hi po ac cap

 

[348sedan]

I plan to do that but getting one over here is not so easy. Sometimes we have to make do with the Chinese stuff until we can locate a good factory item!

 

[348sedan]

Are the reproduction breathers from say a Tri Chevy specialist any good or do I need to look for a factory original?

 

[zeuglodon]

The Pontiac tri-power air cleaners are larger diameter than the typical 2 barrel air cleaners and look great with the 348's wider carb spacing.

The 57-58 are for all small base carbs.

http://pontiactripower.com/shop/1957-58-complete-air-cleaner-set