I am going to need a new air cleaner setup for my 383 Mopar 6 pack. It has Holley carbs on it. I don't like the Mopar air cleaner. My options are a tr-power GM air cleaner, the triangle ones. That is my #3 choice, the second choice is the Ford setup, the long oval one as found on the T-Birds and Galaxies with 3x2s. Actually, does anybody know if the base plate is the same pattern. Will it fit on a Mopar manifold? Ideally, I would like to use single chrome scoops, like the photo below, but I can not find any that fit the Holley carbs. A photo of my carb setup is also attached below. Does anybody make these for the Holley setup? What do you all think I should run for an air cleaner?
if you arent able to find the single bug catcher scoops, i'd go with the thunderchicken setup... its kinda ugly in that it hides your carbs, but what you gonna do. NICE setup tho and like i say, it'd be a shame to hide it
I just used an "oval" after market with a 2X2 set-up. All I did was cut up the bottom plate to fit over my carbs and fab a filler, drill a couple holes in the top for the wing nuts.
SPAM ALERT! Well I can help you with the individual, but not with the scoop. E-mail me if you're interested. obt@charter.net Dennis
Edit. OBT stuff above? Looks like I stand corrected. Howzabout making your own mounting plate for a long Hilborn scoop? Should show off the carbs plenty well and the fins on top would match those M/T covers nicely. I've been geeking out on Mopar stuff for about 20 of my 29 years and I've NEVER seen anything that fits a Mopar 6 Pack setup other than the big orange oval. I believe this is mainly because in the past anyone willing to shell out the INSANE market price for one of these setups was a completely ****-retentive numbers-matching, gotta-have-the-correct-***embly-line-paint-marks-on-my-musclecar *****! So the aftermarket never bothered. That and everything the factory used a 6 bbl on had an air cleaner that mated to a specific scoop.
PD318, I've been selling the air cleaners pictures above for Mopar Six Pacs for about 15 years. (BTW, we have them for the 435 HP 427 Chevy set-up too and are tooling up to offer them for the Barry Grant carbs too.) Here's a pic of another type offered for the Holley 2300 that I DO NOT manufacture. (At least not yet.)
I had the same problem with the Tri-Power on my 289. I did'nt like the oval air cleaner but the regular aftermarket, individual air cleaners out there wont fit (round base vs. half moon shaped). I came up with a way to do it using the soild, louvered chrome cleaners that most places sell. I actually started on it today. If you want I can get you some pics tomorrow, its pretty simple but it work and looks great. The only thing I haven't quite figured out yet is a filter for them, but I have a few ideas. -Dean
Cool! Last time I did a search all I came up with was proline fuel's setup. They use an RB Offy Mopar intake with Weber 2 bbls. And that is most certainly a 340 six-pak intake's distributir notch in your pic.
Wouldn't you know it, I like the one you don't make. It is backwards, but close to the look I want. who makes it, where can I get it? I like the Hilborn scoop idea also. If that fails, I will buy the finned ones, how much?
Believe it or not in the 60's Mopar had tri-power engines in military swamp boats. They had the same base as yours and were a long oval shaped. The top plate was a little ugly in it said tri-power on it, they were made out of aluminum. And the only reason why I know this is a guy at a swap meet was selling them and bet me $20 if I could tell him what it was off of. Keep your eyes out for one.
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