What was the gimmick behind this air cleaner lid?

[masterbeavis]

Found this at the junkyard on a 6.9. What was this thing supposed to do aside from look expensive, and allow water into the motor?

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[69oiler]

i has a bigger re-usable element in it. i have the whole Banks Stinger kit on my CC, it also comes with a manifolds-back exhaust system that flows better than stock (Y-pipe is actually a "Y" instead of a "T") and a pyrometer.

 

[460429_freak]

I have one (not a banks) I took it off in favor of a stock one with no soup bowl...

 

[Agnem]

The Banks lid you have flows better than the stock one. At least according to the data Banks published back in the 80's. I had one and felt a few seat of the pants HP after installing it. That lid is worth about $75 to the right person.

 

[Optikalillushun]

good luck finding a filter for it, but if u wanna sell it we can work something out.

 

[pafixitman]

Put a rubber washer under the bolt head though. If your cowl to hood seal is bad, that cleaner lid will collect water!

I had one on my truck (went to 160k87F250 me thinks) before the turbo.

 

[160k87F250]

I had one on my truck (went to 160k87F250 me thinks) before the turbo.

Yup, I got it now. New rubber under the bolt. No water problems. Just buying time with it until the turbo goes on. (been saying that for a while!)
John

 

[TLBREWER]

You can clean it up to look like this...

Tom

 

[Optikalillushun]

ssshhh dont show him any purdy'd up pics i want it

 

[masterbeavis]

You can clean it up to look like this...

Tom

But there is no ****-bo attached to it, so it aint cool

 

[towcat]

But there is no ****-bo attached to it, so it aint cool

ummmmm.....
if you have a hypermax setup, that lid "might" give the turbo a little more breathing.

 

[masterbeavis]

BUT, I only have der Banks.... Wait till I upload pics of what was in my fuel tanks......... its a beauty. I feel stupid right now (for a few reasons......)

 

[Agnem]

ummmmm.....
if you have a hypermax setup, that lid "might" give the turbo a little more breathing.

It will, but then your engine compartment will need more breathing room. That is how I ended up with the fiberglass hood. The stock hood won't close with the big lid in the position that the Hypermax kit puts it in. Dumb thing was, I got the hood, then came up wth the Moose Air, so I wouldn't have needed the hood.

 

[460429_freak]

mine fit under the hood with a hypermax turbo got to find the pic....