1980 - 1986 Bullnose F100, F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks Discuss the Early Eighties Bullnose Ford Truck

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Old 05-26-2008, 02:25 PM
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will it fit?

I was woundering if any size aircleaner would fit on a 1bbl carb. like would a 4 bbl air cleaner fit up to a 1 bbl?
 
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In a word, nope. The throat size is different.
 
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only with a hammer and alot of bangin~~lol~
 
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Old 05-26-2008, 06:43 PM
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cut the bottom out of the 1 bbl. air cleaner and mate it to the 4 bbl. cleaner
old school engineering
 
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Old 05-27-2008, 02:29 PM
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only way itll fit is with a hella lot of beating the base. or cutting
 
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Old 05-27-2008, 04:00 PM
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Go and check the wrecking yards.

Not only check out the ford trucks, but check out the ford vans as well, you should get lucky, and find the air cleaner you need.
 
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