All Small Six Cold air intake

[GBonifay]

Has anyone converted a 170ci motor to a cold air intake? If so, where did you find the parts?

 

[DannyG]

A good source might be : https://www.spectreperformance.com/cat/air-intake-components .
Plenty of ways to save money, using metal dryer vent or hose from another application. Only limited by your imagination !
Let us know what you did.
DannyG

 

[awasson]

I’ll be doing something like this for the 200 in my 66 Mustang. I’ve got a 2V down draft Weber and I’m planning on using an OEM type air cleaner housing as my air box and then plumbing the cold air from a hole that I’ll cut in the radiator support. Everything on that side of the engine is relatively cool because the exhaust is on the other side. I think it will work well.

I’m also making a heat shield that goes between the header and the log out of a piece of home construction flashing. It’s galvanized steel and maybe 18 gauge or lighter. It needs to run 2” in length and extend 6”. I added a 7mm phenolic plate between the carb and engine as a thermal break and it makes a lot of difference in keeping the carb cool.

 

[bmbm40]

Has anyone converted a 170ci motor to a cold air intake? If so, where did you find the parts?

You could scout around picnpull. I want the same for my Bronco and would like to find parts from a later vehicle with the filter box mounted on the inner fender and cold air supply routed to the firewall, then oem hose/duct to the carb like a carb hat thingy. I wish I could find the picture of the guy who attached a closet flange to the fire wall for the cold air supply. Value engineering.

 

[pmuller9]

TTT

 

[zukeeny1]

I installed a cold air intake on my 65 hardtop 200 inline a couple years ago.
Used Spectre parts, a piece of 3" carbon fiber tubing from Amazon, and a carb hat that Vintage Inlines used to sell but that part is out of stock at the moment.

 

[DON]

I seem to remember a post here that stated the carb hats are not aerodynamically efficient. I am thinking I am going to use the more efficient original style air filter with a snorkel and hook the cold air plumbing to it. Maybe increase the snorkel size too

 

[awasson]

I seem to remember a post here that stated the carb hats are not aerodynamically efficient. I am thinking I am going to use the more efficient original style air filter with a snorkel and hook the cold air plumbing to it. Maybe increase the snorkel size too

Yes, I was thinking the original air cleaner would be a relatively simple way to get a good sized air box around the carb opening and the underside could be treated with the same kind of thermal insulation used on the bottom of motorcycle gas tanks to help keep the cold air from being heated up. @zukeeny1 is running the cold air intake exactly where I was planning to do mine. My voltage regulator is there at the moment but that’s not going to be necessary after converting to a modern alternator.

 

[bmbm40]

I installed a cold air intake on my 65 hardtop 200 inline a couple years ago.
Used Spectre parts, a piece of 3" carbon fiber tubing from Amazon, and a carb hat that Vintage Inlines used to sell but that part is out of stock at the moment.

Nice looking engine bay! Is there an air filter in that larger part at the air intake/radiator support?