HI everyone, I have a 1968 Mustang with a 200 and Autolite 1100. Recently I purchased an oval alloy air cleaner with the Autolite 1100 base plate from Vintage Inlines (link here: https://www.vintageinlines.com/product- ... ir-cleaner).
Unfortunately, when I installed it the air cleaner now sits about 2 inches higher than my old air cleaner and there isn't enough clearance for the hood to shut. Has anyone else purchased one of these or run into a similar problem? Will it sit lower with a 2V carb? Any other ideas to make this work? I was planning on using the new air cleaner with a matching valve cover I have that also has raised fins so I'd like to make this work somehow.
Picture of my current air cleaner (the hood shuts with this one installed):
Picture of the new oval air cleaner (hood won't shut with this one):
Unfortunately, when I installed it the air cleaner now sits about 2 inches higher than my old air cleaner and there isn't enough clearance for the hood to shut. Has anyone else purchased one of these or run into a similar problem? Will it sit lower with a 2V carb? Any other ideas to make this work? I was planning on using the new air cleaner with a matching valve cover I have that also has raised fins so I'd like to make this work somehow.
Picture of my current air cleaner (the hood shuts with this one installed):
Picture of the new oval air cleaner (hood won't shut with this one):