BHAF on a 1st gen??

[biggy238]

My cousin has a 93 and liked the looks of my BHAF. I just wanted to ask if there is enough clearnace to fit one?



Any help is appreciated.

Kyle

 

[Greenleaf]

Clearance isn't a problem. It's mounting. You'll have to come up with something as they are too heavy to mount like the aFe, which in a way, isn't mounted at all.



The BHAF I have seen are either flopping around ontop of the inner fender well or mounted with smokey's mount which he stopped making.

 

[biggy238]

The intake tube isn't rigid enough to keep it from moving?



Mine stays pretty well put in my 2nd gen.

 

[Greenleaf]

The rubber intake tube will only keep it from moving left /right. There isn't anything to keep it from moving rarward/forward. Not to mention the up/down bouncing from the suspension and then the engine vibration... ... ... ... ... ... ...



It can't be good. You need to speak with someone who actually has a filter like this. I didn't want to chance tearing/wearing a hole in the underside of the filter element, so I use the aFe with a custom intake (exhaust pipe tube).

 

[JZellers]

I made one similar to the Old Smoky mount. There's a picture of it in my reader's rigs gallery. If you are interested in doing something like this, there's a link in a thread somewhere that even has a drawing with dimensions...

 

[Sri Ram]

I use the aFe with a custom intake (exhaust pipe tube)

GL, did you need to make any kind of bracket as well to hold the filter in place, or is the exhaust pipe rigid enough?

 

[Greenleaf]

The exhaust pipe tube is "supported" near the filter element end by a steel/rubber exhaust pipe "hanger", mounted upside down to the inner fender well. The hanger is secured to the underside of the tube with a (5 inch) worm gear clamp.