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Originally Posted by 99dart
You inspired me to go take pics of mine. As you can see, it likes to collect bugs! �� I guess I'll have to get creative with some screen. I put two small holes on the back side to help draw to air around the filter. I miss-spoke about the filter. It is an S&B reusable.
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Those pics definitely help me to help you make yours a little better.
Leaving that little snorkel part on isn't doing you much good. And if you look at the tight clearances around the filter to the plastic air cleaner housing, it's no wonder you're getting dirt and bugs in one little spot. Look at mine closely and copy it. I cut the plastic housing and used the bottom edge of it to secure the aftermarket filter in place. I think I also used the bottom edge of a stock filter too, I'll look to see if I have any pictures of it. Anyway, you have to make sure you secure the aftermarket filter to the stock air cleaner "base" somehow. Then leave the snorkel and the black plastic "can" part that goes around the filter completely off. THEN you will get some better airflow and the intake temps won't be that much different. (Unless we're talking about a Class C regular Ford van cab and chassis, then the hood is different obviously.)
edit- I couldn't find any other pictures of my air filter, but if you look closely at the ones above you can see what I did. You can see the plastic "can" has the bottom cut off of it, and you can also see the stock air filter has the lip cut off around the bottom of it. That's how I secured the aftermarket filter, it clamps directly on the plate that's inside the stock housing. The orange lip from the stock filter holds the plate in place, and the piece of the plastic "can" goes on over the orange seal and it clamps everything in place just like stock. In the last picture you can just barely see the giant hose clamp that holds the aftermarket filter on the plate. To take the filter off to clean it I simply undo the big stock Ford clamp and take the filter, it's clamp and the stock plate off as one assembly. Make sense? lol.
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