To air clean or not to air clean

[Chris KC]

Hi All

It is interesting to note that Austin, generally only provided air filters on export cars.  My RK was exported to Sweden from new in 1930 and had an export Zenith FZB carburettor with a central choke spindle and flange for an air filter. 

The filter is long gone but I did try making a similar filter using modern foam filters. I found it choked the engine too much so I don’t use it any more.

Cheers

Howard

And there's the rub Howard - over the years the cautious have many times eaten the dust of those who tossed their filters into the hedge and seemed to get away with it. If I could fit a filter with no loss of power and no need to adjust tuning - and somehow fit it into the available space - I'd do it tomorrow.