Inliners International Forums General Discussion Hi Performance Oval air cleaner for an Offy 3x1, where to find?

Anyone know where to get an oval air cleaner for a 3x1 Offy setup?
This one on ebay looks interesting but its for a four barrel carb.
Seen the tripple single air cleaners, just like the look of the oval better.

Oval air cleaner on Ebay
Could modify, as the first and third carbs are 20 inches apart.

John C.

Looks as if your going to have to make one John. How difficult coult it be, some aluminum a hole saw a little polish. Send us a photo when it's done, OK?

Try a large oval element from a Ford FE (390 - 427) V8 with the tri-power carbs. Also, early Ford Escorts had smaller oval filter elements.

I made a narrow one for a carb setup as it would have stuck out th eside of the hood. Buy a filter. I used an Edelbrock and squeezed it together. Trace it on MDF. It makes a cleaner edge than pine. Then cut a piece of aluminum, .060" or less a 1/2" larger all around than the wood. Clamp it in several places and start pounding the edge down. When you get done, you can trim excess. I flipped it and milled it. Nice to have tools. For the bottom I used the same wood and added a hole the size of the carb inlet and cut a smaller hole in the plate and hammered a throat just to dress it up. Or you could just run flat plate.