Want to convert air cleaner to externally vented breather
#1
09-27-2015, 05:15 PM
Want to convert air cleaner to externally vented breather
I have a Zippers Performance maxflow air cleaner. Its internally vented the same as most - two rubber "things" that pop on the stock breather bolt nipples and vent the oily gasses into the throttle body. I don't like that. So I bought a DK Customs 587 kit with their external breather kit (two banjo bolts, two 6" hoses and a double input filter) thinking I'll convert to that. Good kit, but I can't use my nice black powder coated football AC cover that I like so much...
I want to route the breather filter up above the AC which will allow it to vent nicely, and also let any oil run back into the motor, thanks to gravity.
So thinking about how to accomplish that with the air cleaner I have.
I could pull the rubber vent things and slip the hoses over the nipples directly and be done. Only problem with that is the 1/4' channel in the filter seal area that the rubber vent run through will allow unfiltered air past the filter. Being as nuts as I am, I'd have to seal that somehow. How is the question.
Or, maybe if I ordered another set of those rubber vent things, I could cut out a hole for the 3/8" hose, slip it over the nipples and route it up above the AC.
I haven't seen anyone do anything similar - maybe i'm the only one here who cares about dumping that oily mess back into the intake. But I doubt it.
Any thoughts/suggestions?
I want to route the breather filter up above the AC which will allow it to vent nicely, and also let any oil run back into the motor, thanks to gravity.
So thinking about how to accomplish that with the air cleaner I have.
I could pull the rubber vent things and slip the hoses over the nipples directly and be done. Only problem with that is the 1/4' channel in the filter seal area that the rubber vent run through will allow unfiltered air past the filter. Being as nuts as I am, I'd have to seal that somehow. How is the question.
Or, maybe if I ordered another set of those rubber vent things, I could cut out a hole for the 3/8" hose, slip it over the nipples and route it up above the AC.
I haven't seen anyone do anything similar - maybe i'm the only one here who cares about dumping that oily mess back into the intake. But I doubt it.
Any thoughts/suggestions?
#2
09-27-2015, 05:23 PM
#3
09-27-2015, 05:24 PM
Contact DK. They are good folks. Do not vent back into your intake. Give them an email or call them. I have ordered a ton of stuff from them. You can always get a live person on the phone that speaks English! Highly recommend them. They have the best prices and awesome products. I used their brass fittings on mine.
Last edited by Robbie13; 09-27-2015 at 05:31 PM.
#4
09-27-2015, 05:46 PM
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check out this thread may give you some info .. https://www.hdforums.com/forum/new-r...r-cleaner.html
#5
09-27-2015, 05:55 PM
Thanks. DK isn't going to be able to help. There's nothing wrong with their 587 kit, it's me that wants to use a particular cover that won't work with theirs. I'm not going to waste their time. If I was going to call anyone, it'd be Zippers, as it's their AC I want to mod. But I'm hoping someone here may have done something similar...
#7
09-27-2015, 06:06 PM
check out this thread may give you some info .. https://www.hdforums.com/forum/new-r...r-cleaner.html
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#8
09-27-2015, 06:08 PM
Sorry, I thought I was pretty clear. I want to vent to the atmosphere. The current AC vents back to the intake, which is what I want to change. And to be clear, I want to change the way it vents, not change the whole AC...
#9
09-27-2015, 06:22 PM
