Re: [T3] EMPI air cleaners and power loss

[Simon Glen <simonglen@bigpond.com>]

>  ... keep the orginal factory oil bath air cleaner. It is not at all
> restrictive and does
> a VERY good job of keeping dirt out of the engine.
> It used to be, (don't know about now), that all the cars on the 6000 mile
> Dakar Rally only used oil bath air cleaners.
> If you are using stock Solex carbs, try and find an original oil bath air
> cleaner.
>
> Russ Wolfe

Russ,

I could not agree more.  I feel so very, very strongly about this.  Having
crossed the Sahara Desert at least six times in air-cooled Volkswagens and more
in other vehicles as well as spendind years travelling in outback Australia and
in wild parts of Central Africa, I cannot stress more that there is nothing
better than and oil-bath air cleaner, especially one designed and built as
original equipment for a vehicle.  And, it is far, far cheaper, too.  You can
even use your old engine oil in it.

Simon Glen
Toowoomba,  Australia


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