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jonathanD


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im looking for round tubing that has a diameter of 5 1/4 inchs and the wall thickness of 1/8... ive been calling around and no ones sells this size........ i need it for the air cleaner im making the base right now to fit on my carb...... ill post pictures soon of the air cleaner total cost to me soo far  is a big..... 0 Dollars and ) cents lmao i went garbage picking and found an old hockey net and some other stuff LOL



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Hey Jon I work in the steel industry and am a steel purchaser , the closest that is made would be 5-5/8" OD which is a 5" pipe size. You will need to fab it to get that dimension.



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I would but i only have a really nice air cleaner i got from ray..... and really on't want  mess that up !



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You might have to bend & weld some flat sheet Jonathan.



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yes  i agree with you now i just called bossteel and they said they have not carried that size since 2001 .. apperantly the mill that made that stuff closed down..... not coool



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try some your local heavy truck outlets big truck stacks



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jonathanD wrote:

I need it for the air cleaner i'm making the "base" right now to fit on my carb......



         why not use a old air cleaner base and weld to that ? 



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Hey Jonathan, How about a stock style 1" riser that G.M. used on some quadrajet equipped vans in the seventies and early eighties? they are O.E.M . and you should be able to weld to it . Good luck on your fabrication, you sure are tackling some neat projects! Cheers ,Andy.

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don't know what that is LOL



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Its a factory spacer used on some vans to raise the air cleaner up , you can find them in most wrecking yards, they are made of steel so you could weld a plate with a 5.25" hole in it to serve as your base. They would be worth looking into ,( no, not the hole, the spacer) lol. maybe somebody could come up with a parts book picture.

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beauman wrote:

Its a factory spacer used on some vans to raise the air cleaner up , you can find them in most wrecking yards, they are made of steel so you could weld a plate with a 5.25" hole in it to serve as your base. They would be worth looking into ,( no, not the hole, the spacer) lol. maybe somebody could come up with a parts book picture.

 that sounds good  i might just do some fancy work here ill post picture tomorrow to show you my product =)



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We all are waiting to see what you come up with,lol, I know it will be another marvel of engineering!!

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We all are waiting to see what you come up with,lol, I know it will be another marvel of engineering!!

 thank you!



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Some of the "mid" 70's GM P'ups had that spacer as well. some were 2 to 3" tall to raise up the air cleaner.

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i made what i needed out an old pipe clamp LMAO pictures coming after i pick my sister up from work



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Ok, how LONG does it take to pick up your sister from work???!!!

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Never mind, I found the "air cleaner" thread.

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jonathanD wrote:
beauman wrote:

We all are waiting to see what you come up with,lol, I know it will be another marvel of engineering!!

 thank you!

 Just don't drop it on your foot Jonathan! wink It will be cool to see your aircleaner!



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exactly, that is what I was referring to, thanks for the pics.

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Was going to suggest early TBI truck spacer would work too. Later were plastic. But I see Jonathan figured it out.



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