Hi everyone I am just about to put my new 355 in and had one question Will my stock hood work?? I have a edelbrock rpm air gap manifold with a 1 inch spacer and a holley street avenger carb. No air cleaner yet. Is there a air cleaner that will alow me to use the stock hood? any help would be great

 

You'll probably have to get a drop base low profile racing air cleaner. Check Moroso. I have the same manifold, a holley carb, and a Summit air cleaner (recessed base). I have a cowl hood, but when I bring the hood down, it looks like it would barely NOT fit under a stock hood. Plus you have a 1" spacer. Hope this helps.

 

Just swapped in a tree fiddy for my 305, and I have zero clearance with a Edel air gap dual plane, 750 Demon <no spacer> and a three inch element K&N drop base.

The one inch spacer is gonna put ya over the top..

BC

 

do you think a 2 inch cowl or an ss hood would work then?

 

Yea, a 2" cowl or SS hood should work just fine. Still might want to go with a recessed base just to be safe though.

 

when i did my swap i did not change the intake and i ran a drop-based aircleaner and it barely fit under the stock hood. now i have an ss hood and it looks like through the vents i have about 2-3 inches to pla with so you should be fine

 

if you get an ss hood that is....

 

The GM drop base air cleaner from the 60's/70's is the lowest.

You'll have to loose the 1" spacer but a nitrous plate will fit.

You can buy this base from corvette and camaro restoration sources.

 

Lots of room with a 2.5 to 2.75" filter element.

 

This is the common generic aftermarket base....

 

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and this is the GM base much lower.

Use a 3/8" plastic edelbrock ring spacer if you have a edelbrock carb.

The GM designed base is a superior air managemant design.

 

Mine is close with a standard RPM with a 750 and a 1 1/2 inch drop base with a 3" tall air cleaner element. Wingnut rubs the underside of the hood...

Lose that spacer and you should be close (how much taller is the airgap, if at all?)