May be of interest, 912 air filter housings in a '62 sedan

[Anvil]

While I'm waiting on my new transaxle from Rancho, I thought I'd mock the engine back up and see it I can could adapt some 912 air filter housings to my '62. Looks to me like it's going to be a go. I'll need to move the top air filter housing over on the air boxes and trim the length of the snorkel but after that they'll clear everything they need to clear. Should look and work like gold once finished, I've removed all the warts, and then painted to match.

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[Clatter]

SwEEt!

Always thought of this idea, but never seen anyone do it.

Those are IDFs, right?
You had to mod the base-plate to make them fit vs. the old Zeniths(?) that were on there?

Too bad those air filter housings cost so much these days...

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[Anvil]

[Steve Arndt]

I had a set of those and the same idea. Until a local Porsche guy gave me 200 bucks for the dented up old filter housings! 912 parts are gold now.

[dsrtfox]

Not Zenith, 40P 11 Solex. Anybody looking for a real clean set with no dents, shoot me a PM...

[Anvil]

I bought mine off of the classifieds here. They're solid and pretty good shape and I got them for a fair price ($150). I'm sure I'll suffer a momentary pang of guilt cutting them up. If I had to do it over again, I would just piece them together from other ads for a lot less money.

Here's one side for $25: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1702664
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[myb356]

I got a set on my 56 Ghia...except the filters have to go on the side for a Ghia. I did shorten the funnels and re flared them to get the airflow required for my engine, since those cleaners are from a 5500 rpm 1600. If you want to keep the theme going, a modified 36 or 40 horse oil bath air cleaner makes a fantastic breather box...exactly where your current one is.

[Anvil]

[Rome]

Nice going so far. Does the engine lid also fit fully closed? It appears as though your air intake snout might stand up just a bit too high as it extends downward- Might you need to make a thin wedge cut from the underside of the snout where it meets up with the canister ("armpit"), to enable bending the snout downward slightly; and then reweld/braze?

For the $25 one in the linked ad, I'd have also bought it to "experiment".

From other photos of your car (Beetle in fall scenery), do you have your exhaust wrapped to also reduce engine noise?

I've also done some armchair thinking about another setup for my IDFs, to use the CB Performance turbo carb covers, and a 1967 (egads!) Beetle air cleaner mounted centrally using an angle-iron base. The angle iron would be installed on the fan shroud like a Berg carb linkage- using the 2 top holes for the generator backing plate and the upper coil hole. Use two fresh air hoses to connect the turbo covers to the rear face of the air cleaner. I bought a slightly dented air cleaner this summer for about $20 to experiment. But I'll need to install a CSP carb linkage to provide clearance in the upper section of the fan shroud to replace the Berg one I have now. Maybe a winter project.

[myb356]

Sorry, no pics at the moment.. I am currently 8000 miles from my car.... As far as re flaring. I just used a hammer backed by something round.

[GTV]

Did you ever finish installing these air filter housings? What manifolds did you use? If so, I imagine it quieted down the intake roar down some?
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[tigerdyr]

Hello

Did you ever finish installing these air filter housings?
Could you please tell What manifolds did you use?

My plan was to do the same

[Anvil]

No, still not done. Engine and tranny are out of the car right now for upgrades. Manifolds I have are about 3/4" shorter than normal CB intakes. They might have originally been for Type 3s but got them used from a buddy.
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[tigerdyr]

Hello

Did you finish your engine?

If yes could I see some Pictures of your engnie? Are you still running your porsche 912 air filters?