Hood clearence

[hemi01charger]

On my 69 charger with a 440, I have an edelbrock performer rpm intake with an edlebrock 800cfm carb. my air cleaner is the round mopar performance one and I am having hood clearence problems. I'm wondering if anyone knows if they make an air cleaner that is a drop base and is the same diameter as the mopar one so i can still use the mopar performance lid?

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Not sure of the size of the MP unit but the original round unsilenced is 13" in diameter.   Ford Motorsport makes a 13" drop base....which I used on my car....

See here...

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,75742.0.html

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[hemi01charger]

Thanks for the info! I checked the ford air cleaner out, no sure if it will work.... The diameter of the MP air cleaner is 12 3/4". Do you know the size of the drop on the ford one?

[Purple68]

You might consider going to a K&N with 1 1/4" drop base and filter top. That will work for sure and you'll get lots of air and no choke horn interference. The Ford kit is .625" drop. I tried one and didn't have enough room.