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Sand Cast GT500 Air Cleaner Base
Fast Fords:
I have a question about a sand cast air cleaner base on a GT500. I was wondering, is the base flat on the bottom with just the elbow or does it have the ribs on it with part number like the aluminum one? Thanks for any help...Greg.
Bob Gaines:
--- Quote from: Fast Fords on January 28, 2018, 12:28:48 PM ---I have a question about a sand cast air cleaner base on a GT500. I was wondering, is the base flat on the bottom with just the elbow or does it have the ribs on it with part number like the aluminum one? Thanks for any help...Greg.
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The early later sand cast base is thicker so it does not need the strengthening ribs like the thinner die cast base. The sand cast bottom is smooth relatively speaking. More important for identification however is the elbow in the front. The original type used on the GT500 had a steel elbow added later and is crimped in . It will swivel with a little persistence. The elbow is not cast in place as part of the base.Those are repros.
Fast Fords:
Thanks for the reply Bob.
The elbow on the one I have appears to be threaded into the base and it does feel heavier. Is that correct? Thanks...Greg.
acman63:
anyone that can post pics of an original base?
67_1183:
Sand cast air cleaner base.
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