Airmaze

Georgew48

Georgew48

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Well I decided to remove my new airmaze. The car ran good at low speed but would not at higher speed no matter what I did with the GAV. I guess Mr. Ford knew what he was doing when he did not install an air filter on these cars. It just hard to change my mind set about air filters. The car runs great without it so I thats what I will do. I live in the country and we have trouble with mice in the winter time in the barn and garage so I made a cap to put over the carb intake when the car is parked to keep the critters from building a nest. I use dryer sheets in my camper and have never had a mouse problem with the camper in the barn so I will also use those in the car when not being driven. Just have to remember to remove them befor I drive it to prevent a fire.
 
Did you have the original wire mesh in it or a more modern actual filter? I would be surprised if the wire mesh caused a problem. A friend had some sort of dense wire-looking material like I had never seen before in his that caused problems.

Steve
 
I removed mine a while back. It runs the exactly same with or without. Since I only drive on paved roads, there's very little dust. Plus, I like the authentic look without it.

I've found that people enjoy looking at an authentic engine "exactly" like it was in 1929. They are surprised to learn there was no air filter, oil filter, fuel filter, radio, cd player, mp3 plug-in, etc, etc, etc.
 
I use an original airmaze on mine, it causes no problem at all. At Home Depot you can buy filters that go into the furnace registers in your house, they fit perfectly around the airmaze with a ziptie to hold it in place. I use this as well, they are very nonrestrictive, cheap, and easy to replace. I cannot stand the thought of sucking in the dust off our country gravel roads.
 
When using an stock arimaze I have no issues. If I use the paper filter that is now available it did impact performance at higher speeds. I took it off a couple of years ago and like others have not felt the need to put it back on. I am intrigued by the new high boy filter that is being sold by some of the online shops.
 
Okay, not meaning to hijack this thread, but would somebody please clear this up for me? Assuming one is going to install the wire-mesh Air-maze filter, will it increase the possibilities of a fire, or help prevent fires in the engine compartment? I had one on my car to keep bugs and small birds from the carb, but removed it after reading how it affected the performance of the engine. Honestly, I saw no difference, but thought it was a deterent to fires. Thank you for you input in advance.

Richard
 
RcT said:
Assuming one is going to install the wire-mesh Air-maze filter, will it increase the possibilities of a fire, or help prevent fires in the engine compartment?
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I assumed only the paper filters were a fire risk, because they can become soaked with fuel and ignite. Wire mesh doesn't do this.
 
The screen works as a flame arrester.

If the screen of am original air-maze changes the way it runs you probably have a mixture problem not related to the air-maze

The air-maze was intended to be cleaned and oiled often, the oil is to clollect dirt
 
Kurt in NJ said:
The air-maze was intended to be cleaned and oiled often, the oil is to collect dirt
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I agree. I clean the oil and dust off of my original metal air maze filter element with every oil change and then re-oil the mesh. I do not notice any performance impact from the metal mesh. It is very open.
 
I started using the wire mesh when the heat from the manifold scorched the paper
filter. I've noticed no difference in the performance of the car, although many of my
friends swear that they get better mileage if they run with no filter.

Jack
 
We don't use window fans anymore, now that air conditioners are common. I remember back in the fifties being told by a salesman that if a window screen was used with a window fan that the air flow would be decreased by 30%. With the air maze there are several layers of mesh wire used. The mesh wire filter is less restrictive than the paper filter but still restricts probably more than 30% and even more if oiled. Oil will catch some dust but the oil plus the dust will close the openings in the mesh and even further restrict flow. Drawing air through an oiled screen is not the same process as the oil bath air cleaners that were used on forties and some fifties model cars. Like the so called modern points, there is pressure from our peers to use air filters. Any filter on an updraft carburetor, balanced or not will cause some restriction. I have tried the airmaze and can feel the restriction, you can even hear it. I have heard it said that the filters silence the carburetor, what a farce!!! My carburetors perform very good without air filters and there is nothing wrong with any that I run.
 
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I bought an air maze filter from some Model "A" vendor. It did not fit on the carburetor correctly and did not seal. I bought a filter at a local parts store. It was held on to the carburetor with a hose clamp and had a paper element. I can not remember the name of the manufacturer. They make high performance filters. It was relatively in expensive and there was no change in performance. I will think of the name of the manufacturer as soon as I post.

It was a K and N.
 
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