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Curtis Jacobson
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engine air filter design evolution
Posted by: Moderator
Date: August 27, 2013 09:09PM

I'm just curious...

What make/model/year of passenger car was first to use a panel type air filter?

How about the first use of a panel filter on a V8 (or V6) engine?

I doubt we'll find a definitive answer via Google... but it might be interesting to see how far back we remember seeing them.


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Jacques Mathieu
Alexandria, VA
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1977 MGB Small Block Ford, 331 Stroker

Re: engine air filter design evolution
Posted by: MGB-FV8
Date: August 28, 2013 01:58PM

Excellent trivia question; I remember replacing panel filters at my work with the introduction of the muti-port fuel injection that had an upper and lower intakes. I know that prior to that, we had throttle body fuel injection and it used the standard round air filter installed just like the carburated engines did.


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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Re: engine air filter design evolution
Posted by: Moderator
Date: August 29, 2013 02:51AM

It's a topic I was pondering while writing up an article about a Triumph Stag.

Stags were equipped with panel filters from day one, sometime in June of 1970.

http://www.britishv8.org/Triumph/GlennMerrell/GlennMerrell-BH.jpg
(Glenn's Stag)

Can anyone think of an earlier panel air filter application?
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Fred Key
West coast - Canada
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Re: engine air filter design evolution
Posted by: DiDueColpi
Date: August 29, 2013 01:54PM

Yep,
1968 volvo 144 and mid 68 jag xj6


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Brian Mc Cullough
Forest Lake, Minnesota, USA
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1980 MGB '95 3.4L 'L32' SFI V6, GM V6T5 & 3.42 Limi

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Re: engine air filter design evolution
Posted by: BMC
Date: September 18, 2013 04:08AM

1975 MG Midget 1500.

That would be a neat addition to any MGB conversion engine bay- well if there was one that actually didn't look out of place.

-BMC.


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