Fly Eye Air Cleaner
 

I'm in need of a low profile (very low) air cleaner for my son's Corvette. Thinking that a Fly Eye would be a great Day Two option. Does anyone know where an affordable re-pop can be had? Not sure that I'm ready to cough up for an original.

Thanks,

Blair

ebay..stay vigilant...one will pop up thats affordable..just have to stay on it

An NOS one sold last week on Ebay for almost $1K.

I was watching that auction,our own Jason was the seller.https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Fly-Eye...p2047675.l2557

Blair
Just a heads up on the fly eye. I ran a Cal Custom on my stock 1969 L78 Camaro and found out quickly the top was about the same height as a stock open element air cleaner. Both would rub the hood insulation. The fly eye started to cut a circle in it. The air cleaner was NOS and the instructions on the box stated not to use with the hood insulation.
I removed the insulation.

Mike

Make sure your car has good fire insurance if you go with a fly eye.

One little backfire and the foam has a habit of going up in smoke.

And at the very least making a mess of your carb...

Mark is right. Be patient and you will find a good used one at a decent price. I believe the one I just sold was a bit of a anomaly. Sometimes two people just really have to have something.

Jason

I think the zig-zag wire goes between the two mesh screens? I see some with the zig-zag wire visible and some without.

the zig-zag wire holds in the mesh screens and filter.

the zig-zag wire came later

the early fly eyes had a large chrome snap ring to hold in the mesh screens and filter