Avanti Filter!

[mfg]

What was the technical reason Studebaker chose to employ a 'dry type' engine air filltration system on their R2-R3 Avantis, as opposed to the 'wet' type?

[Dwight FitzSimons]

Perhaps that the suction of the supercharger would pull droplets of oil through the blower and into the engine.  Besides, oil-bath air cleaners were obsolete by the early 1960s anyway. Also, oil-bath air cleaners were bulky and would have taken up too much room.

--Dwight

[r1lark]

  On 2/3/2023 at 2:24 PM, mfg said:

What was the technical reason Studebaker chose to employ a 'dry type' engine air filltration system on their R2-R3 Avantis, as opposed to the 'wet' type?

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An oil bath air filter did not fit the "hi performance image" of the Avanti either!

 

[mfg]

  On 2/3/2023 at 3:12 PM, Dwight FitzSimons said:

Perhaps that the suction of the supercharger would pull droplets of oil through the blower and into the engine.  Besides, oil-bath air cleaners were obsolete by the early 1960s anyway. Also, oil-bath air cleaners were bulky and would have taken up too much room.

--Dwight

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Dwight, your first sentence summed it up!.....Studebaker learned this with their supercharged Golden Hawks!

 

[mfg]

  On 2/3/2023 at 4:04 PM, r1lark said:

An oil bath air filter did not fit the "hi performance image" of the Avanti either!

 

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That's true also!

[Gunslinger]

What’s old is new again…K&N air filters are essentially modern oil bath filters but many refuse to use them as they can supposedly allow debris flow through.