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mfg

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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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1 hour ago, 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?

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

 

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3 hours ago, 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

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

 

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