I put on the Air Filter housing, but it hits the bonnet ...

What are my options?

Thinner air filter? Where can i get one? Why is my carby so high?

Diff Carby?

Sorry ... Forgot this ...

Hi Hamza,

Not sure where that one came from but it may be a little too big? Maybe try and source a stock A12 one (pretty easy to find) or 1000 one (harder to find)?

I think you should just go with a pair of sidedraft carbs no clearance issues there!

Sidedraft was what i had in mind ...

Any suggestions? (Remember im a total noob, so something easy to fit and tune)

Hamza

Stock Datsun 1200 air clean housing will hit the bonnet in a Datsun 1000, isn't that right? engine block is a little bit taller.

a stock 1200 frypan filter will fit under the bonnet in a 1k. At least all my ones did.

Its starts to become squishy when you use the taller a14/15 block.

A10/a12 block with standard frypan filter should be fine.

i used a golf 1 air filter bracket and drilled a hole in the centre with a pipe and cone filter.

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That's funny, I had no problems with the factory 1200 induction on my 1200 engine in a B10.
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OK enough with the funnies, here's the deal.

The A10 was the shortest [vertical measure] A series engine of all & the B10 car had the lowest bonnet line.

ANY stock non-A10 single carb engine will have clearance issues between the stock air filter assembly & the bonnet. This is because every other A series engine is taller than the A10 & the original clearance was much tighter than you might have imagined.

Now that you know the cause of the problem, you can look at practical options. Dinky little 'sports' air filters will work but are not really a proper solution, however the conical filter on the end of a tube looks to be a good idea to me

I have a spare A10 one you can borrow until you find another.

Chris

The stock A10 air filter clamps around the inlet neck of the carb.
This was changed for the 1200 & all subsequent A series engines to a central mounted stud, so the A10 air filter housing will work only with the original A10 carb.

The problem is not with the height of the air filter housing, but instead with the height of the engine itself so even if a stock A10 carb & air filter was bolted to the 1200 inlet manifold, it would still rub under the bonnet.