SU carbs - air filters?

[LaDauphine]

The twin SU carbs on my Climax Albatross have never had an air filter on them. I think that's how they were made.

Reading some material for the boat safety scheme for the chris-craft, I wonder whether I should fit, for safety, an air filter with a flame-trapping gauze.

Any thoughts? Does anyone/everyone else have filterless SU carbs in their albatrosses? What could be fitted?

Many thanks

Richard

(PS - no, i'm not trying to get the albatross through BSS.... although i believe that one person did achieve it)

[Howstar]

you can get K & N FILTERS from post places like halfords that might fit in

[bigminiandy]

Not on a boat I'll admit but i have an old mini which runs and SU. I've fitted a trumpet/ram pipe to it with a gauze across the end. I've also got a piper x removable sock filter for it.

ram pipes
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ ... ode=ARDRP1

Filters
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ ... e=P/CC1051