Need air cleaner advice - current one now too tall....

Need suggestions for air cleaner solution...

After installing an Edelbrock 600 carb with 1/2" wood spacer on my 74 Cuda which has a 440 and Weiand 8009 manifold, neither my old 3" air cleaner, nor the free Eddy 3" air cleaner (#1223, 14" diameter, 3 3/4 height) gives me enough clearance to close the hood.
Looks like I'm lacking a good inch or so of clearance Clarence ....

Any ideas of what size/kind of air cleaner I can use? I thought about using the free Eddy air cleaner cover and replacing the it's 3" filter with 2" filter , but not sure if the engine would be air starved or not with the smaller filter....

Any suggestions appreciated!!

Maybe use a dropped base filter housing?

If the drop base doesn't work, maybe the 2" filter and one of those filter lids?

Thanks. Have an electric choke on the carb, so can't go much lower of a dropped base than the free eddy cleaner I have now.

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Need suggestions for air cleaner solution...

After installing an Edelbrock 600 carb with 1/2" wood spacer on my 74 Cuda which has a 440 and Weiand 8009 manifold, neither my old 3" air cleaner, nor the free Eddy 3" air cleaner (#1223, 14" diameter, 3 3/4 height) gives me enough clearance to close the hood.
Looks like I'm lacking a good inch or so of clearance Clarence ....

Any ideas of what size/kind of air cleaner I can use? I thought about using the free Eddy air cleaner cover and replacing the it's 3" filter with 2" filter , but not sure if the engine would be air starved or not with the smaller filter....

Any suggestions appreciated!!

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If you switch to a 2" filter and you have a drop base you need to look at how much space you have between the air cleaner top and the air horn of the carb , it can cause an airflow issue .