Engine air intake system

Claim 1

An air carrying structure for use with a vehicle having a hood with an opening and an internal combustion engine having an air intake manifold comprising: a generally upright tubular stack extended through the opening in the hood, said stack having an upper end above the hood and a lower end below the hood, means operatively connecting the lower end of the stack to the air intake manifold, mount means securing the stack to the hood, said mount means including: a first annular plate located above the hood and freely disposed around the stack, a second annular plate having an inside wall located below the hood and freely disposed around the stack, a split ring having a tapered outside surface engaged with the inside wall of said second annular plate and extending partially therethrough and having an inside surface engaged with the stack, said split ring being located below the hood, and fastening means connecting said first plate to said second plate and connecting the plates to the hood, said fastening means securing said first plate in axial abutting engagement with the hood thereabove and said split ring in axial abutting engagement with the hood therebelow by engagement with said second annular plate and the inside wall of said second annular plate clamps the split ring onto the stack while said first plate is clamped to said hood by said fastening means.